Purpendicular
by Deep Purple

Purpendicular by Deep Purple
Year: 1996
Release date: 1996-00-00
Overall rank: 15,595th   
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 56 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1996 (285th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (2,454th)
Award Best albums of all time (15,595th)

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Deep Purple bestography

Purpendicular is ranked 18th best out of 70 albums by Deep Purple on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Deep Purple is Machine Head which is ranked number 253 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,394.

Deep Purple album bestography « Higher ranked (13,058th)
In Concert
This album (15,595th)
Purpendicular
Lower ranked (16,358th) »
The House Of Blue Light

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Purpendicular track list

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Purpendicular rankings

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Overall rank: 15,595th | 1990s rank: 2,454th | 1996 rank: 285th

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Purpendicular ratings

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71/100 (from 56 votes)
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From 10/15/2022 03:12 | #290488
I really liked this! More than I thought I would. Slightly different sound too for the times but it works.
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For me maybe the most underrated Deep Purple album, all songs are atleast decent, Sometimes i feel like screaming sticks out, Hey Cisco and Ted the mechanic are the two other big gems in my opinion. Overall its a wide spanning album, the songs differ more than on a lot of the previous and following albums.
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