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In Rock: Anniversary Edition

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The best 2 songs on here are the opening number and the epic master work Child in Time the rest of the songs are not to bad they either like the great Hard loving man. One of the first real hard rock albums ever together with Black sabbath.
If you like this try Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and The Who they are some ather real hard rock pioners that have made great rock music.

This is great. I usually listen to heavier stuff (metal from 80s on) but I can see just how influential DP was to metal. This is guitar riff driven, no acoustics, emphasis on heavy tone and intensity, vocals are screamed out aggressively at times, drums and keyboards go absolutely wild and chaoitc - the spirit of metal in 1970. Ian Gillan's passionate delivery on tracks like Child in Time (and every track really) makes the songs come alive while, of course, all instruments are easily heard (unlike the bass in most metal albums) and they all seem even more orchestrated than some of the metal I like. These guys were ahead of their time in terms of musicianship, i can tell. Of course, keyboards were unusual to me since they're not used in metal these days too much, but they add so much classic flavour to the music I can't help but love this. In short, extremely good musicianship, classic solos, classic vocals, good variety and of course the rockin' tutti frutti English attitude just makes for a refreshing listen from metal. I want to discover some more of this band.

Deep Purple In Rock (1970.) Deep Purple's fourth album, and the first to feature new lead vocalist Ian Gillan.

Not long after Deep Purple released their third studio album, which was self-titled, vocalist Rod Evans was out of the band (a few years later he would form a new band called Captain Beyond.) The band needed a replacement for Evans, so they got Ian Gillan, who would ultimately go on to become known as the band's finest lead vocalist. The first single he released with the band, Black Night, proved beautifully that he had what it would take to be a member of one of rock and roll's many rising young bands. And in 1970 the band recorded its first full-length album with Mr. Gillan at the helm - the appropriately-titled Deep Purple In Rock. Read on for my review.

The album is kicked off by one of the band's biggest hits, Speed King. In my opinion this song is SEVERELY overrated, but it's still pretty good, although I'm not too fond of the band stealing lyrics from various oldies. Oh well. The album's second track, Bloodsucker, is a classic metal-style rocker, reminiscent of some of the band's later work with vocalist David Coverdale. Blackmore's guitar playing here is priceless. The third track on the album is Child In Time, a ten-minute epic that has gone on to become a fan favorite. The variety of stylings used in this tune is its greatest strength. One of the songs on the album that tends to get the most praise is a little tune called Flight Of The Rat. I'm not exactly sure what's up with that title, but the song kicks. Although this IS Deep Purple, this sounds more like a classic punk rock song! And the band's take on these stylings is nothing short of excellent. Combine the guitar mastery of Ritchie Blackmore with an excellent backing keyboard track, and the results never fail. This is the finest song on the album, and I'm sure many other fans agree. Into The Fire is NOT the same song Dokken would record a decade and a half later, but it's still an excellent composition. This is classic seventies hard rock as it was meant to be heard. You can't NOT love this song! Number six, Living Wreck, takes the sound the band used with previous vocalist Rod Evans, and updates it with Gillan's vocals. The album is closed out with Hard Lovin' Man. This is excellent, fast-paced classic hard rock/heavy metal. Once again, Blackmore's guitars have been paired with a backing keyboard track. Blackmore even shells out a killer solo in the latter half of the song. All in all, Deep Purple In Rock isn't quite a perfect album, but it's still a classic hard rock masterpiece.

A number of different versions of this album have been released over the years. The most common version available is the American Warner Bros. reissue, which is the original version of the album as it appeared in America, with the EDITED version of Speed King. Recently overseas, an anniversary edition was released, which restores Speed King to its natural length and adds a whole extra disc of bonus tracks, but this version is WAY more expensive than its American counterpart. No matter what version of the album you buy, Deep Purple In Rock is excellent.

What more is there to say? If you're a fan of classic hard rock/heavy metal, Deep Purple In Rock is an album that MUST be added to your collection. Sure, it lacks the expertise of, say, Fireball or Machine Head, but it serves as a premonition to the band's future successes. Once again, this is highly recommended!

Deep Purple In Rock (1970.) Deep Purple's fourth album, and the first to feature new lead vocalist Ian Gillan.

Not long after Deep Purple released their third studio album, which was self-titled, vocalist Rod Evans was out of the band (a few years later he would form a new band called Captain Beyond.) The band needed a replacement for Evans, so they got Ian Gillan, who would ultimately go on to become known as the band's finest lead vocalist. The first single he released with the band, Black Night, proved beautifully that he had what it would take to be a member of one of rock and roll's many rising young bands. And in 1970 the band recorded its first full-length album with Mr. Gillan at the helm - the appropriately-titled Deep Purple In Rock. Read on for my review.

The album is kicked off by one of the band's biggest hits, Speed King. In my opinion this song is SEVERELY overrated, but it's still pretty good, although I'm not too fond of the band stealing lyrics from various oldies. Oh well. The album's second track, Bloodsucker, is a classic metal-style rocker, reminiscent of some of the band's later work with vocalist David Coverdale. Blackmore's guitar playing here is priceless. The third track on the album is Child In Time, a ten-minute epic that has gone on to become a fan favorite. The variety of stylings used in this tune is its greatest strength. One of the songs on the album that tends to get the most praise is a little tune called Flight Of The Rat. I'm not exactly sure what's up with that title, but the song kicks. Although this IS Deep Purple, this sounds more like a classic punk rock song! And the band's take on these stylings is nothing short of excellent. Combine the guitar mastery of Ritchie Blackmore with an excellent backing keyboard track, and the results never fail. This is the finest song on the album, and I'm sure many other fans agree. Into The Fire is NOT the same song Dokken would record a decade and a half later, but it's still an excellent composition. This is classic seventies hard rock as it was meant to be heard. You can't NOT love this song! Number six, Living Wreck, takes the sound the band used with previous vocalist Rod Evans, and updates it with Gillan's vocals. The album is closed out with Hard Lovin' Man. This is excellent, fast-paced classic hard rock/heavy metal. Once again, Blackmore's guitars have been paired with a backing keyboard track. Blackmore even shells out a killer solo in the latter half of the song. All in all, Deep Purple In Rock isn't quite a perfect album, but it's still a classic hard rock masterpiece.

A number of different versions of this album have been released over the years. The most common version available is the American Warner Bros. reissue, which is the original version of the album as it appeared in America, with the EDITED version of Speed King. Recently overseas, an anniversary edition was released, which restores Speed King to its natural length and adds a whole extra disc of bonus tracks, but this version is WAY more expensive than its American counterpart. No matter what version of the album you buy, Deep Purple In Rock is excellent.

What more is there to say? If you're a fan of classic hard rock/heavy metal, Deep Purple In Rock is an album that MUST be added to your collection. Sure, it lacks the expertise of, say, Fireball or Machine Head, but it serves as a premonition to the band's future successes. Once again, this is highly recommended!

Deep Purple In Rock is a timeless and classic hard rock album, its essential to any hard rock collection, well any rock collection in general! In Rock is hard, spaced, and greatly put together, it is a very concistant rock album!

Much like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath (the other big hard rock giants of the day) Deep Purple was on top of their game. Richie Blackmore is one of the best guitar players to ever pick up the instrument! the rest of the band are all very good at what they do weather it be Ian Gillans amazing vocal range, Jon Lords brilliant keyboards, Roger Glovers rumbling bass, or Ian Paice over the top drumming this band was at the top of their game when the recorded In Rock.

All The songs are classic, where as there isnt a whole bunch of songs its ok because the 7 songs that are here all are amazing. 'Speed King' is a great hard rocker. 'Child In Time' is one of Deep Purples best songs and the solo is the single greateest guitar solo ever played! just listen for yourself and you'll know what I mean. 'The Flight Of The Rat' is such and awsome song with a killer riff by Backmore.

Deep Purple In Rock is one of the best albums ever made, its just falls short of Machine Head because it doesnt have as many songs.

DP IN ROCK was released in 1970 by EMI in the UK & it reached number 1 in the english chart, during the LP only reached number 143 in the States at that time. What did the Yankees think about this "Hard rock made in heaven" album?? firstly, a disgusting commodity?? oh come on, of course not!!! DP always made a good music......Ian Gillan is my good "scream" singer, Jon Lord is my fave organist, Roger Glover whose own a very excellent technic of bass playing, Ian Paicey is the best hard rock drummer of the world & Blackmore is my timeless guitar hero. Need I say more??
Please just ask the other DP fans? they will answer you the same.

This one is a 25th remastered version 1996 of the original 1970's album with some new bonus tracks, chats, band outtakes from Roger Glover.
DP IN ROCK was originally released in 1970 by EMI in the UK & it reached number 1 in the english chart, during the LP only reached number 143 in the States at that time. What did the Yankees think about this "Hard rock made in heaven" album?? firstly, a disgusting commodity?? oh come on, of course not!!! DP always made a good music......Ian Gillan is my good "scream" singer, Jon Lord is my fave organist, Roger Glover whose own a very excellent technic of bass playing, Ian Paicey is the best hard rock drummer of the world & Blackmore is my timeless guitar hero. Need I say more??
Please just ask the other DP fans? they will answer you the same

A CLASSIC!
An essential album for Rock enthusiasts.

Buy it today.

'In Rock' is Deep Purple's best studio album (their best album being Made In Japan, which also happens to be the greatest album of all time, period) and this import adds enough material to warrent shelling out a few extra bucks, but not this much. The original album is here, with the classic 'Speed King' starting it off and sounding as great as ever, to 'Child In Time' featuring Gillian's soaring vocals and Blackmore's best guitar solo, and ending with 'Hard Lovin' Man' and my favorite Lord solo. Throughout the album all five members give their best and heaviest studio performaces, creating in my opinion the first true heavey metal album along with Sabbath's 'Paranoid.' The extras on this CD are really only for true Deep Purple fans, but the unedited version of 'Black Night' with the extended Blackmore solo alone makes this worth buying even if you already have the regular version of 'In Rock' (but only if you find this at a bargain or used). 'Cry Free,' the piano version of 'Speed King,' 'Jam Stew,' and the two 'Black Nights' (and the all too short studio chats) are what are added to this: the 'Speed King' and 'Flight of the Rat' remixes don't sound too different from the originals. The CD itself is produced nicely, with a great booklet detailing the making of the album and it really helps you experience the album on a new level. Awesome album, awesome band, but not an awesome price...

FAST, FASTER FASTEST THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF SPEED, BACK THENAND IN ROCK MAYBE EVEN WAY BACK THEN IN 1970 AS FAST AS THEY PLAYED IN A BLUR BACK THEN THEY KNEW THEY WOULD BE THE FOREFATHERS OF SPEED METAL AMEN!