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Psychedelic Paul 
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There've been many Shades of Deep Purple over the years with various line-up changes along the way that reads like The Book of Taliesyn. Deep Purple are almost as enduring as the U.S. Presidents engraved In Rock on Mount Rushmore. Their storming brand of Hard Rock has all the fiery energy of a Fireball and the tempered steel hardness of a Machine Head. The band asked "Who Do We Think We Are?" as they prepared to Burn up the world stage with their thunderous live act of Stormbringer songs. Crowds flocked in their thousands to Come Taste the Band live. Fans of Deep Purple who began as Perfect Strangers became lifelong friends as they watched the band perform together in The House of Blue Light. The Battle Rages On to determine the best British Rock band of all time, with Deep Purple being Purpendicular to Led Zeppelin in the vast pantheon of Rock. There's nothing quite as thrilling as seeing A-Band-On a crazy world tour, no matter whether they're going Bananas in Brazil, Crackers in Caracas, or Nuts in the Netherlands. For anyone lucky enough to have experienced the Rapture of the Deep Purple Live, they may wonder Now What can possibly better that in the Infinite universe of Hard Rock!? Okay, it's time now to get this poll underway with a bang and a Whoosh.
All albums in Deep Purple highlights by Deep Purple  Here's your chance to help determine the Top 7 Deep Purple *studio* albums of all time. Simply list your Top 7 Deep Purple albums in order of preference and then I'll assign the usual system of points to your listings:- 1st album - 12 points 2nd album - 8 points 3rd album - 6 points 4th album - 4 points 5th album - 3 points 6th album - 2 points 7th album - 1 point Here's my Top 7 to kick things off with:- 1. The Book of Taliesyn (12 points) 2. Shades of Deep Purple (8 points) 3. Deep Purple (6 points) 4. In Rock (4 points) 5. Fireball (3 points) 6. Machine Head (2 points) 7. Perfect Strangers (1 points)  1968: Deep Purple - Shades of Deep Purple - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nTXlmneHsEIsYva_BlEgk8EEg8cqbuiUo 1968: Deep Purple - The Book of Taliesyn - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nSIqXrKZFk2x31D9UWnBUCTr76UNPRzRo 1969: Deep Purple - Deep Purple - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdgFk-dTMiRhJqppGhH7ZoKxhkGfMOOsB 1969: Deep Purple - Concerto for Group & Orchestra - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnA1IMnLZr4 1970: Deep Purple - in Rock - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ksIuxv2NKe2w9zN6ZwGbX6kECQ3cMjqWM 1971: Deep Purple - Fireball - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kuubgIbX60E-369mgOC1Nfy152H24sKyI 1972: Deep Purple - Machine Head - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mhmVTfMgQ7f2i0I4x7i4yF1PKciXinB8k 1972: Deep Purple - Made in Japan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psFdqiPfhmg 1973: Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are? - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l4GjWCMUcT-uW9dY0DjyD_GxOv1_xNuWY 1974: Deep Purple - Burn - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m31z9VHDSFvujhBXhTkiuCpxVZUArPnnc 1974: Deep Purple - Stormbringer - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lfo4pg8PFnDC_Ofl5vS7oSj4pdojJgOcs 1974: Deep Purple - California Jam - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExQDQ-DYKts 1975: Deep Purple - Come Taste the Band - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l7uI2usBS_dPvObsZlug2jj2X0kWwLzqc 1976: Deep Purple - Made in Europe - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k9OYfTnDBTvw5CVHacxmGCSBCv36XRwBM 1984: Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nbCSomYVcT0PsJpJhHjRMDXRMpXMZDK6U 1985: Deep Purple - Live in Paris - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwdJvGcPXQI&t=2249s 1987: Deep Purple - The House of Blue Light - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lIc3mzD7w_mrXvLceyJF_izU81pPyk-s8 1990: Deep Purple - Slaves and Masters - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_loz8VHRnjQei0jGYkqr6GKfxBdPFdcraM 1993: Deep Purple - The Battle Rages On - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgLk-j8sdm7YQLmWyavFMxvU6LTyXvqb2 1994: Deep Purple - Come Hell or High Water - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH1k9Qhl1K5-r_OqY7QrHmdHfT-koOOSW 1996: Deep Purple - Purpendicular - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_keKhedrd_vunTjYFZ9xe7abVqOZPNwbow 1998: Deep Purple - Abandon - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgLk-j8sdm7YRqAt5rAvce_ILDGgMgi5G 2000: Deep Purple - In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cFJtUcmjZknts9f8A8UpG4-ElcQq9Cq 2003: Deep Purple - Bananas - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgLk-j8sdm7Z0x9xDLaSZkgeEwuBC04ED 2005: Deep Purple - Rapture of the Deep - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgLk-j8sdm7aM91YS90il8IUFDXfuGm4o 2011: Deep Purple - Live at Montreux - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN7F_M3ErdI 2013: Deep Purple - Now What!? - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgLk-j8sdm7aAbqojS72402GoOBeWWkUO 2017: Deep Purple - Infinite - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nSho3KZtBsButbrNhzu9RaePgoaXygyTY 2020: Deep Purple - Whoosh! - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lSV7r_j3B4Uz9Ps9UBO3F9UM2XXdtavfQEdited by Psychedelic Paul - January 14 2025 at 10:30 |
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1. Machine Head
2. In Rock 3. Now What?! 4. Infinite 5. Perfect Strangers 6. Rapture of the Deep 7. Burn
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Stormbringer
Book of Taliesyn In Rock Machine Head Burn Purpendicular Perfect Strangers
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1. Deep Purple (12 points) 2. Taliesin (8 points) 3. Shades (6 points) 4. In Rock (4 points) 5. Burn (3 points) 6. Machine Head (2 points) 7. Fireball (1 points)
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Posted: September 28 2020 at 15:58 |
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^ It's good to see I'm not the only one to have Deep Purple's first three classic albums listed in their Top 3.
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7. Book Of Taliesin
6. Come Taste The Band 5. Burn 4. Machine Head 3. Shades Of Deep Purple 2. In Rock 1. Fireball
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1) Machine Head
2) In Rock 3) Come Taste the Band 4) Perfect Strangers 5) Who Do We Think We Are 6) Stormbringer 7) The House of Blue Light
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I'm quite surprised by that, I'll have to check them out again.
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I had a few minutes to spare, so I've put together a list of my ratings for all of Deep Purple's studio and live albums:-
Shades of Deep Purple (1968) The Book of Taliesyn (1968) Deep Purple (1969) Concerto for Group & Orchestra (1969) In Rock (1970) Fireball (1971) Machine Head (1972) Made in Japan (1972) Who Do We Think We Are? (1973) Burn (1974) California Jam (1974) Stormbringer (1974) Come Taste the Band (1975) Made in Europe (1976) Perfect Strangers (1984) Live in Paris (1985) The House of Blue Light (1987) Slaves and Masters (1990) The Battle Rages On (1993) Come Hell or High Water (1994) Purpendicular (1996) Abandon (1998) In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra (2000) Bananas (2003) Rapture of the Deep (2005) Live at Montreux (2011) Now What?! (2013) Infinite (2017) Whoosh (2020)Edited by Psychedelic Paul - September 29 2020 at 08:36 |
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5 STARS RATING
1970 Fireball 4,5 1971 Machine Head 5,0 1972 1973 Burn 4,6 1974 Stormbringer 5,0 1974 1975 P.S. The first three albums need to be listened carefully again to make some kind of conclusion I also apologise to the author for not following his rating instructions. |
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Alan, despite some shaky covers (and even that is debatable), Purple was never so inventive than on those first three albums. I mean I could do without Help, Kentucky Woman, River Deep and Laleña, but none of them are atrocious, far from it. I'm So Glad, Hush, Hey Joe and We Work It Out are great But it's really their own stuff that's amazing.
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^ I love Deep Purple's version of River Deep, Mountain High. It's the main reason why The Book of Taliesyn is my favourite Deep Purple album.
 I also prefer the voice of Rod Evans on the first three albums to the later albums featuring Ian Gillan.
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^^^^ Mmmhh!!... With RDMH, Purple was doing a bit the Vanilla Fudge treatment of classic Motown, but it's overblown (the unmentionned Alzo Spacht Zara inclusion) and almost a tad bit ridiculous (compared to VF's covers), especially when you listen to the original Ike & Tina version. Hardly that Taliesin album's high point, but still OK in my book. Edited by Sean Trane - September 30 2020 at 02:26 |
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Taliesyn didn't make my top seven, but it's a great album. Its high point for me is Anthem, an amazing ballad and one of my favorite Deep Purple songs.
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You won't be surprised to hear I'm a big fan of Vanilla Fudge too. I love overblown prog.
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1: Machine Head
2: In Rock 3: Burn 4: Come Taste the Band (Underrated) 5: Fireball 6: Perfect Strangers 7: Now What |
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I know they're not British. That's why Vanilla Fudge aren't included in my A-Z of British prog.
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Made in Japan (nothing else comes close to encapsulating the band)
Machine Head In Rock Fireball Burn Who Do We Think We Are Shades of Deep Purple
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"Remember, it's studio albums only. If it wasn't for that rule, all but one of my Top 7 choices would be Live albums"
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