Fireball (studio album) by Deep Purple

Fireball by Deep Purple
Year: 1971
Overall rank: 2,000th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 303 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1971 (43rd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (376th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,000th)
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Deep Purple – Fireball 1971 Harvest EJ26 0344 0 UK Pic Disc Vinyl NM + Poster
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Deep Purple Fireball Warner Bros Records ‎BS2564 LP 1971 Terre Haute Press VG/VG
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Deep Purple - Fireball [New Vinyl LP] Rmst, UK - Import
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Deep Purple bestography

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

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 303 votes)
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06/20/2025 18:49 FrancK  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 41584/100
 
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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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80/100
From 07/26/2022 19:24
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
Bought this as a teenager, my first album of theirs and still love it.
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From 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.
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85/100
From 09/10/2020 01:48
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.
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From 04/08/2019 02:34
UNderated Deep Purple album! It's so good!
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From 04/08/2019 02:33
UNderated Deep Purple album! It's so good!
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From 01/17/2019 14:50
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.
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From 09/16/2017 07:48
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.
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From 10/15/2016 01:14
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.
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From 01/30/2015 03:25
Best Track: Demon's Eye
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