A genuine classic

Review Score: (10/10)
Once in a while you'll pick up a supposed "classic" album and wonder what all the fuss is about.
Not with "Machine Head", though. This album is widely seen as Deep Purple's finest moment, their answer to "Paranoid" and "Led Zeppelin IV", and with good reason.

"Machine Head" is filled with catchy, instantly appealing, melodic hard rock songs - not just the ever-present "Smoke On The Water"; "Highway Star", "Never Before" and "Space Truckin'" are classics as well.
Jon Lord's organ adds a distinctive flavour to the songs, and in Ian Gillan, Deep Purple had found one of the very few rock vocalist who could compete with Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant.

This album should not be missing from any collection of classic rock music.

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