Shades Of Deep Purple
by Deep Purple

Shades Of Deep Purple by Deep Purple
Year: 1968
Overall rank: 3,712th   
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71/100 (from 169 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (54th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (314th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,712th)

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Deep Purple bestography

Shades Of Deep Purple is ranked 7th best out of 70 albums by Deep Purple on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Deep Purple is Machine Head which is ranked number 249 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,448.

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Shades Of Deep Purple rankings

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Overall rank: 3,712th | 1960s rank: 314th | 1968 rank: 54th

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71/100 (from 169 votes)
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From 05/08/2023 20:09 | #296759
Os caras sabem meter um bom rock, né!
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From 10/15/2022 02:45 | #290486
It's a pretty good debut. Hush is fantastic. Their next two Mach 1 albums to follow are quite a bit better.
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From 09/19/2022 15:48 | #289796
Organ grinding orgy, the origins of Purple is clearly showing. Hush
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From 02/03/2022 15:34 | #280542
Why many people do not apreciate this album as it would deserve? Ok, many covers as used to do during that times, but... how them have been re-arranged?! Great stuff!
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From 03/12/2020 12:39 | #248681
As I expected: they were Jimi Hendrix clones in the '60s. The songs themselves are not all that bad though, so it could be a nice listen for Hendrix fans.
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From 08/31/2010 23:42 | #14807
Upon listening to this it is better than I remembered. It won't ever be listed up there with Deep Purple's three classic albums (In Rock/Fireball/Machine Head) but it has it's moments, notably the hit single Hush.
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Best Albums of 1968
1. The Beatles (The White Album) by The Beatles
2. Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
3. Astral Weeks by Van Morrison
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