- rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock
- 43 min
- 9 tracks
- Tetragrammaton Records
Shades of Deep Purple is the debut album by the English rock band Deep Purple, released in July 1968 on Tetragrammaton in the United States and in September 1968 on Parlophone in the United Kingdom.
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Character
Spare, grave, character-led and earnest.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- PopMatters6/10 ★
- Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10
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Tracks
- A1And the Address4:36
- A2Hush4:11
- A3One More Rainy Day3:15
- A4aPrelude: Happiness2:45
- A4bI’m So Glad4:53
- B1Mandrake Root5:55
- B2Help5:45
- B3Love Help Me3:34
- B4Hey Joe7:38
9 tracks, 43 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Deep Purple
- Label
- Tetragrammaton Records
- Released
- July 17, 1968
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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