Shades Of Deep Purple (studio album)
by Deep Purple
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Deep Purple bestography
Shades Of Deep Purple is ranked 7th best out of 71 albums by Deep Purple on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Deep Purple is Machine Head which is ranked number 254 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,445.
(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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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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85/100  | 11/05/2025 01:23 | mnmont | | 89/100 |
70/100 | 11/01/2025 21:59 |  AAL2014 | | 75/100 |
80/100 | 08/15/2025 13:02 | platus | | 74/100 |
70/100 | 05/16/2025 20:41 | kk58 | | 74/100 |
55/100 | 01/10/2025 02:43 | RainW | | 76/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.2/100, a mean average of 70.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.
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VictorVale 05/08/2023 20:09
Os caras sabem meter um bom rock, né!
ExTeaSea 10/15/2022 02:45
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
Organ grinding orgy, the origins of Purple is clearly showing. Hush
IlMala 02/03/2022 15:34
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 03/12/2020 12:39
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.
Understandably overshadowed by what would come later from the Mk II version of the band. However, this is a very solid debut album that the Mk I version of the band would never be able to top. Hush, Mandrake Root, Help!, and Hey Joe are all great.
Bork 08/31/2010 23:42
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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