Fireball (studio album) by Deep Purple
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Fireball is ranked 5th best out of 69 albums by Deep Purple on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Deep Purple is Machine Head which is ranked number 250 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,651.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 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  | 06/20/2025 18:49 | FrancK | | 84/100 |
75/100 | 05/16/2025 20:41 | kk58 | | 74/100 |
80/100 | 03/31/2025 21:52 | dukeboxkool | | 73/100 |
80/100 | 03/05/2025 06:29 |  slatsheit | | 81/100 |
80/100 | 03/01/2025 22:38 | Fabien67 | | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.7/100, a mean average of 77.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.
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Not sure why "Strange Kind of Woman" is not on the European version, as it is easily the best song on the album.
Bought this as a teenager, my first album of theirs and still love it.
Jboy56 02/10/2022 18:53
The B-side of this album is an uneven accomplishment, country song, and a mix of prog style pieces. Drops the overall rating by 5.
Great album. Very under rated. All MK II albums are all on very level par (as in all fucking great) and this is up there with them. That is what defines Deep Purple as one of the all time greatest rock acts to emerge, the amount of legendary albums to come out in a short time span. MK II that is, didn't like where it headed with Coverdale.
ExTeaSea 04/08/2019 02:34
UNderated Deep Purple album! It's so good!
ExTeaSea 04/08/2019 02:33
UNderated Deep Purple album! It's so good!
A good, driving, hard rock album. Gillan and Blackmore really shine. I like The Mule, Fools and yes, even the comedic Anyone's Daughter. A must have.
I prefer In Rock and Stormbringer, this is however a really good hard rock offering in its own right, less of the high pitch Gillan screaming which I am not that fond of, probably why Stormbringer is a personal favourite.
Very strong album. Guillan's not so much of a high pitch screamer here -wich I thank for- and the band plays superbly.
Maybe the standout tracks are not as good as in In Rock or Machine Head but there isn't any filler or average song on this record. All tracks are either good or very good.
Classic album.
Best Track: Demon's Eye
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