Made In Japan
by Deep Purple

Album
Made In Japan by Deep Purple
(Live album)
Year: 1972
Release date: 1972-12-08
Overall rank: 966th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 442 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1972 (21st)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (196th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (966th)

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Deep Purple bestography

Made In Japan is ranked 3rd 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 6,265.

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Made In Japan track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 86 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Highway Star
Average Rating: 89 (96 votes)Comments: View 2
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Child In Time
Average Rating: 91 (101 votes)Comments: View 2
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Smoke On The Water
Average Rating: 89 (110 votes)Comments: View 1
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The Mule
Average Rating: 80 (64 votes)Comments: View 1
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Strange Kind Of Woman
Average Rating: 86 (80 votes)Comments: View 1
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Lazy
Average Rating: 86 (78 votes)Comments: View 1
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Space Truckin'
Average Rating: 83 (68 votes)Comments: View 2

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Made In Japan rankings

Made In Japan rankings summary
Overall rank: 966th | 1970s rank: 196th | 1972 rank: 21st  Overall chart history
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Made In Japan ratings

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81/100 (from 442 votes)
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 !		09/03/2026 15:19 byuzak  Ratings distribution  3,25479/100
 
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 !		08/26/2026 15:33 Graeme2  Ratings distribution  4,92080/100

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Made In Japan forum mentions

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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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“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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From 07/23/2020 10:16 | #256069 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Possibly the greatest live album ever made. Worth owning the album for the incredible versions of Child In Time and Smoke On The Water, the latter with a slightly different guitar chord intro to the studio version. For a live album, the recording quality is superb. An album made to live on vinyl!
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From 11/16/2017 12:24 | #201436 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The best live album ever made. Deep Purple lifts the songs a further snap from the studio versions and gives them incredible energy. They also offer much more with these extended versions and arrangements.
Mark II at its peak.
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From 03/27/2017 22:47 | #188296 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
My personal favorite Deep Purple album. A fantastic live album. Recording sounds great
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From 10/08/2018 13:16 | #222212 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
One of my all time favorites and the perfect showcase of how energetic Deep Purple was when it came to music.
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From 11/27/2017 07:49 | #202148 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
IMHO one of the best rock concerts ever recorded. Very good audio quality, epic instrumental solos.
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