Reviews (page 13 of 13)
way to many american dad titles in this playlist
I would say this album is fine. Heard a bunch of the songs on the other Deep Purple album so might’ve leant to some of the staleness for me
Smoke on the wah-tah
no lyrics
Never could dig this band
Ik vind Deep Purple een draak van een band. De gruizige riffs zijn best origineel en misschien best een inspiratie voor hardrock bands, maar mij hebben ze nooit kunnen bekoren. De zang is indrukwekkend hoog en hard maar genieten doe ik niet hoor. En we moeten het ook even over Smoke On the Water hebben. Een draak van een track die irritant populair blijft. Als ik één nummer uit de rockgeschiedenis mag wissen, is dat misschien wel Smoke. Hate it. Eerlijkheid gebiedt te zeggen, er zitten een paar nummertjes tussen die best aardig zijn. Die noem ik dan maar highlights. Alles is relatief per slot van rekening. 5/10 Highlights Never Before When A Blind Man Cries
thank god for the deep purple rhythm section, carrying their absurdly overrated more famous members even harder then led zepp. the reputation of this one has always baffled me because surrounding records (especially made in japan) absolutely prove that this lineup of deep purple was an absolute Rock Music Machine that could create thrilling and distinctive music for days. this lumpy mid-tempo slush is so inherently not for me that if im gonna make my peace with it i have to accept it as an intentional choice...a bit of a Back To Basics record in the vein of , uh, Take A Look In The Mirror by korn (first thing that comes to mind lmao). unfortunately i just do not like the individual parts enough to get a lot out of the supposedly more focused presentation of them...made in japan outdoes this not only in speed but in weight. no other song is anywhere near as bad as smoke on the water (there are other classic rock staples i hate listening to more, but none i understand the appeal of less), but neither does the Intentionally Holding Back presentation create sufficient tension for me pretty much anywhere here. the spectre of this lineup's world-destroying heights should hang in the background as intimidating, the unsettling feeling that theyre only using a fraction of their power, but its so textureless for me that it more just erases those heights from existence instead. might listen to made in japan later at least
I appreciate Deep Purple’s influence over heavy metal and rock. I really enjoyed the virtuosic guitar and playing overall. However I found the music a little too straightforward sometimes, and boring. Not really for me this one.
These songs are so unnecessarily long, I disassociate halfway through.
All just a bit of a yawn really.
Only smoke in the water and when a blind man cries are worth
Nothing special but enjoyed having it on in the background!
Sadly didn’t do too much for me… I think it was a bit mild for my tastes, but in fairness I have been assaulting my senses with a lot of grindcore recently and altering my brain chemistry/attention span. Smoke on the Water is still very satisfying, and Space Truckin’ is fun too!
I’ve always thought of Deep Purple as pretty lame so I had never given them a proper listen-through. I enjoyed a lot of the instrumentals and solos more than I was expecting and I actually kinda dug the first song . My verdict, however, remains the same: lame!
Fucking boomer rock. I can't believe there are two Deep Purple albums on this. It was okay. I have to give Smoke on the Water some credit. But listening to it again made me like it even less. The lyrics are so damn simplistic. I respect the opening guitar riff, but that's all the song is. I don't enjoy this era of music, and this album did nothing to change my mind about it.
ok
Nonono No
Not great. They sounded like a generic, local hard rock band. Nothing particularly special about their lazy riffs, mediocre guitar playing, or weak vocals.
Very boring I'm afraid. Just really vanilla dad rock and not at all for me. Guitar solos are cool and all, but have you ever thought about not doing one?
Except for Smoke on the Water, I didn’t enjoy this album.
Deep purplelta tämä ei ole minusta kummoinen levy, tai ainakaan ei nouse huipuksi. Kaipaisin jotain huippua - Smoke on the water periaatteessa on sitä, mutta sen kuluneisuus vie terän. En nyt sanoisi tätä laiskaksi tai ihan tasapaksuksi, mutta ainakin bändin tasolla keskiverroksi. Teillä olis vielä lisää energiaa.
boooof
The guitars were definitely slammin brother. Quite a few headbangers in there. Smoke on the water is a classic
boring
This is one of the most hollow albums I've ever listened to. It feels like these guys knew how to work a studio and their instruments, but what are these songs? This entire album played out and the overriding emotion I felt was cringe. As the album started I was sitting at a solid 3, but over the course of the album the trite and meaningless songs wore me down to a solid 2.
Honestly very mediocre at best. Even hearing Smoke on the Water I was blown away at how incredibly boring that famous riff is. The staying power of some of these classics is mind boggling unless you take into account the amount of 11 year olds who learned how to play guitar by someone teaching that riff to them real quick.
Kinda boring. Seemed like the were a wannabe Black Sabbath with a less talented roster.
Man, this one is just a straight up classic rock album that feels like it got a lot of air time in like Cincinnati and Detroit. Maybe upstate NY. Some tracks are definitely iconic and made it to me coming along like Smoke on the Water. But a lot of it escaped my interest. The hard driving guitars and precise drums with the vocal howls make this perfect for driving fast down the highway. Not to my taste.
Four of these seven tracks were on “Made in Japan,” the live album we listened to earlier on the list. With so much overlap, I have a hard time justifying the inclusion of both on the list. “Smoke on the Water” is a classic, but apparently I didn’t love the version on the live album. Surprisingly, the version here doesn’t live up to the version in my head either. It’s become so iconic that the riff that plays in our heads hits harder (and is a more significant part of the song) than the actual thing. It’s still the best on the album though, and the other songs all equally ooze early 70s hard rock, even if “Space Truckin’” is a bit weird.
War noch nie meins. Und Hasssong Nummer Eins dabei...
Der Sound von Deep Purple ist einzigartig, sofort erkannt - und nach 2-3 Tracks leider dann auch immer wieder das gleiche. Favorit, wen wundert es: Smoke On The Water.
All I could think of while listening to this was Spinal Tap. I think teen me would have liked this more than adult me does. 2.5/5
Some absolute classics like Smoke on the Water and Highway Star (Rockband song). Don’t think I’ll go back to the album though.
i wonder what other albums could've been on this list if Deep Purple didnt make one good song that one time
I’m not a fan of the dad rock genre or 7 minute gutair solos, So none of this is for me. It almost lost a whole point for the first song being one of the most ridiculous lyrics I’ve ever heard. I wish I could say more but it’s not my genre and not my sound.
Very hard to not think of listening to Spinal Tap. Highway Star is very ordinary. Smoke on the Water is good, but overplayed! Maybe I'm a Leo is ok and When a blind mind cries is not great.
not a big fan of deep purple. it was crazy hearing smoke on the water outside of just the opening riff over and over and over
“Yeah, Yeah, Yeah – Space Truckin’!!!!!!” No band or record in this esteemed list is more Spinal Tap-esque (and not in a good way). Sure there are some major hooks, but from the dead-dull cover to the dumb name to the banal lyrics to vocals more screamed than sung, this is music from the tar pits. It’s impossible not to see the air-guitaring and head-bobbing kids in their tight tees, bell bottom jeans and bad well-combed winged haircuts just fully digging this heaviness. Some of the keyboard riffs are engaging and Blackmore could surely riff, but Gillian is not an especially impressive singer and overall this is just dinosaur-ific.
Smoke on the water, others were non descript dad rock
Interesting as a relic of early heavy metal, but otherwise nothing to get too excited about. Basic schlocky blues-based rock. I guess the musicians were pretty good, but the album as a whole? Meh.
Like this more than deep purple in rock - still not my thing but easier to listen to - would give 2.5 if that was possible
Nope. Don’t need yet another Deep Purple album on this list 🙄
It‘s like the mother of dusty Stoner Rock that doesn‘t forget its bar blues roots.
Я тоже учил Smoke on the Water на гитаре, но я ненавижу эту песню всем сердцем. Как и почти весь знакомый мне музон этой группы. Как можно серьезно воспринимать эти максимально неинтересные песни? Как кто-то может слушать эти чисто механические, плоские соло и кричать "зе стронгест тен"? Примитивщина по большей части, даже по меркам 72-ого, к которому такие малоизвестные группы как Блэк Саббат и Лед Зеппелин выпустили на двоих 7 (семь) охуенных альбомов, из которых ну точно нельзя было почерпнуть идей и вдохновения. Технические точное дрочилово - прямо как название альбома. Может в этом большой концепт, который я только сейчас вскрыл? И я даже не начинал говорить об обложке. Лучшая песня - Highway Star.
Man, I cannot stand the early hard rock stuff. This album has everything I should like. Roger Glover is beastly on the bass. The over-driven organ is super cool and well played. Blackmore rips some interesting solos. The band is tight as all hell. And yet... It sucks. The lyrics are so cringe inducing. Am I supposed to be mocking them? They're joking right? I really can't tell. It's all so dumb. As well executed as the songs are, they really don't add up to anything more than generic 70's hard rock. It's a shame. Honestly, I bet if I was a young person in the time this band came out, I'd be a huge fan, but I wasn't and time really passed Deep Purple by. There's more interesting music to listen to now even if this somewhat interesting as a time capsule.
Ok. Just ok.
Unpopular opinion number 1. I much prefer purple with coverdale and Hughes, gillan always left me cold. Number 2. Smoke on the water isn't that great, riff aside its pretty average. Number 3. There is an awful lot of filler on this album. Number 4. Rainbow and whitesnake maybe purples bastard children but god they are so much better.
Space Truckin is fun.
Meh. 2.5
Not for me
I don’t care how iconic the Smoke on the Water riff is, it’s the first thing every kid learns to pluck on a guitar for a reason, and that reason is because you don’t need any talent or imagination to play it.
Album felt like mostly filler with one “hit”. The songs and the jam sections were fine it just didn’t feel like it went anywhere for me
This was one of the most mediocre dude rock albums I’ve heard. There is nothing special about this album and one listen was enough for a lifetime.
The organ solo before Lazy was the best part of this album. Overall, not a terrible album but find it hard reconciling it was one of best albums of all time.
Jesus wept.
Kinda heavy metal. Not my music.
Smoke On The Water sticht schon am Ehesten heraus, während der Rest für mich eher ein wenig verschwimmt. Ich war und bin aber einfach weiterhin kein großer Fan der alten "klassischen" Metal-Bands / -Sounds (auch wenn es natürlich mal Ausnahmen gibt). 2 / 5
Rythym guitar rock, nice and upbeat and I rolled with it but didn’t do anything special for me.
I could listen to this over and over again.
4/10 This falls right into the “not for me but more interesting than I expected” category Overall it is plodding hard rock/metal that makes me think of pub bands and old men Vocal stylings verge towards metal, which doesn’t work for me But the music was more varied than expected - a lot of (boring) rules rock influence, plus some jazz and even funk Probably the most impressive aspect was the rhythm, particularly bass Best: Never Before
Rap is crap type rock music
2 good song but the rest didn't do anything for me.
Didn't every teenager with a guitar play Smoke on the Water?
war ok mal ein album von ihnen gehört zu haben
heavy
Not my thing
Was t a fan of this music when I was younger, still am not a fan
that sure is some hard rock pt 3 turns out hard rock isn’t super my thing. I do appreciate smoke on the water and pictures of home for what they are though
Nicht wirklich ein Fan von dieser Art von Rock. Smoke on the Water hat ein klassisches Riff. Ansonsten finde ich den Track aber auch nicht zu interessant.
This seems like the most boring generic version on 70’s rock. I didn’t really get anything out of it. A couple of cool organ moments. Highway Star is the worst song. Never Before had a groovy intro but it just goes into the song which I wasn’t into.
It’s just so generic.. there’s more than enough great 70’s rock, we don’t need deep purple on this list.
When this came up, I thought: not my usual jam, but why the fuck not, so put it on at high volume and went for a walk. Turns out the 'why not' is fairly evident after about 3 tracks. I can imagine this sounded raw and energetic when it came out but it now just sounds a bit mediocre. Not angry, not poppy, very dated and weirdly bland.
How many more Deep Purple albums must we endure? This is my 3rd after just over 300 albums, so they make up around 1% of the list so far, which doesn't bode well. This one gets a marginally better rating due to the significance of Smoke on the Water, but overall its as cringe as Deep Purple in Rock.
2.8
not my thing
fine
This did very little for me
Not bad, know smoke on the water already of course. Classic 70s rock I would call it, none of the songs are particularly memorable it's not my thing, but I think I can appreciate that this was probably quite a new sound when it was released maybe. 5/10
IDK, fine I guess.
It's the grandaddies of butt rock!
Similar feelings as the thin lizzy album, but not quite as boring. I liked two or three tracks. Hoping I’m done with the early 70s metal albums for a minute.
Just meh
Iconic album in the world of rock n roll. The good songs are really good and the others are mediocre.
It's a precursor to sludge metal, I guess?
I liked this more than the live album. I would rate higher if the rest of the tracks matched the dynamic energy of "Highway Star."
Mid.
Just not their best work, really surprised to see it on this list. Unless they have other albums on here, I'd really question the decision to put this album on this list over their 70s work.
Average rock, instrumentals are good but vocals are super dated. Space Truckin is the best song.
Classic rock. Pretty solid.
"highway star" is pretty good but outside of that it's basically just that song but worse for the next 30 minutes. i guess the funny riff on smoke on the water is cool. not really my groove.
I think a common theme with this site is to think a classic album is an album with one of the "hits" on it but doesn't really have any other good songs on it. This is the case with Machine Head, Deep Purple In Rock is such a better album that Machine Head, but it doesn't have smoke on the water on it, which is a pretty average song anyway.
Slow, old school rock and roll, maybe some early metal. Some tracks, you can hear the influence of soul and r&b seeping through. For me, not a memorable album, probably will not seek out again.
I had Highway Star on an existing playlist, but otherwise not a big fan of Deep Purple. It's all kind of basic 1970s rock, nothing really stands out for me.
Nah, it was enough having heard Smoke on the Water countless time. Didn’t need this.
Smoke on the Water has that recognizable melody
Riff heavy. Monotonous. Classic heavy rock that seems tame now. Can see why it's important but not my music.
Wildly overrated
I've only ever heard Smoke On the Water, and was not a fan. This album made me appreciate the band a bit more, but I'm still not a fan. Too many solos that go on for so long. 2/5
70's jam band music, it's what you'd expect & nothing to write home about
one famous song but not a fan of metal
listened to this 4 hours ago. dont remember a single note my own thoughts overpowered it. wholly lackluster but I cant remember it being actively bad
Eh. Tempted to give it a 3 because there were a couple good songs and actually some nice riffs, but I also don't really care and I could go without listening to it ever again. We'll call it a 2.5 rounded down.
Big hairband energy
This journey has made me aware that there are so many more shades of 70s rock (and especially of British 70s rock) than I ever dreamed. At the same time, I think I could have died happily not being so aware of this, and I'm getting burned out on the entire decade. This had some okay tracks, but was overall incredibly forgettable. I will avoid listening to it again. It wasn't horrible, just unmemorable. 2/5
Smoooooooke on the waaaaaater. Sex drugs rock n roll 2.5/5
These guys just do nothing for me. Can't find anything particularly visceral or engaging in any of their compositions or lyrics. By no means are they bad tunes, but boy do I find them boring. Really wish there was a one album per artist cap. Two and a half. Fave track: Space Truckin'
okay
I lost my review for this album, but it's okay because I didn't really like it very much 2/5
This seems much more about perspiration than inspiration. And am not sure I'd want to be in that room. All a bit ploddy and the tunes aren't all that. The story behind 'Smoke' sounds quite interesting, but the song itself doesn't really reflect that.
shit ass dad rock
Nothing original, soulless
Of its time. The intro on Lazy was a snoozee
Artwork: 5/10 Favourite Tracks: - Maybe I‘m a Leo - Smoke on the Water - When A Blind Man Cries Rating: 5 / 10
This is dumb ass shit, it’s the structure and content of the songs that ruin things rather the general sound, but it’d be aesthetically dishonest of me to deny the thrill of ‘Highway Star’. (That one even has a great organ solo!)
Just not a metal fan
I can see how it may have influenced a lot of music I like, but the riffs are often overly repetitive and the solos tend to go on far too long. Most of the album sounds the same, especially in terms of dynamics. The one exception to this is When A Blind Man Cries, which really stands apart from the rest of the songs and was the highlight of the album for me.
Boring as fuck, only tracks i half liked were Maybe I'm a Lion and Smoke on the Water, offers nothing special sound wise and falls into generic category for me. Sure, it is influential, I recognize that, but personally it was not an enjoyable listening experience, and to me, it just sounded dull all throughout
Nope, echt veel te gedateerd
Ouwe rockmuziek. Niet zo heel interessant. **
Yeah nah, I’m good
A killer start with "Highway Star," the album has a lot of highs and lows. "Machine Head" has a handful of great songs that are shuffled in with several semi-questionable tracks, such as "Space Truckin'," which is an okay track at best - if it weren't for its redeeming solo. The transition from "Never Before" to "Smoke On The Water" seems very abrupt, as do some other transitions. Other songs feel a bit too drawn out. Deep Purple leaves you wanting more from this, but maybe not more of this exact album.
2.5 The dudes from Green Light would usually play this when we got a used one in and I like it. Smoke on the Water doesn’t really do the rest of the album too much justice. Really pretty heavy for the time it was released but I don’t see myself coming back to it a ton . Favorites: Highway Star, Maybe I’m a Leo, Pictures of Home
2.5 I don't know a lot about Deep Purple aside from Hush and the two hits here, and compared to those, I like Hush a lot more, so maybe I'm a bigger fan of their earlier psychedelic sound? I can't listen to Smoke on the Water without thinking of Guitar Hero, and I can't listen to Highway Star without thinking of that car ad it was in. Not necessarily bad things, but I think that paired with the unremarkable nature of the other songs ultimately leaves the album lacking a sense of its own identity. I guess I can see how it would be influential for heavy metal, but that’s never been a particularly favorite genre of mine anyway. Favorite song: Smoke on the Water
boy oh boy did you think i'd like this one? Smoke on the water is pretty good
This is maybe the most boring and uninteresting version of Rock n Roll I have every listened to. There is nothing at all interesting or exciting or rocking about this.
Världens mest berömda gitarriff men i övrigt imponerar det inte på mig.
not my style
It was alright
Did not like hombre, famous r8ff on one of the songs but the rest just sounded like mush.
More plodding rock by numbers. Dull.
Smoke on the Water saves this album from a 1, but damn is this so generic sounding.
Blackmore's guitar in the opening track reminds me of the evolution of free style skateboarding. Very plain compared to what is being done today. The famous track are overshadowed today by "Pictures of Home" and "Never Before". Blackmore takes a backseat to John Lord's keyboards on every track.
Bit too hair metal for me. Needs to be a bit heavier. I can appreciate the musicianship though.
p256. 1972. 2 stars. Primeval 70s hard rock. So this is where we put the blame for a thousand hysterical shrieking vocalists and an eternity of guitar wankage. I found this tedious beyond belief, really struggled to listen all the way through. Well produced though. Thank god for punk.
This one was more grating than the other Deep Purple albums this generator made me listen to.
Prejudices confirmed, bit pile of meh
An encyclopedia of rock and roll and cliches, circa 1972. Is it possible to enjoy “Smoke On the Water” in any non-ironic sense? (I doubt “Space Truckin’” can be enjoyed at all.) And three Deep Purple records on this list – seriously? Someone needs to time-travel a good bit forward.
Imagine if Steely Dan couldn't write songs and could still play musical instruments very well but played them fast because... well... what else are you meant to do without songs?
Classic. Smoke on the Water. Good. But Great? I dunno.
The solo in Smoke Over Water excuses a multitude of…well, not sins. But something not good.
I have this album on the original vinyl picture disk, never been played, and now I've listened to this, it never will be. I don't like the organ sound. It just isn't suited to rock music in my view. The vocal is too screamy and the lyrics sound very dated and cliched. I don't even like Smoke on the Water these days, I'm bored of it.
Yeah, so I mean, Highway Star still gets me. I mean, the lyrics alone on that song - there's a lot to unpack there. Smoke on the Water is one of the first songs I ever learned on guitar, so there's a werid sentimental attachment there. But it is a pretty plodding song, for sure. But overall this doesn't move the needle much. Feels very stuck in its time and doesn't deliver a whole lot of memorable moments.
Kinda sick of this type of music by now tbh
Sorry
It's borderline unfair. To have this following Moss Side Story. Relatively speaking, I'm almost thinking about giving this a 5. Just the first song alone makes it outstanding relative to Mr. Adamson.
Meh, another boring rock album.
Ive never really been a huge fan of deep purple, they are a really great band, the guitarist i forget his name, i do really love, and say if he was in another band, like maybe with dio, I would really enjoy the band but idk deep purple just doesnt work for me. All their songs start here and and here(my hand is up high for both), and i really like direction in songs. Good album, not to my taste.
I found this album to be very uneven. The big hits out of it are very good, top notch hard rock / heavy metal songs. Everything else however is very mid and I didn't really find a "diamond in the rough" among the deep cuts of this album. Overall it's just fine.
i'm just gonna say it. i almost hated this. not quite, but it was close. and it's not JUST because i've heard smoke on the water as much as anyone else has - i just don't give a fuck about this kinda proto-wank-metal. sorry?
For being the inspiration behind the most abused guitar store riff in history, this album does tend to punch above its weight. However, it still gets mired in repetitive song structures and gratuitous noodling that tends to wear thin after a while
dont care 4 it lolz
Me gustan los gritos la vdd, lo demás bastante clasicote, motero caspas pero llevo uno dentro en vdd que le vamos a hacer Pelin aburrido algún temazo pero podría vivir sin haberlo escuchado Judas priest pero sin molar
It was okay.
kinda standard
Can appreciate the craft but it igniting zero emotional response.
Rather smooth and forgettable. Was expecting it to be much heavier, but it's elevator rock.
Oh no
Guitar, guitar, guitar and more guitar.
"hush" is a great song. unfortunately, it's not on this album
I still don't like Deep Purple.
This is not my vibe. Too much hair and bluesy rock. But the electric guitars are so great in stereo - especially the intros on "Never Before" and the iconic "Smoke on the Water."
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Great energy but boring songs
Don't think that one song is enough to make up for the rest
Smoke on the Water earned it a 2. Shite.
It reminded me of a high school band. I get why they are in the Pantheon of Rock, but the musicianship is lacking for my taste.
Àlbum correcte però amb el que no he acabat de connectar tot i tenir dos o tres temazos indiscutibles. Millor que els darrers que m'ha tocat escoltar però oblidable.
I couldn't get into this album. They clearly want to be a hard rocking metal band, but they just don't have the riffs and the energy to keep it up.
I think the only Deep Purple songs I've ever heard are Smoke on the Water and Hush... This is a little more "gay leather bar" than I was expecting... but story of my life. I see why they're a one hit wonder. Smoke on the Water's lyrics are actually pretty bad when you look at them. Like trash bad. I know they're a classic/iconic band but fuck em. 2. And that's being generous.
Exactly what i expected. At least what I listened to of it
meeeh
Like the Doors but more dad-rock (if that were even possible). Not my favorite.
Don’t like
just not my thing
Don’t like this gender
Please don’t make me listen to Deep Purple again.
Deep Purple må ha varit betydelsefulla för hårdrockens utveckling. Men deras välspelade blueshårdrock är riktigt tråkig att lyssna på. Väldigt lite attityd, mer fokus på att sätta synkoperna på rätta stället.
Incredibly boring and very awful.
Just stop.
Highway star - sounds like it should be played in a movie not in a good way Maybe I'm a leo - don't like the way the guys singing, guitar riffs or solos too long Pictures of home - no Never before - nope Smoke on the water - why do they keep talking in the beginning Lazy - nice beginning, basically only guitar
I put my review of this in The Residents one so here is the Residents one: I don’t feel well after that.
Struggled to finish this one. I don't particularly like dad rock and this is bad dad rock. No saving grace here, even Smoke on the Water kind of sucks beyond the iconic opening riff.
a lot of unnecessary guitar solos. nothing particularly memorable. just very generic dad rock. i think hush is the only song i actually like by them and it's not on this album. not nearly as painful as the aerosmith album i had the other day though. i can listen to the whole album without having to skip, which has to count for something.
Probably in the top 50 most influential albums of all time. 50 years later, it's just tired and boring dad rock. Also Smoke on the Water isn't good.
Goodness me, this is tedious! Speaking as a dad, could you stop calling this "dad rock" please? This music now sounds so Jurassic that it should be called "grandad rock" instead. Honestly, if any child of mine ever bought me a "dad rock" CD for Father's Day (featuring such toe-curling drivetime "classics" as Smoke On The Water), I would immediately disown them *angryface*
Not for me, thanks.
I just don't like heavy metal, and this is just that, i'm sure its great in that genre, but not for me
Macho posturing disguised as music
Deep purple forever The best album
Unc slop
No me gustó. Ultimamente pasa eso, jaja
Last song was the best of the album. Not really a fan of the genre. Smoke on the water is cool
Could not wait for this dross to end
I don’t like rock music all that much so the sound just wasn’t for me. It’s more beat-heavy more than melody so I ended up just skipping through the songs in a few minutes. I didn’t pay attention to the lyrics so I have nothing to say about them.
мимо
no
Immediately, this record is highly irritating. Thoroughly adolescent. Don't think I had fully appreciated how dumb the lyrics to Smoke On The Water are. Every solo is either stupid or boring. Main riff of Space Truckin' is pretty great, though. Pre-teen me thought this record was cool. 40-something me understands that it is totally lame.
Marginally better than AC/DC and AM but only marginally so, this achieved third bottom so far because one can’t help nodding along to the opening of SOTW…
We all know exactly one deep purple song, and honestly I'd forgotten it was them. As soon as "Smoke on the Water" came on I went "oh yeah, I DO know a Deep Purple song". At this point I don't even think most people have listened to the whole song, we all just know the riff because it's so ubiquitous - which itself only happened because it's so simple that everyone who has ever learned beginner guitar has learned to play it awkwardly. It is my belief that this album was included on this list entirely because of that one riff, and the riff is not even that good.
i appreciate finally knowing that guitar riff. it was so whatever i accidentally listened to the album twice while doing laundry
а-ля асдс, в общем не очень
Meh. Classic stoner rock
Good grief, this was a painfull listen.
70s metal/rock. Hair metal. not a fan. motorcycle gang type shit
not a big fan of rock
Kinda insane how I could sing along to every single note of Highway Star thanks to Rock Band. Oh yeah, I hated this.
Horny blues rock. The instrumental sections actually anger me.
One of the greatest lps of all time? 7 tracks padded out by unnecessarily soloing. Could have been an ep or 12” single. Surely there are better albums by this band? It’s got Gillan, Lord, Glover, Paige FFS. Lyrically, half arsed. The best song Highway Star is about going to a gig. Smoke on the Water about waiting to record this album. Highway Star is pretty good especially Gillan vocals, even Ritchie’s urgent solo contributes to the prosody for once. Smoke has that killer riff. Space Truckin is fun. Lord’s keyboards in Lazy are cool - loop part for two minutes and you’d have a good 4 track ep. 1.5 stars don’t know which way to jump. It’s not as bad as Private Dancer but it’s not as good as any of the two star LPs.
Eepy. Boring. Sorry nareez. ONE
Gotta be honest it’s just blues rock that goes on too long. I find it dull and not very exciting. Thankfully it’s only 37 minutes long.
Not a fan. Classic Rock really doesn't do it for me
Not for me.
Bombastic, boring, uninspired
Meh
Nei.
O retrouso de highway star esta guai (o xiro harmónico) pero vaia puta brasa os solos
like eating raw dough, reminds me of indiana jones. almost thought revoking. the primordial soup of rock
1. ztar - 1.5 2. leo - 1 3. home - 1 4. Never - 1 5. Smoke - 1.5 6. Lazy - 1.5 7. Space - 1 8. Blind - 1.5
Boring Home Depot core. I’m sure someone out there will enjoy this album but it’s a no for me. I think they have better style than other artists of this same genre, but it’s not enough to carry any weight. All the songs sound the same and have that similar divorced dad rock.
Overblown. Long heavy blues. Nothing particularly innovative.
1 star for the nostalgia smoke on the water gives me for high schiol
Guitar Hero. "Smoke on the water" la he apreciado mas despues de haber leido lo que dice el articulo de la wikipedia que adjuntan en la app donde se generan los discos. Pero por lo demas no es un genero con el que haya conectado nunca y no lo disfruto, siento la parte de la voz muy repetiva dentro de una misma cancion, realmente lo que se puede destsascar es la parte instrumental. A pesar de esto "Lazy" me ha sorprendido un poco gratamente, sobretodo por la armonica pero preferiria que no hubieran cantado en la cancion. Se me ha hecho pesado escuchar canciones largar de un genero que no me ha gustado nunca. No creo que sea una mierda pero no es lo mio.
Real flat for me
Yeah, I think I’m mostly good on listening to anything that can be classified as classic hard organ rock at this point.
This was very much 'my era'. However I was only pretending to like them back then to fit in with all my mates. Now I don't have to fit in, so I allow myself to say, I just don't like the music. Having said that, I could listen to 'Deep Purple in Rock' again, just for old times sake... or maybe lift and drop the needle just to remember the tunes.
“Smoke on the Water” still kicks ass, but it doesn’t seem I was missing much of Deep Purple otherwise. Pretty much sounds exactly how you imagine all early 70s “metal” bands from England must have sounded. Which is very deeply not for me. Favorite track: “Smoke on the Water”
Boring
remember that rock band commercial? uncle eddie music (i will not elaborate) 2 guitar solos on one track is criminal the stutter part @ the end of pictures of home is fun funny that Never Before has significantly less plays than the rest of the album, despite being no worse than the rest of the songs. when they name dropped frank zappa i realized i would rather just listen to him fucking boring im fucking bored
not cool
At least it wasn't long... and yet, still too long... But hey, there's that famous guitar riff - which is, I suppose, why this album hasn't been otherwise forgotten by the human conscious.
Didn't like it
It's a shame we can't run the electric grid on tedious 70s rock since it since it seems there are bottomless wells of the stuff.
A terrible album in an otherwise great year for music. Outside of Smoke on the Water, not much to listen to on this one. Space Truckin' is perhaps the next best song on the LP. Although A Blind Man Cries had potential, the lyrics were ridiculous, pandering to the lowest level for an attempt at a blues song. By today's standards, they're not very good musicians. The LP mainly consists of overly repetitive guitar chords, weak guitar solos, rough drum beats, and rough bass lines. This is not what I would consider a classic album.
If you’re into 70’s rock, it’s worth a listen. I liked a few of these songs when I was 12 or so but don’t listen to this type of rock now. The story behind “Smoke on the Water” is sort of funny, so look it up. I’m rating this low (2 stars) not because the music isn’t good, it’s just because it’s not something I’d recommend in 2025.
Nope. Did not like one bit.
It’s not my kind of vibe. Too heavy on the guitar and drums
Me get guitar. Me play songs. Dad's happy long time.
It's hard to belive that this album wasn't trite and boring even when it came out. Every song here seems formulaic and unexciting. It's also hard to believe that 'Smoke on the Water' isn't about smoking from a bong. "Deep like the purple smoke on the water song. Taking hits from the bong" -State of Corruption (circa 1998)
Getting bored by the constant basic rock by numbers from the 1970s so popular in this list.
Deep Purple has never really been my jam... Highway Star was unlistenable for me. Pictures of Home was the best Smoke on the Water everyone knows I hope the other 1,000 albums are better :)
Terrible album with one good single - Smoke on the Water.
No
Apart from Smoke in the water it's not for me
Moet toegeven dat die Ritchie Blackmore wel epische dingen doet met z'n gitaar, maar de context waarin hij dit doet staat me totaal niet aan. De nummers gaan nergens heen ondanks hun behoorlijke lengte, enige vorm van sfeer is absent (zoals die in het zijproject van Ritchie, 'Rainbow', wel duidelijk aanwezig is), en de thematiek vliegt volledig over m'n hoofd. Het is weer van die hos-rock a la AC/DC, ben daar nu wel even klaar mee. Elk nummer wordt nog enigszins boven water gehouden door het snelle gitaarwerk.. nja eigenlijk niet, het album verdrinkt vrij snel in z'n monotonie, en alles wat achterblijft is een laagje rook boven het oppervlak. 5/10 Highlights: meh
yeah whatever man lol. derr derr derr derr derr derderrr derr derr derr derrderrrrrr so yeah you're gay
lazy was a really good track but the rest was just .. eh
Not for me. 1/5
Velho rockzão ruim dos anos 70. A década de transição onde o cantor era lírico e estridente, a guitarra tentava ser pesada, mas era uma sanfona, e a batera era as panela da vó. Ainda bem que evoluiu nos anos 80. Dos anos 70 das poucas que salvam é black sabbath e um pouco de Led Zeppelin. Mas esse deep purple tem que ficar deep in hell pq é ruim viu....
Maybe I wasn’t in the mood for this one, but I didn’t like it. It doesn’t stand out next to the great albums of this era - sure, smoke on the water is fun to listen to, but that was about it for me.
No
Dull purple, Deep shit, Deep beige, Shit purple, creep purple, deep boring, dumple bumple, smoke on your mum, ma-shit head
Pedestrian 70s rock at its blandest.
Not for me.
Meh
Repetitive dad rock
Hard rock.
Meh
This 1001 list is starting to feel tired with all these 1970s rock bands.
don't caaaaare
Nope
This is crap. If I could go “Space Truckin” to never hear this again, I’m callin’ shotgun.
It's a jam band I dont care what Rene says
I hated this Dreaded putting it on, put it off for 3 hours, finally put it on and didn't like it. Just not my thing, I don't think it's evil, but I think it's bad
I'm not into this.
Heavy rock. It's a nope.
Meh
These songs are way too long. Recognizable, but not good
Bad
This is dad rock to a T :chefskiss:
mehhh
Bailed after the first track. Shocking, awful sound.
Deep Purple is one of the pioneering heavy metal and classic rock bands of their time. With that being said, I hated it.
Sucks. I almost passionately dislike this band, no I do. Hope I never get another one of their albums
Not. For. Me.
More dull riff rock (sigh). It plods along, perks up for solo and then it's back to plodding along for the rest of the song and repeat.
Music for dinosaurs. In faded denim and straggly hair.
poco memorable, no m ha llamado nada como para prestarle más atención al álbum (a pesar d haberme torturado haberlo escuxado dos veces) a excepción de alguna de las 3 últimas q era 1poco más chula en comparación con las demás