Shades Of Deep Purple
by Deep Purple
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Deep Purple bestography
Shades Of Deep Purple is ranked 7th best out of 72 albums by Deep Purple on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Deep Purple is Machine Head which is ranked number 251 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,272.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Shades Of Deep Purple track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Shades Of Deep Purple rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 51/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 15 Music Albums of 1968 | 15/15 | 0 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Pt10 Most expensive records sold on Discogs | 74/99 | - |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 31 Music Albums of 1968 | 14/31 | 3 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 28/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 64 Music Albums of 1968 | 49/64 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 91 Music Albums of 1968 | 34/91 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 64 Music Albums of 1968 | 46/64 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1968 | 21/34 | - |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 71/100 | 6 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 124 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 388 | |||
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Shades Of Deep Purple ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/19/2026 04:29 | BurndenAce | 1,327 | 76/100 |
| ! | 06/26/2026 01:57 |  ExTeaSea | 5,246 | 83/100 |
| ! | 06/24/2026 14:17 | duelek | 2,143 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.4/100, a mean average of 70.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.
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VictorVale 05/08/2023 20:09 | #296759
Os caras sabem meter um bom rock, né!
ExTeaSea TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/15/2022 02:45 | #290486 | TOP COMMENT
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It's a pretty good debut. Hush is fantastic. Their next two Mach 1 albums to follow are quite a bit better.
Jboy56 09/19/2022 15:48 | #289796
Organ grinding orgy, the origins of Purple is clearly showing. Hush
IlMala 02/03/2022 15:34 | #280542 | TOP COMMENT
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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!
Boltzmann TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/12/2020 12:39 | #248681 | TOP COMMENT
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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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