'Deep Purple in Rock' is a pretty good classic hard rock experience from Deep Purple that delivers on energetic performances and heavy riffs, while it doesnt really stand out to me when compared to other, better hard rock albums at the time, I still came away with some tracks that I thought were great and moments where the band showed great prowess.
The studio debut of Deep Purple's Mark II lineup does a much better job at proving their worth than that live symphonic collaboration they did with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. While this isn't as good as most of what the Mark I lineup did, In Rock gets straight to the point and really shows you why this is the lineup the band is best known for.
Right off the bat, I feel like Ritchie Blackmore's guitar work is even more lively than ever. For a guy who proved himself time and time again ... read more
I didn't expect this to be as prog as this. I normally associate Deep Purple with Smoke on the Water and that's about it, but this showed me that I was dismissing this band because of one over played song. As soon as Speed King started, I was taken back and I really wish more of the album was at that tempo, it was such a great song.
Standouts: Speed King, Child in Time, Flight of the Rat, Living Wreck
#12 of working through the 1001 Albums list
This album should need no introduction. If you haven't heard this behemoth of a record what are you still doing here? Get on with it.
Is it dated? Dad rock? Oh yeah a hundred percent, but credits where they have to be given, these guys were really important due to their contributions to the sound of heavy metal and hard rock. So yeah give it a shot if you like that earlier sound
1 | Speed King 5:54 | 89 |
2 | Bloodsucker 4:16 | 89 |
3 | Child in Time 10:20 | 96 |
4 | Flight of the Rat 7:57 | 88 |
5 | Into the Fire 3:30 | 87 |
6 | Living Wreck 4:34 | 85 |
7 | Hard Lovin' Man 7:11 | 87 |