A rather marvelous thing happened way back in 1970. Deep Purple had threatened to do something extraordinary, what with their combination of John Lord’s keyboards vision and Ritchie Blackmore’s emergence as a great and innovative guitar player. Though their first three albums were stuck firmly in the flower power of the 1960’s, a new decade awaited, and a fresh sound was what was needed. Vocalist Ian Gillan had come on board, and the band produced their first album together.
Deep Purple In Rock was recorded, and the legend that is Deep Purple had finally emerged.
The jump in quality of song writing and performance from Deep Purple to Deep Purple in Rock is quite astounding. The whole band lifts a couple of notches in their performance, while Ian Gillan is instantly awesome as the frontman, his soaring vocals fitting the new harder edge that the songs had attained.
This is the album where this band began kicking. Every song is a classic. Kicking off with the brilliant “Speed King” and “Bloodsucker”, the band shows their wonderful diversity with the awesome “Child In Time”, a song they simply couldn’t have done without Gillan’s voice. If it was fate that brought these five men together, then fate is a wonderful thing.
This is an album for the ages, an album that helped to kickstart the heavy metal revolution. Deep Purple as a band never looked back from this moment. This is an album every lover of music must listen to, as its historical significance is just as important as the wonderful outlay of music it contains.
Rating: One of those albums everyone must be exposed to. 5/5
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