Album of the day (#1101): Machine Head by Deep Purple

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Today's album of the day

Machine Head by Deep Purple (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1972.
Country:
Overall rank: 215
Average rating: 81/100 (from 331 votes).

Tracks:
1. Highway Star
2. Maybe I'm A Leo
3. Pictures Of Home
4. Never Before
5. Smoke On The Water
6. Lazy
7. Space Truckin'

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[drakonium]

This is amazing, and if you disagree then you're probably a hipster liking music just to look cool.

Seriously I fux hard with that, one of my first musical loves. I don't remember whether it's on my 70's chart or not, but if not, I'll change that right now. It's awfully on par with In Rock, though.

[Jasonconfused]

[NickVolos]

The first album I bought. Long... long... long.. time ago.
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[drakonium]

Eh, you know I was joking with the hipster part, right?

Also, I've already said it but I like the term "dadrock". Well if such a category exists, this album is definitely in it xD

Forgot to say that the solos in the opening track are some of the best I've ever heard. Blackmore is really amazing.

[Romanelli]

From the Urban Dictionary:

Dadrock:

1. "The standard set of albums from the 60s and 70s that every boomer likes. Boomers try to get younguns to listen to dad rock by loading up "best albums ever" lists with them. Dad rockers have no desire to listen to recent music and are stuck in the past."

2. "The term 'dad rock' refers to older music listened to by men who try, without success, to introduce this music to their children and other younger people.

Music can only be counted as 'dad rock' if it is music that has failed to remain popular with younger generations, e.g. Dire Straits, The Yardbirds etc., whereas bands of the same era such as Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones would not count as their music transcends the generation gap and is still popular with younger people

While 'dad rock' can be quite personal to each dad, examples of artists include: Dire Straits, The Yardbirds, Cream, King Crimson, Yes."

3. "Classic rock you first heard from your dad's old record collection."

4. "Dad rock is defined as the genre of music that is listened to uniquely by fathers, not grandfathers or children or mothers (though mothers may have adapted survival strategies to tolerate or ignore dad rock music). To be a dad rocker, you must own albums by all of the following three defining bands of the dad rock genre: Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers, Phill Collins, and Sting. Dad rock is most commonly heard blasting out of cameros, el caminos, vans, and large trucks on cassette or from the home on vinyl or, occassionaly, compact disc.

The triangle of dad rock power consists of Phill Collins and Sting making up the base corners with Tom Petty at the apex. Within the triangle, you can expect to find other artists, though we hestitate to define them here."

5. "The phrase for rock from the 60s and 70s that this generations' dads listened to because they didn't now any better. The term is used by people who consider themselves cultured and varied, and refuse to believe that it's possible that people actually could like classic rock."

6. "Music that Boomers would listen to and/or write themselves. Picturing a 35-50 year old dance to these tracks puts your stomach in a knot. Inherently uncool. However, some very good bands today write embarrasing Dad Rock tracks."



Please stop.
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[Necharsian]

[Mother Nature's Son]

I'm with Romanelli. 'Dadrock' is purely a derogatory term.
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[junodog4]

Funny - I associate Deep Purple with my sister's ex-husband, not my dad.
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