Machine Head (album)
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March 25, 1972 |
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6-21 December 1971 |
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LP , MC, CD, DVD-Audio |
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7th |
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37:25 |
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Deep Purple |
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Rolling Stones Mobil-Studio, Montreux ( Switzerland ) |
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Machine Head ( English for ' tuning mechanics ') is the sixth studio album by the British hard rock band Deep Purple from 1972.
Origin and meaning
The recordings for Machine Head found in December 1971 in Montreux in Switzerland using the mobile Rolling Stones instead studios. The album was released in March 1972.
Many music critics see the album as one of the most important pioneers of the heavy metal genre. It was next to Led Zeppelin's Led Zeppelin IV and Black Sabbath Paranoid as "Holy Trinity" ( Trinity called the Hard Rock).
The album reached number one in Germany and the United Kingdom and number seven in the United States. Machine Head contains the title Smoke on the Water , which is one of the most famous works of rock music. This release also includes the titles Highway Star , Lazy and Space Truckin ' , which are now considered classics of the genre .
With the album, the single Never Before was released; the B-side When a Blind Man Cries is not included on the original album.
Track list
All songs were written by Ritchie Blackmore , Ian Gillan , Roger Glover , Jon Lord and Ian Paice .
page 1
- Highway Star - 6:05
- Maybe I'm a Leo - 4:51
- Pictures of Home - 5:03
- Never Before - 3:56
Page 2
- Smoke on the Water - 5:40
- Lazy - 7:19
- Space Truckin ' - 4:31
Bonus tracks (25th Anniversary Edition)
In 1997, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Machine Head's release, the album was digitally remastered and re-released on a total of two CDs along with some new remixes and alternative titles.
Disc 1
Original album and the following additional titles:
- When a Blind Man Cries - 3:32 (Original B-Side)
- Maybe I'm a Leo - 5:00 ( Quadrophonic Mix )
- Lazy - 6:57 (Quadrophonic Mix)
Disc 2
- Highway Star - 6:39 (Roger Glover Remix)
- Maybe I'm a Leo - 5:25 (Roger Glover Remix)
- Pictures of Home - 5:21 (Roger Glover Remix)
- Never Before - 3:59 (Roger Glover Remix)
- Smoke on the Water - 6:18 (Roger Glover Remix)
- Lazy - 7:33 (Roger Glover Remix)
- Space Truckin ' - 4:52 (Roger Glover Remix)
- When a Blind Man Cries - 3:33 (Roger Glover Remix)
DVD-Audio
For the 30th anniversary, a DVD-Audio was released in 2001 with new mixes in high-definition stereo format and DTS 5.1 multichannel format . The DVD contains the titles of the original album plus the single B-side When a Blind Man Cries . As a bonus, two video recordings of Highway Star and Lazy , recorded at the concert in the Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen on March 1, 1972, are included.
reception
The album was a sensational sales success. On October 13, 1986, it achieved double platinum status . In 2001, Q magazine listed the album among the 50 Heaviest Albums of All Time .
literature
- Markus Baro: “Hotelmusik”, in ROCKS 30 (05/2012), pp. 44–49.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive for the 'Machine Head' Category at Darker Than Blue
- ↑ a b Hard-rock-metal - Top Downloads - MP3.com. Retrieved July 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Machine Head at Allmusic (English)
- ↑ Deep Purple - Never Before / When a Blind Man Cries at Discogs
- ↑ GOLD & PLATINUM at www.riaa.com (accessed July 24, 2009)
- ^ Rocklist.net ... Q Magazine Lists. Retrieved July 23, 2020 .