Deep Purple, In Rock Review

Good Points
Set the standard (along with early Zep and Sabs) for decades of bands to try to emulate.

Bad Points
Production a little tinny, but hey it was 1970!

General Comments
The previous reviewer called In Rock the best rock album of all time by anyone. I can't go that far, but it's certainly up there with the best; Deep Purple Mk II were the incarnation who really made it happen, and I think that In Rock's more straightforward rock persona (by contrast with a slightly more bluesy feel with Machine Head) will mean the debate rages on. But certainly any album that spawns Speed King, Child in Time, and Hard Lovin Man, has been be given a lot of credit. I actually think both Into the Fire and Bloodsucker are also works of art, but they struggle to get a look in.



If you like your rock straight to the point and a bit raw and dirty, then this is for you.