Perfect Strangers
by Deep Purple
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Deep Purple bestography
Perfect Strangers is ranked 8th 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 6,248.
(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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Perfect Strangers track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Perfect Strangers rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 70 Music Albums of 1984 | 50/70 | 2 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 53 Music Albums of 1984 | 21/53 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | F2LF: Deep Purple | 12/20 | - |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 95 Music Albums of 1984 | 86/95 | 1 |
| 2026 | LosWochos | Top 98 Music Albums of 1984 | 70/98 | 1 |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 94 Music Albums of the 1980s | 35/94 | 13 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 53 Music Albums of 1984 | 39/53 | 1 |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 81 Music Albums of the 1980s | 52/81 | 7 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 33 Music Albums of 1984 | 26/33 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 120 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 369 | |||
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Perfect Strangers ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/30/2026 14:02 | Siromynian | 1,773 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/14/2026 19:06 |  Tamthebam | 23,384 | 69/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 15:19 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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Perfect Strangers forum mentions
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“Knocking at Your Back Door” is so rousing! The title track stands out too. Really not a bad song on the album. This is the best work they’d done in years.
Excellent comeback album with Ian Gillan back behind the mic, but in 1984 was it too late? Possibly...
Standout tracks are the title track and 'Knocking At Your Back Door'.
rockinsteve 05/11/2018 20:13 | #214622 | TOP COMMENT
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Solid, hard-rocking album. "Knocking At Your Back Door" and "Perfect Strangers" are the only real standout tracks, but the rest is pretty solid.
Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/11/2018 18:53 | #226788 | TOP COMMENT
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Better than expected comeback album. Two great tracks and the rest is basic but solid. Ian Gillian lost nothing on his voice.
ExTeaSea TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/16/2022 16:19 | #290531 | TOP COMMENT
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Quite a good return from Mach 2. Sure it doesn't beat anything Ian did before this but it's very good.
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