- hard rock, rock, heavy metal, arena rock
- 37 min
- 7 tracks
- Purple Records
Machine Head is the sixth studio album by English rock band Deep Purple. It was recorded in December 1971 in Montreux, Switzerland, and released on 30 March 1972, by Purple Records. It is the band's third studio album to feature the Mark II line-up of Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice.
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Spare, grave, earnest and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- BBC Musicfavourable
- Christgau's Record GuideB
- MusicHound5/5 ★
- Record Collector4/5 ★
- Rolling Stonefavourable
- The Daily VaultA
- Uncut5/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Highway Star6:11
- A2Maybe I’m a Leo4:56
- A3Pictures of Home5:05
- A4Never Before3:58
- B1Smoke on the Water5:40
- B2Lazy6:52
- B3Space Truckin’4:33
7 tracks, 37 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Deep Purple
- Label
- Purple Records
- Released
- 1972
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- AU
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