DEEP PURPLE - Machine Head. Japan (20P2-2605)

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DEEP PURPLE - Machine Head

Japan (20P2-2605)

Reedición japo del sexto álbum de estudio de los Purple. Junto a Deep Purple In Rock, una de las obras culmen del Rock Duro y los inicios del Heavy Metal. Es raro encontrar a alguien que no haya tarareado o silvado alguna vez el riff de Smoke On The Water, pero el disco está lleno de trallazos como Highway Star (con ese "duelo" cruzado entre la guitarra de Blackmore y el órgano de Lord), Lazy, Space Truckin'... raro es encontrar el tema que no hayan tocado alguna vez en directo.

Temas:

1 Highway Star 6:06
2 Maybe I'm a Leo 4:49
3 Pictures of Home 5:07
4 Never Before 4:00
5 Smoke on the Water 5:42
6 Lazy 7:22
7 Space Truckin' 4:32

Software: EAC-FLAC
Tamaño archivo: 238.19 MB
Portadas: Sí, 43.76 MB

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Japanese reissue of this classic album of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal, their sixth studio album.

From Metal-Archives
The brilliant Mark-II line-up already proved its potential with the killer heavy metal masterpiece “In Rock”, which was definitely the most intense violent album of the early 70’s. The following release “Fireball” was solid and pretty decent, but totally underrated and not appreciated enough. So, for the next record, Purple needed to make something big and ambitious to consolidate their status of heaviest British metal band and achieve their own distinctive sound...and they did it! I’m not surprised this one is considered by most of fans their greatest in their huge discography catalog. We got here a classic legendary masterpiece with the band on his finest moment, absolutely inspired and ready to make history.

The band already made impressive records before, but this one features a completely unique characteristic sound, a bunch of unforgettable classics and instrumental brilliance. From the very first track, Purple’s music is so intense, raw and immaculately performed. The immense early speed metal of “Highway Star”, with that incredible baroque influence on both Blackmore and Lord pickin’ parts, or “Space Truckin’” are a magnificent exhibition of straight heavy metal, pure energy and talent. The aggression and velocity are notable, the exquisite arsenal of riffs take control and lead the pack. But everything isn’t hanging on a single riff, the musical basis of each composition is completely elaborated and consistent. Probably, some other band would have put all emphasis on the riff and a couple of predictable breaks with a song like “Smoke On The Water”. Not Purple, though! They made clear simplicity isn’t part of their policy, constructing a remarkably polished anthem with certain difficulty from that riff (the biggest ever, by the way). They provide their music of skilled arrangements, properly chosen alternative structures and a lot of remarkable technique. “Lazy” and “Pictures Of Home” feature all those elements that provide them of sense and solidity. Among the splendid variety of tunes, we can also find more casual moments like “Maybe I’m A Leo” or the melodic catchy “Never Before”, which aren’t probably as epic and ambitious as the rest of numbers, but include the particular instrumental perfection of Purple. The result of years and years of practice and an admirably creative song-writing process, so every cut seems to be planned with precision. There’s also time for some improvisation and spontaneous jamming. These experienced professional guys could do no wrong and these songs became instantly 70’s metal hits with all honours.

What makes this album so special? The creativity, virtuosism and fresh ideas of each band member, with no exception. Deep Purple were a superband, formed by 5 outstanding musicians that were already veterans in the business. So there’s no lack of direction, maturity or control in these compositions. I insist on the impressive skills of Blackmore and Lord, whose fast fingers define a total shredding technique, with omnipresent precision. Each guitar/keyboard line isn’t out of tune or tempo at all. Both virtuosos provided Purple’s music of a very explicit classical music nature you can notice on the sophisticated way they execute their parts. Their performance is very polished but also passionate, aggressive and rough. The opening cut, for instance, has some straight fierce guitar lines that attack hard, combined with those delightful harmonies of Lord’s Hammond organ. These 2 guys definitely made one of the most technical talented combinations of 70’s classic rock. The rhythmic section Glover-Paice never get the credits they deserve, far from generic and dumb. Their contribution is absolutely efficient, powerful, slightly complex but not impossible. Paice’s drum rolls are constantly vibrant, avoiding repetition, not clumsy or inexperienced. His drum work is magic, special and difficult in his own way, a distinctive style that made a difference from the bunch of ordinary rock drummers back then. Gillan’s voice is also special, remarkably melodic, elegant, going wild and screaming like crazy when it’s time, though. The lyrics he wrote along with Glover refuse to focus on the tedious topics of the decade to offer something more serious, cool and interesting, away from other’s cheesy love, peace or drugs issues.

In conclusion, this is an essential masterpiece that defined the glorious sound of 70’s hard rock, along with Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” and Led Zeppelin’s untitled fourth record. The most popular influential album Purple ever did, although still kinda forgotten compared to the recognition other minor mainstream rock records achieved by that time. It’s one of those classics that after many years since they were recorded, still sound so fresh and amusing. Time definitely affected a lot of veteran groups music that nowadays sound rather comical and terribly old-fashioned. That didn’t happen to Purple’s magic music, this still rocks as much as 42 years ago.

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