Machine Head (album)

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Machine Head
Machine Head cover
Studio album by Deep Purple
Released May, 1972
Recorded December 6, 1971December 21, 1971, Montreux, Switzerland
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length 37:25 (original LP)
96:34 (1997 2CD edition)
Label EMI/Purple (UK)
Warner Bros. (US)
Producer Deep Purple
Professional reviews
Deep Purple chronology
Fireball
(1971)
Machine Head
(1972)
Who Do We Think We Are
(1973)
Alternate cover
25th anniversary CD slipcase
25th anniversary CD slipcase

Machine Head is the sixth Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded at the Grand Hotel Montreux, Switzerland in December 1971 with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, and released in May 1972.

The album is often cited as being very influential in the development of the heavy metal music genre. It is Deep Purple's most successful recording, topping the charts in several countries following its release. In 2001 Q magazine named it as one of the 50 Heaviest Albums of All Time.

Machine Head is the subject of one of the Classic Albums series of documentaries about the making of famous albums. Machine Head was released on the multichannel formats Super Audio CD (2003) and DVD-Audio (2001).

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice.

  1. "Highway Star" – 6:05
  2. "Maybe I'm a Leo" – 4:51
  3. "Pictures of Home" – 5:03
  4. "Never Before" – 3:56
  5. "Smoke on the Water" – 5:40
  6. "Lazy" – 7:19
  7. "Space Truckin'" – 4:31

[edit] 25th anniversary reissue on CD

[edit] Disc one: The 1997 Remixes (mixed by Roger Glover)

  1. "Highway Star" – 6:39
  2. "Maybe I'm a Leo" – 5:25
  3. "Pictures of Home" – 5:21
  4. "Never Before" – 3:59
  5. "Smoke on the Water " – 6:18
  6. "Lazy" – 7:33
  7. "Space Truckin'" – 4:52
  8. "When a Blind Man Cries" – 3:33

[edit] Disc two: The Remasters

  1. "Highway Star" – 6:08
  2. "Maybe I'm a Leo" – 4:52
  3. "Pictures of Home" – 5:08
  4. "Never Before" – 4:00
  5. "Smoke on the Water" – 5:42
  6. "Lazy" – 7:24
  7. "Space Truckin'" – 4:35

[edit] 25th anniversary bonus tracks
  1. "When a Blind Man Cries" (original B-side) – 3:32
  2. "Maybe I'm a Leo" (Quadrophonic mix) – 5:00
  3. "Lazy" (Quadrophonic mix) – 6:57

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Additional personnel

  • Martin Birch – engineering
  • Jeremy (Bear) Gee – assistant
  • Nick Watterton – Stones Senior sound engineer
  • Ian Hansford, Rob Cooksey, Colin Hart – equipment
  • Martin Birch and Deep Purple – mixing
  • Shephard Sherbell – photography
  • Roger Glover, John Coletta – cover design
  • Peter Denenberg, Roger Glover – remixing
  • Peter Mew – remastering

[edit] External links