Space Truckin' (track)
by Deep Purple
Year: 1972
From the album Machine Head (track #7)
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Space Truckin' appears on the following album(s) by Deep Purple:
- Machine Head (track #7) (this album) (1972)
- Made In Japan (track #7) (1972)
- Deepest Purple (The Very Best Of Deep Purple) (track #8) (compilation) (1980)
- The Very Best Of Deep Purple (track #11) (compilation) (2000)
- In Concert (track #9) (1980)
- Come Hell Or High Water (track #9) (1994)
- Mk III: The Final Concerts (track #8) (1996)
- When We Rock, We Rock, And When We Roll, We Roll (track #1) (compilation) (1978)
- Live At Montreux 2006 (track #10) (2007)
- Live In Denmark 1972 (track #6) (2007)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/09/2026 09:16 | Siromynian | 17,869 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/03/2026 17:50 | Deckard | 423 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2026 13:59 | Pavloss | 2,378 | 60/100 |
| ! | 02/12/2026 19:03 | Musicbuff123 | 605 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/26/2026 13:41 | kinginsomniac12 | 6,024 | 100/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 85.7/100, a mean average of 85.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.3.
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AAL2014 07/10/2022 23:30 | #287259
What a way to end this classic album. Ian Gillian shrieks to the heavens on top of one of the albums meanest riffs.
Personally not a big fan of the lyrics/vocals on this track, but that drum solo saved it for me
The epitome of Hard Rock.
Jasonconfused 12/02/2012 05:00 | #56448
Great song to end the album. Great riff, great vocals, great everything. One of the better songs on the album.
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