Stormbringer
by Deep Purple

Stormbringer by Deep Purple
Year: 1974
Release date: 1974-11-08
Overall rank: 4,642nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 186 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1974 (74th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (757th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,642nd)

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Deep Purple bestography

Stormbringer is ranked 10th best out of 72 albums by Deep Purple on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Deep Purple is Machine Head which is ranked number 252 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,321.

Deep Purple album bestography « Higher ranked (4,461st)
Come Taste The Band
This album (4,642nd)
Stormbringer
Lower ranked (5,468th) »
The Book Of Taliesyn

(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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Stormbringer track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 4,642nd | 1970s rank: 757th | 1974 rank: 74th  Overall chart history
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Stormbringer ratings

Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 186 votes)
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80/100
Underrated album from the classic era of Deep Purple. All songs here are memorable, although they are not mind-blowing, they are a pretty solid listen.

Highlights are the title track, "High Ball Shooter", "The Gypsy" and "Soldier of Fortune".
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80/100
Stormbringer is way better than you might expect. Rhythmically there is lots of funk and fewer complex rock elements, but there are many good songs. The instrumentation is solid and Coverdale is more confident. Hughes is a fine player and gives the band a fine base to rock on. This is the FINAL Mark 3 album and definitely it is recommended.
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80/100
Soldier of Fortune and Stormbringer. Two good songs do not make a decent album. The other tracks have faded to oblivion.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 01/13/2020 11:14 | #246810
Atualizando o seu som com uma pegada mais funk e o agudo vocal de Covardale o Deep Purple se transforma. Não é mais a imortal banda clássica de blues rock, mas continua sendo uma excelente banda de rock.
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85/100
I love this album, although Ian Gillan had departed and David Coverdale took over vocal duties it is a different sound but still very Deep Purple. Favourite track is Soldier of Fortune, I saw Richie Blackmore play this live when I saw Blackmores Night a few years ago in Yeovil, superb!
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60/100
Not the best Deep Purple album although some good tracks here in Soldier of Fortune,Holy Man,Stormbringer.
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From 02/09/2015 03:52 | #134416
Best Track: Stormbringer
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