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Machine Head (album)

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 March 1972.

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Machine Head

Studio album by Deep Purple

Released

March, 1972

Recorded

December 6, 1971 December 21, 1971, Montreux, Switzerland

Genre

Hard rock, heavy metal

Length

37:47 (original LP)96:34 (1997 2CD edition)

Label

EMI/Purple (UK)Warner Bros. (US)

Producer

Deep Purple

Professional reviews

Allmusic link

Rolling Stone (favorable) link

Deep Purple chronology

Fireball(1971)

Machine Head(1972)

Who Do We Think We Are(1973)

Alternate cover

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 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 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).

Original Recording

The conditions in which the original recordings were made are quite outstanding. Hiring the Rolling Stones Mobile One equipment and studios, the band recorded the entirety of the tracks in a Montreux hotel facility, with no overdubs. The "Smoke on the Water" lyrics' citation "Frank Zappa and the Mothers" refers to Zappa's show at a nearby casino. The casino burned down a few days before the start of scheduled Machine Head recording sessions.

A song entitled "When a Blind Man Cries" was recorded during these sessions, but not included on the album. Instead, it was used as a the B-side on the "Never Before" single. The song appears as a bonus track on the album's 25th anniversary edition.

The supporting tour for Machine Head included a trip to Japan that would later become the double-live Made in Japan album.

Track listing

All songs written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, 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

Chart positions

Year

Chart

Position

1972

UK Albums Chart

1

1972

Australian Albums Chart

1

Personnel

Ritchie Blackmore guitars

Ian Gillan vocals, harmonica

Jon Lord hammond organ, piano, keyboards

Ian Paice drums

Roger Glover bass

Additional personnel

Martin Birch engineering

Jeremy (Bear) Gee assistant

Nick Watterton 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

Sales accomplishments

RIAA certification (United States)

Date

Designation

Total Sales

November 6, 1972

Gold

500,000

October 13, 1986

Platinum

1,000,000

October 13, 1986

Double Platinum

2,000,000

BPI certification (United Kingdom)

Date

Designation

Total Sales

January 1, 1974

Silver

60,000

January 1, 1974

Gold

100,000

References

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