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Deep Purple - Machine Head (1972) {2019, Japanese MQA-CD × UHQCD, Remastered}

Deep Purple - Machine Head (1972) {2019, Japanese MQA-CD × UHQCD, Remastered}

BAND/ARTIST: Deep Purple

  • Title: Machine Head
  • Year Of Release: 1972 / 2019
  • Label: Warner Music Japan Inc. #WPCR-18236
  • Genre: Hard Rock, Classic Rock
  • Quality: EAC Rip -> FLAC (Img+Cue,Log) / MP3 CBR320
  • Total Time: 00:37:42
  • Total Size: 299 / 116 Mb (Full Scans)
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Machine Head is the sixth studio album released by the English rock band Deep Purple. It was recorded during December 1971 in Montreux, Switzerland, and released in March 1972. Machine Head is often cited as a major influence in the early development of the heavy metal music genre. Commercially, it is Deep Purple's most successful album, topping the charts in several countries following its release. The album reached number 1 in the United Kingdom and stayed in the top 40 for 20 weeks. It reached number 7 in the United States, remaining on the Billboard 200 for 118 weeks.

Led Zeppelin's fourth album, Black Sabbath's Paranoid, and Deep Purple's Machine Head have stood the test of time as the Holy Trinity of English hard rock and heavy metal, serving as the fundamental blueprints followed by virtually every heavy rock & roll band since the early '70s. And, though it is probably the least celebrated of the three, Machine Head contains the "mother of all guitar riffs" -- and one of the first learned by every beginning guitarist -- in "Smoke on the Water." Inspired by real-life events in Montreux, Switzerland, where Deep Purple were recording the album when the Montreux Casino was burned to the ground during a Frank Zappa concert, neither the song, nor its timeless riff, should need any further description. However, Machine Head was anything but a one-trick pony, introducing the bona fide classic opener "Highway Star," which epitomized all of Deep Purple's intensity and versatility while featuring perhaps the greatest soloing duel ever between guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and organist Jon Lord. Also in top form was singer Ian Gillan, who crooned and exploded with amazing power and range throughout to establish himself once and for all as one of the finest voices of his generation, bar none. Yes, the plodding shuffle of "Maybe I'm a Leo" shows some signs of age, but punchy singles "Pictures of Home" and "Never Before" remain as vital as ever, displaying Purple at their melodic best. And finally, the spectacular "Space Truckin'" drove Machine Head home with yet another tremendous Blackmore riff, providing a fitting conclusion to one of the essential hard rock albums of all time.

~ Eduardo Rivadavia, All Music

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Deep Purple - Machine Head (1972) {2019, Japanese MQA-CD × UHQCD, Remastered}

Track List:
01. Highway Star [0:06:06.20]
02. Maybe I'm A Leo [0:04:51.40]
03. Pictures Of Home [0:05:06.05]
04. Never Before [0:03:59.07]
05. Smoke On The Water [0:05:42.15]
06. Lazy [0:07:22.00]
07. Space Truckin' [0:04:35.12]

Personnel:
Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
Ian Gillan - vocals, harmonica
Roger Glover - bass
Jon Lord - keyboards
Ian Paice - drums, percussion

 


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  • johnsilver
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+ Full Scans
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  • zorro96
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Many thanks.
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  • GalacticKat
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Awesome album. Thanks so much!