- rock, hard rock, classic rock, blues rock
- 44 min
- 7 tracks
- Creative Sounds Ltd.
The Book of Taliesyn is the second studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple, recorded only three months after Shades of Deep Purple and released by Tetragrammaton Records in December 1968, during their first US tour. The name for the album was taken from the 14th-century Book of Taliesin.
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Grave, spare, classical in form and earnest.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- PopMatters6/10 ★
- Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10
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Tracks
- 1Listen, Learn, Read On4:05
- 2Hard Road5:16
- 3Kentucky Woman4:47
- 4Exposition / We Can Work It Out7:04
- 5The Shield6:06
- 6Anthem6:31
- 7River Deep, Mountain High10:05
7 tracks, 44 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Deep Purple
- Label
- Creative Sounds Ltd.
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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