The Shield (track)
by Deep Purple
Year: 1968
From the album The Book Of Taliesyn (track #5)
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The Shield appears on the following album(s) by Deep Purple:
- The Book Of Taliesyn (track #5) (this album) (1968)
- Purple Passages (track #9) (compilation) (1972)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 10/13/2026 13:31 |  Ilolahti | 2,235 | 81/100 |
| ! | 09/24/2026 23:05 | mrmcrook | 13,123 | 78/100 |
| ! | 08/21/2026 08:03 | Siromynian | 20,339 | 71/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 15% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 77.9/100, a mean average of 78.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.7.
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ExTeaSea TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/16/2022 16:27 | #290534
The Shield and Anthem are fantastic early Deep Purple songs and the back half of this album in general is really special. I rank this highly in their catalogue cuz of it's strong ending.
