Machine Head (studio album)
by Deep Purple
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Machine Head is ranked as the best album by Deep Purple.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 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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70/100  | 10/29/2025 02:44 |  MadhattanJack | | 66/100 |
85/100 | 09/25/2025 03:50 | Jparce | | 82/100 |
85/100 | 09/21/2025 13:36 | Guigou | | 75/100 |
85/100 | 09/15/2025 13:56 | steve397 | | 75/100 |
85/100 | 09/15/2025 09:08 | Jun_Res | | 85/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 82.6/100, a mean average of 81.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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talinhosgameplay 09/20/2025 20:18
One of the best and most consistent albums ever. Definitely one of my favorites!
I really don't get the hype with this album. I found it really boring. Smoke on The Water is the best track on the album even though it features the most overrated and overplayed guitar riff of all time.
A hugely influential album in the history of music and with all the quality that is on here you can see why this is the case. They start the album with an absolute classic that is Highway Star which gets you so pumped to listen to this release. Unfortunately this is then followed up by a 3 track run which isn't bad but they aren't great either. They are on the edge of being filler but the instrumentation, mainly the guitar work, saves them in my opinion. After this it is an energetic and full on ride to the finish with 4 massive songs that are just brilliant. Everything just comes together on these closing 4 songs and all you can do is sit back and admire the musical genius on display. This finale elevates the record so much and is probably my favourite run of songs in any Deep Purple record. Overall, a great experience that is full of power and quality which makes it so easy to fall in love with this release.
Don' t forget "when a blind man cries"
One of the albums that inspired heavy metal and all hard rock genres to come, my favorite album with Ian Gillan, Jon Lord here is top tier keyboardist ever
Top notch hard rock, Highway Star is an all time great. Smoke On The Water and Lazy are classics too. Amazing instrumentals on this one and the vigals are pretty consistent as well.
rockbluesfolkjaz 10/06/2021 18:10
Machine Head was a monster album for Deep Purple and fans. The musicianship and vocals are excellent throughout. There are no filler songs at all. It's a wild excursion from beginning to end. Ritchie Blackmore is a killer guitarist. Jon Lord's keyboard playing is utterly innovative; he's like a second guitarist at times. Great album all around!
Obra maestra.
El mejor disco de los Purple y un imprescindible del hard Rock.
Canciones como Lazy o Highway Star son de lo mejorcito que se puede escuchar con Blackmore y Lord en su punto más álgido.
No sobra ni una sola canción y Smoke on the water sigue siendo un gran tema a pesar de su sobreexposición
one of my earliest purchases still excellent overall these years guitar, keyboards vocals the complete package.
So many iconic tunes, as classic as it gets.
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