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Here are some customer reviews of Machine Head : This is Deep Purple's best album, and one of the best rock albums of the seventies. It is more or less a virtual requirement that if you love hard rock, you buy this record. "Smoke on the Water," "Highway Star," "Space Truckin'," "Lazy..." Heard enough yet? Buy it now! I believe that anyone who is a serious listener / player in different styles from Rock, Fusion, or any other type of music must have a copy of "Machine Head". As in my point of view, is one of the milestones of rock history, particularity Electric Guitar history. Tracks like "Highway Star", "Smoke on the Water", " Lazy" have classic guitar work, that no serious guitar player nor a music fan should miss. The album has a blend of Rock'n'Roll, Rock, Heavy rock, classical Bach style and elements of Jazz, all molded together in a form that is known to be Deep Purple. One of the great things about Purple, that they were unique in their own style, to an extent that they have never been cloned by anyone else. This was due to the fact of their virtuosity as players and the great mix of styles and different elements in their music. It is the ultimate representation of Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Gillan/Glover or what is know as MKII, and a forever classic that should be in every serious music fan's library. If there was more than five stars to rate, I wouldn't have hesitated. Ritchie Blackmore established himself as one of the greatest guitarists there is on "Machine Head". Although there isn't a song as breathtaking as "Child In Time" on this album, it's better than "In Rock" and contains gems such as "Highway Star", "Lazy", and of course, "Smoke On The Water". This is a good place to start if you've never heard any Deep Purple. Machine Head has a 70's sound, but that's good. It's a 70's sound that still sounds good now. I don't rate this a 5 like the others but it is still worth getting and some of the songs really get down. I think "Space Truckin'" has aged the best. "Lazy" always sounded good, and then there's "Smoke on the Water" which I think got overplayed. This isn't real intricate, complicated stuff but doesn't need to be. It plays well loud and sounds like Deep Purple should. It's definitely not as "heavy" as Deep Purple in Rock but it's still one of their best albums. If you like rock, hard rock and/or heavy metal you should not be without this album! This album is classic and it rocks. Brilliant for it's time and equally as enjoyable today. Nearly every song on this album is good so buy it, crank it up and rock!

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