Deep Purple in Rock
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Deep Purple in Rock
Deep Purple in Rock is the fourth studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released in June 1970. It was the first studio album recorded by the Mark II line-up of Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice. -Wikipedia
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Side two opened with the searing power chords of "Flight of the Rat" -- another example of the band's new take-no-prisoners hard rock stance, ..., the die was cast for one of heavy metal's defining albums.
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BBC
Pretty much carved out the template for heavy rock.
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Mike Ladano
Deep Purple In Rock: The title speaks mountains about the music. They didn’t want there to be any question regarding what kind of band Deep Purple were. ... The monument on the album cover was an apt indicator of what the new Deep Purple sounded like.
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Classic Rock Music Blog
2012 - one of the greatest hard rock albums in history
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Only Solitaire
Possibly the best, the cleverest and the most memorable Pure Heavy Metal Album in the world.
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Louder Sound
Galvanised by, and also resentful of, the popular perception of Jon Lord as Purple’s leader, Ritchie Blackmore comes alive here. No one was playing guitar with such speed and dexterity as the 60s switched into the 70s.
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John McFerrin Music Rviews
In short, as far as I'm concerned, this is close to as perfect as heavy metal can get.
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Ultimate Classic Rock
Their wholesale reinvention as hard rock doyens and heavy metal godfathers.
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Head Heritage
2001 - The sheer recklessness of “In Rock” was a complete departure from everything Deep Purple had ever released.
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