Machine Head

I dig this more than I thought I would! The drums are sick and honestly so is everything else. If Pineapple Express took place in the 70s, this could be the soundtrack. If you needed a default example of 70s hard rock, they would probably be it. Pretty fun album!

What a fun album. I’d argue one of the better classic rock pieces of its time, but there’s still better out there.

Similar to Black Sabbath not so much in sound or style, but in how I can hear how much they influenced a lot of 70s rock. I get the influence, makes sense this is on the list. Blackmore’s solo and rhythm riff on ‘Highway Star’ are totally high octane, and ‘Smoke On The Water’ is forever etched on the walls whether we like it or not, but this isn’t on my personal favorites list.

Countless hard rock classics in a single album -- most every notable Great White song is from this album.

To my surprise, I enjoyed this alot

Proper cheesy dad power rock 😂m but absolutely mint, can't not enjoy it. Saved a couple tracks to a playlist. Smoke on the Water is obv a classic

De estos muchachos solo conocía la obvia (qué de tan clásica me había hartado un poco). Una canción igual muy representativa de lo que hacen en este álbum. Salvo “Lazy”, que es la más experimental (?), me parece que en general todo el disco se apega a un solo registro, muy acorde al rock de su época. Está ok. Me quedó con “Space Truckin’” y “Maybe I’m a Leo”, solo porque últimamente he pensado que los leo sí son chidos.

Y'a une raison pourquoi Deep Purple c'est un classique. C'est plus soft que du Black Sabbath mais ça rock.

Rocky, funky (in places), a decent listen. Easy on the ear. Highlight - Highway Star, When A Blind Man Cries but they're all good. Lowlight - Smoke On The Water 8 out of 10.

Enjoyable romp of classic rock.

These guys are kind of over the top! Some SERIOUS keys and base going on. 2.5 really good songs out of 7, so I'mma call it a 4.

Did I miss some albums here? I'm fuckin livid! My asshole was flapping during this. Fuckin love to drive angry to this. I'm like a roll n rock Derek Bird when this comes on.

Well good to hear them again ! Enjoyed listening as always and some tracks are amazing but I still love Burn. I wondered what group would feature more than once. Happy that Deep Purple do considering they’re weren’t a chart band. ****

Some classics on there

Yeah fair play this was pretty good especially after listen to it after Jaques Brel!

Classic. Good timing heading into the weekend and especially after the previous albums.

Ik kan dit wel waarderen. Klinkt goed!

Fantastic album. Best one I've had randomly picked so far

no complaints, I love the fuzzy sounds of the 70s on this album

7/10. Nothing to write home about, but had a good sound, and a few pretty good songs as well.

Classic

I knew a lot of these songs and really enjoyed listening to this album!

Hard rock clásico Usa la misma fórmula de siempre, sin embargo cada canción logra algo diferente

Now here is some classic rock! Fantastic album, listened all the way through, it's got your classic Smoke on the Water (easiest way to learn the guitar I hear) and Space Trucking. I enjoyed the other songs as well and hope we get their album with Hush on it in the future. Album cover is also classic, looking at their reflections in the metal. Very metal.

How to forget those songs, listening to them in my youth. Radio Universal in Mexico City

Great

Ah, the album that houses the most classic, classic-rock riff of all time. One riff to rule them all. The riff that made me excited to play guitar. I don't need to name it, you know what it is. I like how few tracks are on here, and I like how long and exploratory some of them get. As a whole, it's nothing crazy, but an enjoyable listen front to back, and I liked more than half the songs, so I'd say it's pretty great. Favorite tracks: Smoke on the Water, Lazy, Pictures of Home. Album art: This is a classic one for sure. It looks like the band is staring in disapproval at an embossed piece of sheet metal. Much more creative than your typical band photo album cover. 4/5

0 - 3 - 5 hahaha funny.

Classic rocky boy

Hrm. There’s something honest about this style of rock from this era. Is a win.

Mellow rock. Very 70s/80s

Kneiter goede plaat die in elke rock collectie thuishoort, vooral erg genoten van het nummer: "when the blind man cries"

Smoke on the water

Whether you know it or not, you’ve heard part of this record. Smoke on the Water and Highway Star are two songs that are fully engrained in our culture and it is hard to escape them, for better or worse. This is a pretty short record (especially for 70s hard rock). I’ve listened to other Deep Purple and I think I prefer some of their other output, but this is a good starting point. The organ tones on this are something to behold. Favorite song: Smoke on the Water (cliche I know but the riff is still killer) Least favorite song: Lazy

Ritchie blackmore at his finest

That's definitely rock (hair rock?) A+ guitar

Really cool classic rock vibes.

Rock and roll classic!

ok . i doubt ill intentionally listen again . but smoke of the water is an exception

it's more than just smoke on the water...heh

Solid! Lazy fav track - If you like this stuff, check out 'The Sword.'

Gritty ditties, roadhouse dirty grooves

A wonderful, powerful album.

Got kicked out of the guitar store

Some classic songs

This really is a crossroads from blues and rock into a heavier sound. Smoke On The Water

Didn't really feel like listening to hard rock/ metal yesterday so I didn't, only listened to the first song and it was alr. Also I didn't understand why it was hard rock and not metal, when paranoid is metal and not hard rock

Kinda long, listened to the whole thing and liked it a bit more than I thought I would though it started to mush together near the end

fine

Holy Dad Rock, batman! I am starting to feel like I need a boilerplate response for albums like this. Do I like it? No. Do I hate it? No. It's perfectly ok. It's fine. I'm neutral.

They’ve got the most awful artist bio on Spotify lol. Some great guitar licks. Ive never listened to deep purple before, seems a very solid album.

Shoutout Frank Zappa for Smoke On The Water

It was decent, just not really my kind of music.

Good hard/blues rock album. "Smoke on the Water" is the albums most famous song, but the band plays well throughout. 3/5 Might listen again

Think the last two songs are actually the stand out tracks. Really interesting 60s flair (kinda disco?) i wasn’t expecting. Obviously Smoke on the Water is the most popular but other than that baseline it might be one of the weaker tracks on the album. Highway star is another great song.

A little bit samey but very good

I can see why this is considered an important early metal album. If I want to listen to 70’s British heavy/ amped-up blues, though (which I don’t often), I’ll stick to Sabbath, for Ozzie’s one-of-a-kind vocals.

it’s not bad

Yeah that was fine

In my early teens, I thought Deep Purple was the greatest band in the world. Listening now, the songs are familiar, and thereby somewhat comfortable, but I’m not exhilarated. I'd say Deep Purple were significant, maybe trailblazers of heavy rock, but they're not a band I'd play now for pleasure, more an object for study. Smoke On The Water in particular unlistenable (so plodding); I was looking forward to the chorus of Space Truckin', but the song is not fun enough to play the whole thing... Overall, there’s not much that’s good, and there are tedious bits, I am slightly surprised to say Not Good, 4/10.

Deep Purple is a fascinating band and I love the hammond organ here. Ian Gillan has one of those voices where I don't know if I'd really say he's a good singer but it works pretty well here. (I think it works better in the second iteration of this lineup, when they were doing the creepy songs like Perfect Strangers and Knocking At Your Back Door, which is also the kind of Deep Purple I like more than this Smoke on the Water run, but that album isn't on here so whatever) That's not even getting into Jon Lord and Ritchie Blackmore, and man could we talk about Blackmore for days. Anyway it is a shame they are more interesting than good. I liked this a normal amount. More bands should have cool organ sections.

Classic rock classic.

Extra point for Smoke on the Water, otherwise just a bit boring..

Never really been a big fan of it, although it's not bad.

I respect it 3/5 Top tracks: Smoke on the Water, When a Blind Man Cries

ok

divorced dad rock

Great album. Like if zeppelin and Black Sabbath had a baby that fell down the Prog rabbit hole. Nothing that blew me away, but a pretty solid album with some great organ and guitar.

Kinda boring predictable melodies, but pretty heavy for the time and seems like it was a trailblazer in terms of heavy metal lineage, and there were some pretty enjoyable jams.

Highway Star - 4/5 Maybe I’m A Leo - 3/5 Pictures Of Home - 4/5 Never Before - 3.5/5 Smoke On The Water - 5/5 Lazy - 3.5/5 Space Truckin’ - 3/5 When A Blind Man Cries - 3/5

This is something my dad would've enjoyed. Im not my dad . I really liked "pictures of home" tho.

I genuinely enjoyed this more than I thought I would. I know Highway Star from Guitar Hero and I remember Smoke on the Water playing on the classic rock station. I had no idea they were considered prog-rock and heavy metal pioneers. There are some good songs on here, and there are some great songs on here. I played this on my way home from work and it made even an awful commute exciting. It isn'y my particular taste, but its pleasant and alive. nice.

3,5

There's a lot of tracks on here that could be very good, but fall short because of some annoying aspect in either the vocals or instrumentals. My favorite track was "Smoke on the Water".

better than i was expecting, similar to that queen 2 album

I can play part of one of these songs on guitar. Does that make me a guitarist?

Gubbrock. Mys.

A pretty decent first album listen from this list. I had no idea that Smoke On The Water, one of the songs I grew up with, was on this album and is sung by Deep Purple LMAOO Very nice guitar solos, rifs and just the guitar parts of all the songs were really good. The lyrics are repetitive in every song and it gets redundant quite easily.

Monster riffs, songs that don’t overstay their welcome and Smoke on the Water. Highway Star and Space Truckin’ also rock hard.

I never really paid attention to the lyrics of Smoke on the Water before - they made me chuckle with how literal the storytelling was. Banger riff though!

Dad Rock time!!!

Better than I thought it would be, a couple of great songs

Yeah I mean it was alright

Good album...wouldn't mind listening to it if it was on somewhere

Sigh.

Opening track is designed to be delivered directly into the veins of a teenage boy. Other tracks are a bit more sophisticated and can be enjoyed once you grow up a bit. Never Before feels ahead of its time. Honestly I think the big hit Smoke on the Water is my least favorite. Sure the guitar rift is famous, but feels kinda basic as the kids say.

This is what every hard-rocking album should strive to be. A heavy album with some really thick instrumentation, searing vocals, and electrifying solos. Some may say "Smoke on The Water" is overplayed (maybe in America), but here in the back-alleys of Europe, it's beloved across all generations, and whenever it's played it quickly gathers a crowd of people from 15 to 95. And even if you don't like it, how can you not like "Highway Star" "Lazy" and "Space Truckin'"? You're either soulless or just lying to yourself.

Guitar Hero-ass album

Not bad by any means, but I found Deep Purple In Rock to be a much more intersting album and superior in pretty much every way. Still, some good songs on here! My god, I cannot imagine being that in love with a car though.

If I hadn't read the allmusic review, I might have given this 4 stars for a good example of dirty 70s rock. But to hear this belongs alongside LZ4 and Paranoid (not to mention LZ1 and 2), I feel I have to make a statement.

Some cool tunes on here and clearly loads of talent but I find the band hard to love.

Organ and screaming. 5/10

Hmmhmmm I liked 4 songs, I don’t think that I can listen it like often, but sometimes when I will have mood Highway Star, Picture of home, smoke on the water, when a blind man cries (this one I likes especially more) Gives me vibe of Back to the future movie xD idk why

For mye gitar og mimimi

Smoke on the Water is good, the rest is average

Great early heavy metal, handful of recognizable tunes to any GenX music lovers.

easy listen, classics. very singstar rock

Favourite Songs: Lazy

Lot of riffs.

Classic rock radio staple, always a good listen.

It was fine....

Spinal Tap but in a good way.

Good listen

Deep Purple always did know how to put together a descent sound.

Smoke on the Water is a classic, but they’re not nearly as interesting as their peers

A solid classic rock album with one bonafide forever radio hit. Top tracks: "Smoke on the Water," "Highway Star"

--Highway Star...Guitar Hero! sick bass. sick guitar solo --Maybe I'm a Leo...a mid groove. Blackmore's guitar elevates it a little --Pictures of Home...love the organ solo. we get a bass solo, too! --Never Before...straightforward with a great closing organ solo --Smoke on the Water...that's one heavy bass --Lazy...what starts as a hard rock instrumental eventually becomes a blues groove. it's a head bopper --Space Truckin'...Ian Gillan's vocals get some time in the sun

Allman brothers hard rock, too much Richie blackmore Highway Star Smoke on the water

That classic rock sound where legacy overshadows a solid little album.

Yeah, ok rock from the time. Preferred to blues rock songs more tbh

I tell you who wasn’t lazy when it came to music - Len Houmous 2.8 6/8 Lazy

Deep purple are a sliding doors band for me. If I’d come across this first in Woolworths instead of Led Zep 1 and Paranoid I may be an equally big fan of Deep Purple, but I I didn’t and I’m not and while I can hear the quality of Highway star and smoke on the water is a true classic it’s just a bit too 70’s rock by numbers for me

Carried by "When a Blind Man Cries"

Really fun. SOTW is epic but I also liked Highway Star and Lazy

It’s an okay classic

It has some vlasisc like smoke on the water and highway star But i loved lazy it was a fine album When a blind wan cries is really good so a 4/5 on a good day if not then 3.5

Certainly a lot more listenable than a number of the preceding 70s rock albums that we’ve been given. Some real belters in here too. I enjoyed the prominence of the vocals alongside the guitar riffs!

Didn't realize Smoke On The Water was by them, but obviously I liked that one. They like repeating the same words a bunch during the songs.

Too much instruments/riffs/drums and not enough of the singing, which was really good.

Ok - so this is clearly from the genesis of metal/hard rock. Always struggle with Organ in the mix a bit, but it’s pretty cool musicianship overall. Leaves me a bit cold. Impressive, but not really anything I’d choose to listen to. 3

Smoke on the water is a classic song, fits really well into the whole album. Lazy's synth act as a standout, transitions from the original melody in Smoke on the Water, I think it really builds the whole soundscape into something more unique and more in line with what the band's sound is. Nothing particularly surprising other than the unique melodies for me, it's definitely fitting for the era, but I wouldn't view it as remarkable. Smoke on the water is a fun one though and it really shows how the band just plays around with its soundscape. Overall, pretty fun album, pretty ahead of its time and it just sounds pretty coherent as all the different instruments blend together. I like the melodies and guitar particularly but maybe that's because I am a guitarist myself. Rating right now, around 6.5.

Surprising smoke on the water is their hit. The rest is familiar and similar

Trop rock et des morceaux trop longs pour moi meme si c'est objectivement bien

Enjoyed

Decent album, though it did sound similar throughout the album. They can play guitar and drums well.

maybe it's because we've had a super long run of bland, boring albums but I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. could also be because it's over before I got bored. either way-3.5 stars

I have questions. At first I thought I heard Space Monkey. I thought this had a fight club tie in and my mind raced trying to figure out the connection between Deep Purple and Meatloaf. Then I realized it was Space Trucking and I wondered how they knew back then about space? A little campy, this is the music kids of my generation made fun of whilst listening to much worse music like vanilla ice.

Heavy like I like, maybe a bit too much organ

Really enjoyed listening to highway star on my way to Tesco's in my 2012 ford fiesta.

I feel like if I said make a classic rock album it would sound something like this. Smoke on the Water is huge, but overall a fun listen.

Sure, the Organ, I get it. Also, the most practiced beginner guitar riff in history.

Wasn’t expecting to like this as much as I did!

Not heard this for years! Always enjoyed the Deep Purple sound Highway Star and Smoke on the Water are the winners on this collection

Might just be getting burned out on the 70's rock.

Typical ‘70s hard rock. Not a fan of most of the songs. Smoke on the Water is obviously iconic but was never a song I cared much for. I didn’t hate it but wouldn’t choose to listen to it again.

Pretty pretty pretty good

Obviously smoke on the water Big fan of lazy and when a blind man cries, great guitar work but a little rinse and repeat at times

i appreciate the album and respect the influence it has had on music, but it’s just meh to me

didnt love as much as the last doors but still good (3.5)

Some decent riffs but come on… this is nowhere near Led Zeppelin IV.

consistent, talented instrument playing, super in sync, vocals are really suited to the sound. songs are a bit long for me

Algunos clásicos temazos

I like how blunt, hard and excitable the bass playing is on this record. Deep Purple is at its best when everything is very bold, forceful and insistent. Oddly it's the mega single Smoke on the Water which is my least favourite song, the only one I disliked. I think it lacks their energetic USP. I also take issue with the lyrics of the final track where blind people are essentially likened to mystical creatures. All in all though a bit of good fun.

Deep Purple gets a mid 3 from me, its on the acceptable side of hard rock thats for sure

Deep Purple were an integral band in the evolution of heavy metal and hard rock and you can hear why on Machine Head. I absolutely loved this album when I was a teenager, but Deep Purple haven't quite stuck with me the same way Led Zeppelin did. While listening to Machine Head today, I can appreciate their impact, and I did enjoy the album, but I don't think I'm any more likely to want to revisit this album in the future.

Sometimes it's rocking, overall a nice listen.

There's something about hearing that annoying Musical Theater™️ type voice overtop of an electric guitar that really does not do it for me. Sir why are we over-annunciating. Isn't this is supposed to be rock music? They earned the 3rd star only because of Smoke on the Water.

Classic rock

Deep Purple fit in a weird spot between hard rock and heavy metal. This album rocks hard, with big riffs and rollicking guitar and organ solos. "Smoke on the Water" of course has the most famous riff, but "Space Truckin" is the most complete song. At the same time, it never feels truly heavy. It's slow and plodding like heavy music, but without the heft behind it to really knock your socks off. There isn't a bad song here - "Lazy" is the closest because it's too long and the lyrics are lame - but all of the songs are also similar enough that unless you're really into that sound things are going to grow a bit old. This was hard for its time, but with the benefit of hindsight I find it not quite hard enough.

Dad rock

2.86

Very respected album but i didnt find that all interesting but its good nonetheless.

"Highway Star" "Smoke On The Water" and "Space Truckin'" are fun and I've already forgotten the rest. Would also help if they recorded it in a real studio. Three remasters, and it still sounds pretty archaic.

Not bad, short and sweet with some classics

Si bien no es el tipo de música que suelo escuchar, hay hits que todos hemos escuchado y es muy placentero de escuchar. Mención especial para When a Blind Man Cries.

put it on at work in the background. great album! favorite song is lazy

It’s aight. Classic rock sounds, a bit of too much standard blues in them but with some splashes of cool harmonic movements and fantastic soloing from Blackmore. I am not liking the vocals tho.

Llega a ser divertido y por ahi muy aburrido pero al final cierra, si sos fan del rock debe ser una joyita .

musikalisch eigentlich gut aber vom ding her langweilt es meine seele

Really cool album. Title makes me think of the movie Redline, first song Jojo. Didn't know Smoke on the Water was from this album. Shockingly iconic. The basslines are incredible. Really really really good. I can see why it's recommended.

Whenever a 12-year old slowly plops out the riff to Smoke on the Water on a $100 Squier, a rock and roll angel gets its wings.

This is the kind of dopey—literally and figuratively—hard rock my punk forefathers rebelled against in the '70s. You could call it clichéd, except this album helped establish those clichés! All that said, I've got no beef with this. It gets wanky and deeply silly ("Space Truckin'"), but the classics on here have endured for a reason.

Pretty cool album. Very 70s white band sound.

Highway Star and Smoke are the stand outs. It is a solid album and it influenced a lot of great bands, but why does this feel like basic dad rock to me?

Reminded me of the Queens album we just heard. I think influential, but not great. I can hear a lot of late 80s and 90s bands in the music. But not something I’d come back to.

Highway star- what a way to start the day. Didn't realize smoke on the water was on the same record. That was a cool surprise! These guys rock and I should probably listen to the spin-off bands.

kinda fun

idk if we needed a second deep purple album on here..

…cool. Seems like biker bar anthems. The guitar and bass are ripping, I’ll give them that. The lyrics and delivery are lacking.

Listening session: march 29th, while getting ready in the morning Listened to before: heard one song before Thoughts: of course Smoke On The Water has an iconic guitar riff bu that actually wasn’t even my favourite track of this album. I quite enjoyed some of the organ work and guitar solos on here Favourite tracks: Highway Star & Lazy

Approaching decent while on the road, then when listening on solid ground I couldn’t stay awake

1 pretty good song and a bunch of forgettable stuff

Super short to the point rock album you know smoke on the water nothing super memorable but nothing too terrible it’s a solid rock album perfectly in the middle

A classic full of some bangers!

Is good at what it does especially for its time. Only ever heard smoke on the water but actually enjoyed much more than the radio hit

Good

Обещали нечто глубокое и фиолетовое, но в итоге остались над водой вместе с дымом

Каждый раз поражает, насколько глубоко в мейнстриме был рок в середине прошлого века. Smoke on the water слышала даже я, интересно, будет ли такой же феномен в середине во второй половине этого столетия. Но именно такие группы отбивали у меня охоту слушать рок все мое детство и юность

I didn’t think I knew who Deep Purple but oh my god all these songs are so famous. For as much as I’ve heard these, they do still sound pretty great. Very good older rock. It basically felt like a greatest hits of 70s rock in a way (sorry for anyone that offends)

Meh

I hadn't heard any of this besides Smoke on the Water. Kind of interesting to hear it in context. It really stands out on an otherwise unremarkable album.

I would really like to rate this higher because some parts of this record are so damn good. Really not a fan of the vocals.

Solid rock record. I gotta get a beat on that keyboard tone - OOF. I liked the record best when it was a bit weird - Highway Star is a great example.

Listen, it's not bad in any way. But it's not for me. There are certain bands that if you don't fall in love with when you're a teenager, it'll never happen. I still think Deep Purple's best stuff is on their first two albums. While they are very good musicians, (I always loved Ian Paices drumming and sound), this album doesn't really do it for me. Enjoyable, but not mind blowing. Ian Gillan is a good singer, but I usually don't enjoy his voice. I was listening to a lot of Black Sabbath lately, and comparing to them, I just don't find Purple especially interesting. Nonetheless, this album is a respectable flat 3. 3.2.

I could almost give this a 4 for Smoke on the Water, but the rest of this is pretty meh.

Machine Head is Deep Purple’s opus work. We had it on vinyl at 4Ex, the three song B Side got some play (and is one of the best B sides on 70’s vinyl.) This was a quick, fun trip back to the seventies for me. (3.49*s) I’m putting’ this album on next time I’m at Fan’s.

okay dad music!

Not really my thing,but i guess it is a sound that has endured for many …

fine. classic. I knew some of these songs. Would probably give it 3.5 if that was an option.

influential

Smoke on the water and highway Star I'm pretty familiar with abd consider the classic songs. The album itself starts off with great energy and just winds down as it goes. I kind of find it weird, as if the music got tied while I was listening.

Better than I thought it would be. I've never been a big Deep Purple fan but I see what fans like. A few decent songs, some bluesier than I would have expected but definitely a decent album.

Best vet maar ook niet echt mijn ding (bluesier en langdradiger dan ik ze graag hoor), maar je kunt natuurlijk niet zeggen dat je van Thee Oh Sees en King Gizzard houdt en dan hier op zitten haten. Eerste keer dat het me opvalt dat Frank Zappa wordt genamedropped op Smoke On The Water which is kinda wild

eu gostei só de uma música. achei meio mais ou menos de novo

that was actually pretty fun. i could hear the traces of blues and other genres (some middle eastern riffs in the guitar solos on the opener?) which made it a little more interesting than the typical music from this canon. i still wouldn't say I love it because i find the vocal delivery a bit goofy and hard to connect to, but i liked this more than i thought i would. Fav track: Highway Star

Always liked Highway Star and Smoke on the Water but was impressed by the other offerings on this album, especially Maybe I'm a Leo. A harder rock sound than I lean towards, but great bass lines. Listened through twice with no skips and enjoyed it! Not one I'll reach for often, but solid.

sounds kind of like twisted sister. i can see how this album has influenced other artists within the genre and i think it’s pretty ahead of its time

Sweet keys

Good!

i think everyone knows "smoke on the water". maybe "space truckin'". surprised to learn this is their sixth album as it doesn't seem to be that polished. makes me think of high school (idk, why - this is the first time i've listened to the whole album) - just sounds like a band that some high schoolers would make - not necessarily a negative here.

Wow. A white 70s rock album. Ground fucking breaking. Why. Why god. Why me. Why oh why. I love 70s rock I really do I swear I look like I like 70s fucking rock but I don't like the 20th album that supposedly I need to listen to before I die that sounds exactly like the last fucking 19. I could've called it at the first there's nothing new. It sounds fucking good I fucking like it it's fucking groovy but why is it on this fucking list oh my god. I feel a little passionately about it this. Fuck. I don't even know what to say to this. Like yeah I guess. Favourite: Smoke On The Water Least favourite: When A Blind Man Cries

Dos TEMAZOS. El resto bien

Some of the best and heaviest drumming I think I’ve heard from this era. Smoke on the water is a classic but I’ve gotta be in the right mood for this. Was good but didn’t blow me away

think we've already had one or their albums. This one wasn't as good

fine.

A solid example of the genre.

04/03/26 um álbum que eu gostaria de ouvir como músicas de fundo caso eu estivesse em um restaurante meio escuro conversando com pessoas que eu gosto os solos são bem interessantes (embora alguns sejam um pouco chatos, mesmo diversificados), o que faz a duração das faixas não se tornar maçante alguns momentos (principalmente de solos fora do tradicional) foram hype, mexi a cabeça um pouco (consegue ter seu ar de pauleira) rock clássico que meu pai deve achar mais do caralho que eu 6/10

This sounds like a cross between heavy metal and classic dad rock. I am sure this influenced a lot of bands in the 80's.

Jag blev positivt överraskad av detta. Kommer nog inte lyssna igen, men jag har en ganska trevlig lyssning trots att denna typ av rock inte alls brukar vara i min smak. Kul!

classic classic rock. sounds like a real band. great rhythm. great performances (overall), especially by Richie Blackmore on guitar and Jon Lord on Hammond organ. Organ played like a guitar often. Nice natural overdriven guitar tones. Highway Star - Proto-Iron Maiden guitar and organ harmonies, interesting delayed bass in intro. Maybe I'm a Leo - a vibe, great drumming and rhythmic feel in general. Doors-y blues middle section (Crawling King Snake). Nice combination of guitar, Rhodes, and Hammond. Pictures of Home - Another cool proto-Maiden song, in the galloping and chord changes. Cool harmony. Sweet chromatic harmonized Hammond solo. Great bass solo. Never Before - fun room reverb on L guitar. Led Zeppelin Good Times Bad Times riff Smoke on the Water - Absolute cinema Lazy - decent live bluesy song Space Truckin' - silly concept, but legendary riffs. Kind of like Not to Touch the Earth. sweet closing song. would be killer live. **(steal the "bloop"y guitar sound on the right at 2:40. Sounds like a cool synth patch. ** **Also steal the cowbell at the end.)**

I prefer Perfect Strangers or Burn, but this one still is a solid and defining album from the band.

Didn’t liked all the album but still this is good Song I like: Smoke on the water, Lazy, when a blind man cry

Alongside Black Sabbath, this monolithical thing paved the way for heavy psych music and remains influential until this day. Not my favorite album from them, but it is quite relevant.

En demi teinte, j'ai beaucoup aimé au début, mais le style devient répétitif un peu sur la fin, j'ai eu du mal à le finir avec la même énergie que le début.

Highway Star is all-time, but couldn’t see myself turning to this over any of the goats early 70s British blues hard rock era. Hard to take some of these songs seriously when Zeppelin I ,II, III, & IV had already released before this.

Smoke on the Water is an iconic song that will live on through history. The rest is kinda boring.

Eu tinha um mp3 do Smoke on the Water no meu celular na 4a-5a série, por conta do Rock N Roll Racing.

i went in thinking i was going to hate this. highway star immediately changed my mind. incredible start. the rest of it was fine. great moments. lazy was a huge standout. forgot jesus was in this band. huge plus.

I’ve heard quite a lot of Deep Purple by now, they’re great. Some great guitar solos. i prefer ‘Deep Purple In Rock’ to this album I think. Fav song is ‘Smoke On The Water’.

Deep Purple's sixth album has a couple of landmark hard rock tracks and a fair number of also-rans. The pulse-raising, uptempo opener "Highway Star" has a lean arrangement that (mostly) keeps the excess to a minimum - ditch the organ and guitar solos and you practically have proto-punk! "Smoke On The Water" with its iconic riff, catchy melody and lyrics *literally about its own creation*, is a titanic rock and roll track. The slower and more blues-oriented numbers that make up the balance of this record are competent but not exceptional.

COOL surtout la dernière (when a blind man cries) voilo

For an album that has Smoke on the water, this was a pretty un-rememberable album. It wasn't bad, but there wasn't anything to really get me to want to give it a second listen.

Definitely an iconic one adding to the foundation of all things Rock. But there are better ones out there

It’s definitely dad rock. The instrumental parts are really nice.

Återigen ett album som jag tror att jag uppskattat mer när det släpptes. Nu... Det är ok men inte mer. Jag trodde att det skulle vara hårdare rock men det var det ju inte. All heder till Smoke on the water, verkligen en låt som hållit under alla år. Kanske ett av världens mest uttjatade gitarr-riff? Ett nja från mig. Absolut inte dåligt, jag hade bara förväntat mig mer och bättre.

Very good hard rock album

An era of great music and this band certainly made an impact. Smoke on the Water is a memorable piece of music.

No conocía esta banda, al parecer, según Wiki: Deep Purple es una banda británica de hard rock (con razón mi critica) fundada en 1968 en Hertford, Reino Unido. La banda es considerada como una de las mejores y pionera de dicho género, además de influir a futuras bandas de rock y heavy metal junto a Black Sabbath y Led Zeppelin. Machine head es su 6to álbum grabado en dic de 1971 y publicado en marzo del 72' Impresión general: álbum muy rockero para mi gusto, aunque eso si, muy buenos solos de guitarras (se destacan mucho siempre, son las que sonorizan las canciones). Pocas letras, y si las hay, es medio al estilo ACDC, grito poco entendible jaja. Creo que mis favoritas (escuchándolo x primera y única vez) son Lazy y When a Blind Man cries, que, btw, muy buena canción de cierre después de un álbum tan potente; pasar de escuchar Space Trucking a WaBMC es como cuando estás aturdido en el boliche y te vas afuera o al baño y te vuelve la paz... Creo que es un álbum que tranquilamente escucharía para entrenar! Esas melodías en guitarra son muy motivadoras para estar al palo, ni en pedo para ir escuchando en un viaje en auto...

For a 37 minute run time this was a solid record.

Didn't totally grab me but I'd be a bold-faced liar if I said songs like Highway Star or Smoke on the Water didn't have me rocking out a lil bit

As an elder millennial who is into guitar guys every guy I've ever heard tinker around on a guitar knows that riff to Smoke on the Water. Classic. The rest of the album delivers a simple but steady and overall pleasing set of guitar licks.

I’ll tell you what, this was not as bad as the first Deep Purple album we had. I wasn’t worried that any animals were being harmed as I listened to it. But that’s hardly a ringing endorsement. Giving it’s 3 because I gave the last one a 2 and this was better.

….And we’re back to the big 70’s rock sound that I really enjoy. Musicians actually playing instruments and playing them well. Heavy drums lead every tune supported by strong guitars and powerful vocals. I’ve heard Deep Purple songs before but never listened to an entire album. This was a good addition to the list.

Heavy, bluesy guitar rock. Just what it needs to be. Long tracks with lots of solos, but this is driving music and you need a few jams to get you through. Overall, it’s fine if a little monotonous in places. Still one Ian too many!

I only like the first song lol

Can understand other people loving this but I don’t

Very good album- Need to do a proper review 3.5/5-GEMV (12.02.2026)

Deserved place in the hard rock trifecta

Infectious, big Dumb Rock that I'm not ashamed to say that I love. Is it stupid? Yes. Are lyrics shallow & simplistic? Yes Does it Rock? FUCK YEAH! It's just Hair Metal in it's infancy. I often wonder what music Strippers stripped to before Hair Metal. It's this! 3

Pretty standard rock and roll from that era. Nothing to hate or get too excited about.

p good! nothing really stood out except smoke on the water lol, but like a 3.5 for me

7/10 - good rock, could have been from the late 80s

it took me on an explorative journey in rock and blues field, which is not my everyday choice. Enjoyed it surprisingly more than expected. Good vibes, feels fresh even if it's over 50 years old. Maybe only for me though. (reaaaallllllyyyyyy cool album cover – graphically 8/10) saved 3 songs out of 8 3.5 out of 5

Smoke on the water pretty good kind of short actually liked Picture of Home the most probably because I haven't heard it as much. 8/10

This is what you think of when you hear classic rock. Shout out to one of the most iconic rock riffs for Smoke on the Water though. Best Songs: Highway Star, Maybe I'm a Leo, Smoke on the Water Worst Songs: Pictures of Home, Never Before

Kind of boring but some of the solos were good.

Again, too much Deep Purple. Smoke on the Water is an undeniable classic, though.

The songs on this album oscillate from the cringest of cringe to really good. I personally hate "Highway Star", and then what the hell was "Space Truckin'". I found myself genuinely enjoying the songs in between. I struggle to rate it highly as an album, but this does reaffirm that Deep Purple has songs I like.

Fornøyelig nok, men det meste her er intetsigende, og høydepunktene har man hørt en milliard ganger. Har fallhøyden fra første til andrespor noengang være større?

I understand its importance but not my vibe

Three great songs, four ok ones. Three stars

—0–3–5——0–3–6–5– A couple classic tracks. I can see the road it paved, but several songs are too close to the blues roots, where it feels like a copy of every other 12 bar song that came before.

mastered well and the guitar skills are satisfying. Not every song is a hit but there were definitely a couple where I was bobbing my head along.

Music for people who are scared of the Bad Bunny halftime show. Best Song: Smoke on the Water Rating: 5/10 Stars: 3

All of these rock albums in a row are starting to sound the same. Lots of instrumental breaks on this one, found myself tuning it out.

ES BUENÍSIMO. lo escuché dos veces y la segunda me gustó más q la primera, experiencia necesaria volver a escuchar un álbum eh. los riffs re pesados, muy buenos bajos, la voz del chabón súper característica, cada tanto se metía unos agudos q decís paa SON capos

more classic and more familiar

It certainly rocks, but that's also all it really does. Smoke on the water is a classic but the other songs weren't nearly as memorable

Couple bangers to keep you going

Not bad. I can see how it was influential, but to be honest the sound was developed and refined into something more interesting than this

I bought The Very Best Of Deep Purple in highschool, which I’m sure I bought just for “Smoke On The Water”. That CD introduced me to “Highway Star” and “Space Truckin’” and the incredible impact of a well fingered organ. The back half of this record is a total banger, and I say that as someone who’s very tired of SOTW. “Lazy” is a new track for me but it’s great. “When A Blind Man Cries” is also pretty good but technically not part of the album. Seems like I should dig into a few more Deep Purple albums.

It was fine. It’s hard rock and seems like a classic album, not my style

Temp

Never heard of album or band. Highway star is very classic rock. Pretty good not great. Back had solo is really good. Guitar on Leo is really good again. Nothing special other than that. These songs are carried by the guitar. Generic rock vocals. So many bands wanted to be the Beatles in the early 70s. Songwriting is pretty good on pictures of home. Never before is pretty cool. None of these songs are bad, they’re just generic 70s rock songs. Cool keyboard/guitar solo on never before. And then you get to smoke on the water. What a guitar riff. All time classic. Simple but so good. Guitar at the beginning of lazy is really cool. Harmonica too is good. This is a great sign front to back. And space truckin is pretty cool but not amazing. Overall average to good album. Pretty generic but not necessarily in a bad way. 2.7 stars.

Solid early 70s rock. Not really my thing

the beavis and butt-head song!

I wasn't particularly amazed by it, but it was decent.

So incredibly English rock vibes. I feel like I'm watching Top Gear.

As classic as classic rock gets. Some unreal riffs including 1 everyone who has ever picked up a guitar can play. Really fun stuff.

No bad just not my bag

great classic rock album

I'm familiar with Smoke On The Water, Highway Star and Space Truckin', but I've never been much of a fan of Deep Purple. Love their band name, though.

Machine Head is a combination of riffy rockers like "Highway Star" and "Space Truckin'" (the reasons I like Deep Purple in the first place), more forgettable blusey offerings, as well as slight tendencies towards prog and psychedelia. I'm not really a fan of the bluesier songs ("Maybe I'm a Leo") and the proggy stuff wears on me ("Pictures of Home"). I appreciate Deep Purple's contributions as a proto-metal band, but this album was more hit or miss than I would've liked.

Below expectations

Feels like this album is the precursor to 80s metal.

Not what I’d normally listen to but thought it was pretty good for what it is!

There is some really good instrumentation on this, even some very good blues guitar - what's lacking mostly is writing. It's adolescent rock in the end. And I think the band suffered from that iconic mega-hit. Its opening is almost a meme.

Again, fine. It was good enough for a headbop and I can understand how it might be liked by other folks, not my taste but I'll likely end up revisiting it at some points because the guitar work is just amazing. Love that. 7/10 so far.

A couple of classic hits but a bit tiring.

Cannot go wrong met oude-papa-rock-muziek (als het kon gaf ik een 3,5 maar het is net geen 4 tho)

This one strikes me as a three. I really loved lazy and the opener, and smoke on the water is still a great song. I didn’t think that there were some tracks that were not as good as others, particularly the closer, and Pictures of home. But I was impressed, because I’ve heard a lot of deep, purple slander from Black Sabbath fans, and, as someone who doesn’t really enjoy early metal as much as the middle of the 90s, I really liked this record.

Låter mye tammere en i huska. Plata har fortsatt noen rocke klassikere, men som helhet svært mid.

Very tame butt rock, except space truckin that was fire.

Sku gjerne gitt 3.5. Lazy og Space Truckin’🤘🎸

Hørt 12/01/26. Fy faen elsker highway star, beste karaokesang. Ellers en solid og gubbete plate, skjønner godt at Harald(68) på jobb ble glad når vi sendte han på Notodden bluesfestival for å høre de live i 2024.

The opening track is the highlight of this album for me - what a great organ solo! Lazy is an interesting blues-rock tune, and the Space trucking yells are pretty cool, but I found the rest to be kind of standard classic rock stuff - and there's no way I'm listening to Smoke On the Water again. Hearing Highway Star did get me to check out Jon Lord though, dug his solo album Sarabande. Saw this as well, thought it was interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy6eRSeCyWI

SMOOOOOOOOKE ON THE WAAAATER

the guitar riffs and messy beats are to die for. i am surprised they aren’t more popular like im absolutely amazed. i will definitely relisten to the album, my fav track was smoke on water. i understand as one may not like or appreciate it that much, but it definitely is a vibes and memory album. it reaches only the audience that wants to accept it.

Great riffs, incredible drums but nothing that makes an impact, nothing lasting, aside from that one riff in smoke on the water there's nothing hugely memorable about this album for me

solid album. though i didnt like the first half the second half was rlly vibey and nice. last song was rlly nice

Some good old fashioned classic rock. With a song that will live in my head forever thanks to Guitar Hero.

This is the quintessential 70s heavy rock sound, it's clear how much it influenced other bands down the road. The music itself is well-packaged and arranged. As someone who looks to lyrics though, this album -- metaphorically or literally -- doesn't speak to me. The lyrics here (not the singing/voice) are shallow, uninteresting to me. Nothing here is to suggesting that this album shouldn't be viewed as potentially groundbreaking, it clearly opened the doors for numerous acts in later years. However it's nothing that would be in my rotation too often.

Okay

DAMNNN this is really good all pf the songs had something good about them

Christmas break 2007 Jetta

Space atruckin is a gem ❤️

Highway Star is an incredible opening track and When A Blind Man Cries is a great closing track. In between there's ups and downs, you know. Smoke on the Water is legendary, but I've heard it so many times I'm tired of it.

New to me. Heavy on Indie ears, but I enjoyed it and will look for it in VC. 1. Highway Star 2. Smoke On The Water 3. Lazy

This album has its iconic moments and riffs, and maybe it was just coming to me at the wrong time, but I wasn't really feeling this. Or more like it just wasn't that memorable. As I think about a lot of these 70s rock albums, I appreciate the musical education, and how much this inspired the rock and metal that came after, but I likely won't revisit.

Standouts: Highway Star Smoke on the Water Rate: 3