Favorite Deep Purple album?

I can’t argue with In Rock, Machine Head, or Burn. All are awesome. I also like several others a lot. 

But my favorite is actually Stormbringer. The bluesy vibe fits Coverdale and Hughes like a glove and there is a good variety of great tunes on here. 

You?

Burn easily followed by Stormbringer. The Battle Rages On is probably third and I don't see it mentioned much. My favorite song is, When a Blind Man Cries.

Black Rider wrote:Burn easily followed by Stormbringer. The Battle Rages On is probably third and I don't see it mentioned much. My favorite song is, When a Blind Man Cries.

I love The Battle Rages On. It might be my pick for most underrated. The title track, Anya, Time to Kill, A Twist in the Tale, Nasty Piece of Work, and Solitaire are all some of my favorite DP tunes.

My very favorite song is Mad Dog.

I confess to not being too familiar with their full albums, just songs here and there.  
However now I'm curious to check out Stormbringer and a few others.  

One of my favorite songs from them is "Perfect Strangers."  It's just so unique.

Constantine wrote:I confess to not being too familiar with their full albums, just songs here and there.  
However now I'm curious to check out Stormbringer and a few others.  

One of my favorite songs from them is "Perfect Strangers."  It's just so unique.

Great song.

Deep Purple is another band I love!! A very important band in my musical journey.

Favorite:
Machine Head. 

My dad had that album and it was pretty much my introduction to hard & heavy music. I always begged him to put that record on as well as the first Boston album. I think I was about 3 or so LOL!


Least:
They don't really have an album that I outright dislike.
Hmmmm....maybe...Shades Of Deep Purple?
I do love that early proto-prog era of the band, though!

MagnusPrime wrote:My dad had that album and it was pretty much my introduction to hard & heavy music. I always begged him to put that record on as well as the first Boston album. I think I was about 3 or so LOL!

When I was pre-teen, Deep Purple was one of the heaviest bands around along with Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Bad Company, etc.    Yes, this was in the days of cavemen and dinosaurs, lol

The "bad kids" at school were into Deep Purple but aside from "Smoke On The Water" and "Space Truckin'," they did not get much airplay and I didn't really bond with them like I did with other bands.  That is probably why I sort of ignored them for the most part.

But yes..."Smoke" and "Highway Star" were among my introductions to heavy music at the time too.

I ended up liking Rainbow better...especially that "On Stage" album (1977) with Dio and Blackmore.

Constantine wrote:

MagnusPrime wrote:My dad had that album and it was pretty much my introduction to hard & heavy music. I always begged him to put that record on as well as the first Boston album. I think I was about 3 or so LOL!

When I was pre-teen, Deep Purple was one of the heaviest bands around along with Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Bad Company, etc.    Yes, this was in the days of cavemen and dinosaurs, lol

The "bad kids" at school were into Deep Purple but aside from "Smoke On The Water" and "Space Truckin'," they did not get much airplay and I didn't really bond with them like I did with other bands.  That is probably why I sort of ignored them for the most part.

But yes..."Smoke" and "Highway Star" were among my introductions to heavy music at the time too.

I ended up liking Rainbow better...especially that "On Stage" album (1977) with Dio and Blackmore.

For me, very few bands beat Rainbow with Dio.