Fireball
by Deep Purple

Album
Fireball by Deep Purple
Year: 1971
Release date: 1971-07-00
Overall rank: 2,130th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 314 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1971 (44th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (376th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,130th)

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Deep Purple bestography

Fireball is ranked 5th 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 6,276.

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Fireball track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Fireball
Average Rating: 86 (112 votes)Comments: View 3
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No No No
Average Rating: 80 (81 votes)Comments: View 1
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Demon's Eye
Average Rating: 84 (88 votes)Comments: View 0
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Anyone's Daughter
Average Rating: 78 (80 votes)Comments: View 1
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The Mule
Average Rating: 80 (81 votes)Comments: View 1
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Fools
Average Rating: 79 (73 votes)Comments: View 2
7.
No One Came
Average Rating: 78 (71 votes)Comments: View 0

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Fireball rankings

Fireball rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,130th | 1970s rank: 376th | 1971 rank: 44th  Overall chart history
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Fireball ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 314 votes)
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 !		09/16/2026 19:31 adbrack1988  Ratings distribution  1,12983/100
 
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 !		08/21/2026 20:52 RemainInLight  Ratings distribution  3,77235/100
 
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 !		06/22/2026 03:44 brent13  Ratings distribution  2,17966/100

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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 77.2/100, a mean average of 77.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.


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Fireball forum mentions

This album has been referenced 28 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From jackup 07/15/2026 16:01 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
“What album are you listening to? (cont.)”
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From BestEverAlbums 07/05/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5364): By steve397
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s by ) 1. (1975) 2. by (1973) 3. by (1978) 4. by (1979) 5. by (1971) 6. by (1971) 7. by (1972) 8. by (1972) 9. by (1970) 11. (1977) 13. by (1978) 14. by (1970) 15. (1976) 16. by by by (1979) 19. by (1977) 20. by (1976) 21. by (1978) 22. by…”
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Fireball comments

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80/100
From 07/26/2022 19:24 | #287854
Not sure why "Strange Kind of Woman" is not on the European version, as it is easily the best song on the album.
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From 03/24/2022 23:01 | #283356
Bought this as a teenager, my first album of theirs and still love it.
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80/100
From 02/10/2022 18:53 | #281097
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.
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85/100
From 09/10/2020 01:48 | #257994 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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. (Edited)
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95/100
From 04/08/2019 02:34 | #234627
UNderated Deep Purple album! It's so good! (Edited)
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Best Albums of  1971
1. Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) by Led Zeppelin
2. Who's Next by The Who
3. Hunky Dory by David Bowie
4. What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
5. Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones
6. Blue by Joni Mitchell
7. Tago Mago by Can
8. Meddle by Pink Floyd
9. L.A. Woman by The Doors
10. Tapestry by Carole King