Fireball.
| Deep Purple
Fireball.
Fireball is the fifth album by English rock band Deep Purple, released in 1971 and the second with the Mk II line-up. It was recorded at various times between September 1970 and June 1971. It became the first of the band's three UK No. 1 albums, though it did not stay on the charts as long as its predecessor, Deep Purple in Rock. Even though the album has sold over a million copies in the UK, it has never received a certification there. -Wikipedia
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Classic Rock Review
So, upon further review, Fireball is more than a mere stepping stone on the way to the masterpiece Machine Head, but is in fact a classic in its own right.
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AllMusic
Sure, the following year's Machine Head would provide Deep Purple with their commercial peak, but on Fireball, the formidable quintet was already firing on all cylinders.
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Spectrum Culture
Fireball is the red-headed stepchild; neither doted upon nor given free reign. But there is a sort of confused beauty to the proceedings that makes it a fascinating, if not essential, listen.
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