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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| ! | 07/09/2026 09:55 | Siromynian | 18,195 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 04:57 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,446 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/02/2025 17:08 |  AAL2014 | 40,726 | 76/100 |
| ! | 08/10/2025 01:36 |  Repo | 6,042 | 84/100 |
| ! | 10/18/2024 22:39 | juanr1096 | 72,504 | 79/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 19% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 77.5/100, a mean average of 78.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.9.
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ExTeaSea 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.
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