Shades Of Deep Purple (studio album) by Deep Purple

Shades Of Deep Purple by Deep Purple
Year: 1968
Overall rank: 3,815th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 162 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (58th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (325th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,815th)
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Deep Purple bestography

Shades Of Deep Purple is ranked 8th best out of 69 albums by Deep Purple on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Deep Purple is Machine Head which is ranked number 245 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,835.

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Shades Of Deep Purple track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 162 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.0/100, a mean average of 70.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.

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80/100
From 05/08/2023 20:09
Os caras sabem meter um bom rock, né!
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From 10/15/2022 02:45
It's a pretty good debut. Hush is fantastic. Their next two Mach 1 albums to follow are quite a bit better.
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From 09/19/2022 15:48
Organ grinding orgy, the origins of Purple is clearly showing. Hush
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85/100
From 02/03/2022 15:34
Why many people do not apreciate this album as it would deserve? Ok, many covers as used to do during that times, but... how them have been re-arranged?! Great stuff!
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60/100
From 03/12/2020 12:39
As I expected: they were Jimi Hendrix clones in the '60s. The songs themselves are not all that bad though, so it could be a nice listen for Hendrix fans.
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From 01/25/2015 19:25
Understandably overshadowed by what would come later from the Mk II version of the band. However, this is a very solid debut album that the Mk I version of the band would never be able to top. Hush, Mandrake Root, Help!, and Hey Joe are all great.
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65/100
From 08/31/2010 23:42
Upon listening to this it is better than I remembered. It won't ever be listed up there with Deep Purple's three classic albums (In Rock/Fireball/Machine Head) but it has it's moments, notably the hit single Hush.
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