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Machine Head (album)




  Type studio
  Artist Deep Purple
  Cover Machine Head album coverjpg
  Released March 1972
  Recorded December 6 , 1971December 21 , 1971 , Montreux , Switzerland
  Genre Hard Rock , Heavy Metal
  Length 37:25 <small>(original edition)</small>
  Label EMI <small>(UK)</small><br/> Warner Bros <small>(US)</small>
  Producer Deep Purple
  Last Album '' Fireball ''<br />(1971)
  This Album '''''Machine Head'''''<br />(1972)
  Next Album '' Who Do We Think We Are ''<br />(1973)
  Misc {{Extra album cover 2
  Upper Caption Alternate cover
  Type studio
  Cover Deeppurple-machinehead2jpg
  Lower Caption 25th anniversary CD slipcase




''Machine Head'' is the third Mk II (sixth overall) 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 March 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 also the subject of one of the '' Classic Albums '' series of documentaries about the making of famous albums.

''Machine Head'' was also released on the Multichannel formats Super Audio CD (2003) and DVD-Audio (2001).


TRACK LISTING

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


Original release on vinyl

# " Highway Star " – 6:05
# " Maybe I'm A Leo " – 4:51
# " Pictures Of Home " – 5:03
# " Never Before " – 3:56
# " Smoke On The Water " – 5:40
# " Lazy " – 7:19
# " Space Truckin' " – 4:31


25th anniversary reissue on CD


Disc one: ''The 1997 Remixes''

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


Disc two: ''The Remasters''

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


=25th anniversary bonus tracks

#
  • "When a Blind Man Cries" (original B-side) – 3:32
    # "Maybe I'm a Leo" ( Quadrophonic mix) – 5:00
    # "Lazy" (Quadrophonic mix) – 6:57


    PERSONNEL


    Deep Purple



    Additional personnel

    • Martin Birch – engineering

    • Jeremy (Bear) Gee – assistant

    • Nick Hampton – technician

    • 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



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