Martin Popoff and Phil Aston rank their Top 10 Deep Purple Albums | Now Spinning Magazine Podcast 

Get Martin Popoff back on this channel again, at all cost. I have his Judas Priest and Black Sabbath in the 80s book. Phenomenal video Phil, seriously keep it up

2 legends ranking the albums of the greatest hard rock band of all time...awesome!!!

Keep up this great work Phil.66 years old and still loving these bands.

Cool get Marty with Pete pardo on the Sea of tranquility now he's hanging out with Phil awesome! And of course the contrarians.

I love the idea inspired by Martin of a Zeppelin set, showcasing best live performances of their songs EVER. There's a lot of bands one could do that with, make it interesting.

1) In Rock 2) Fireball 3 Machine Head 4) Burn 5) Who Do We Think We Are 6) Stormbringer 7) Come Taste The Band 8) Perfect Strangers

Made in Japan towers over everything for me, but my top ten studio albums would are: 1. Deep Purple in Rock 2. Fireball 3. Purpendicular 4. Machine Head 5. Who Do We Think We Are 6. Come Taste the Band 7. Perfect Strangers 8. Stormbringer 9. Burn 10. House of Blue Light

Nice to stumble on Phil Aston's channel. I'm enjoying it.

My list might be completely different by next week. 10. The Battle Rages On. 9. Shades of Deep Purple 8. Who Do We Think We Are 7. Perfect Strangers 6. Fireball 5. Slaves and Masters 4. Machine Head 3. Burn 2. In Rock 1. Stormbringer

I am late to the party as usual but this is a wonderful discussion about a wonderful band. Well done gentlemen.

Fantastic to hear Martin give Abandon it’s due kudos. It’s been my favorite DP album for many years now. Brilliant songs, brilliant playing and so so heavy. Well done Martin 👍🏻

Turning to Crime should have been covers of Mark I, III and IV songs with a couple outside tracks like Oh Well and Lucifer. Mandrake Root, Hey Joe, Kentucky Woman, Wring That Neck, Why Didn’t Rosemary, Bird Has Flown, Sail Away, What’s Going On Here, Mistreated, The Gypsy, Love Child are songs an older Gillan could handle well with Ezrin’s production. This would allow for Purple to expand their set list some what.

As always, I post mine before I watch the show, so I am not influenced by anything mentioned by these two great contributors. I enjoy the Morse era...but no way can I put any of them over an album with Blackmore on it!!! 10. Concerto for Group and Orchestra - Just love this masterpiece! A wonderful blend of classical and hard rock. 9. Battle Rages On - Hugely under appreciated. The live performance "Come Hell or High Water" is on fire..even with Ritchie being a complete asshole!! 8. Who Do We Think We Are - another hugely overlooked album. Some great heavy riffs and Ian Gillan is awesome. 7. Made in Europe - THE live version of "Burn" and "You Fool No One" - Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord and Ian Paice are ignited like the sun!! Great stuff!! 6. Machine Head - Just a classic. The production is just a touch too dry for me..but the playing is brilliant. So many vintage tracks on one album. 5. Fireball - Title track IS the template for future speed metal..side two is very heavy and amazing! 4. Live in London - Another monster performance of the Mark II lineup. Brilliant recording and oh my goodness, the playing is a masterclass!! 3. Burn - Most bands would have folded with the loss of Ian Gillan and Roger Glover. Not Deep Purple..this is a powerhouse album that really proved that Ritchie, Jon and Ian could change and still be outstanding! 2. In Rock - THE most important and breathtaking hard rock album. A pure 10/10 masterpiece!! 1. Made in Japan - My favorite rock album of all-time! Live OR Studio. The fact there isn't one overdub is insane!!! The power, the energy, the creativity, and the sound!!! Martin Birch ...THE master engineer!!!! It's the live experience of extended solos that made Deep Purple THE most dangerous and powerful live band of their era. No one could improvise and play with such confidence and mastery of their instruments!

Two of the best!!🐣🖤🤘🏼♠️…

First of all: Two of my favorite people on Music RU-vid. Great. Purple is one of the first Bands I've ever listened to. I had a compilation called "The Deepest Purple". However, I never really got deep into them. I have another compilation, called "The Gold Collection" or something like this. Other than that I only have Mark-2-Studio Albums ("In Rock", "Fireball", "Machine Head" and "Perfect Strangers") and some Live Albums. Mostly from the Mark-2-Line-up as well. "Come Hell or High Water" was my first and I really like it. Recently I got a box that contains the full concerts from Stuttgart and Birmingham. "Made in Japan" of course and a couple of Legacy Releases ("Live in Copenhagen 1972", "Live in Stockholm 1970" & "Live in Long Beach 1971"). Among those I have two from other Line-Ups ("Paris 1975" and "Long Beach 1976"). Paris is with Blackmore, Long Beach with Tommy Bolin. I'm not really a fan of Bolin doing Blackmore's stuff. Same for Coverdale doing Gillan-Songs. Glenn Hughes' voice I generally don't like. I have considered to at least give "Stormbringer" and "Burn" a try, but as of now I haven't done so. I like Whitesnake, so I should at least get something out of Coverdale's songs, I guess. Great Show. Love both your insights.

Love you guys, but pretty simple for my ears: 10: Burn 9: Fireball 8: Made in Japan 7: Machine Head 6: Machine Head 5: Machine Head 4: In Rock 3: In Rock 2: In Rock 1. In Rock

My top ten would be…in reverse order 10. Come Taste the Band 09. Perfect Strangers 08. Machine Head 07. Powerhouse 06. Stormbringer 05. Who Do We Think we Are 04. Deep Purple / Deep Purple 03. Fireball 02. Burn 01. In Rock..and I really would love to have included, Made in Japan and Made in Europe in equal 11th!

My top 3 : 1. In Rock 2. Come Taste The Band 3. Burn God i love Deep Purple

Great show Phil. Good to see Martin involved. Here's how I'd rank my Deep Purple top ten studio albums... 1. Perfect Strangers 2. In Rock 3. Burn 4. Come Taste The Band 5. Machine Head 6. Slaves and Masters 7. Now What? 8. Stormbringer 9. Fireball 10. The Battle Rages On... 👍

What a really enjoyable rundown. Thank you. It’s great to see Martin on your channel Phil.

Really enjoyed this! Looking forward to your best Deep Purple live cuts video Martin suggested! 🙂

1. In Rock 2. Burn 3. Come Taste The Band

Great show Phil. Kudos to you getting Martin on board ! You've hit the big time now 😃👌

Wow! My two favourite music pundits together. I disagree with Martin about Never Before though lol....

Oh, and according to Wiki only "Anyone's Daughter" was from Birmingham on "Come Hell or High Water" (on the CD, the Video was the NEC-Show).

1. Fireball 2. Burn 3. In Rock 4. Perfect Strangers 5. Purpendicular 6. Machine Head 7. Come Taste the Band 8. Now What 9. Rapture of the Deep 10. Deep Purple 11. The Book of Taliesyn 12. Abandon 13. Shades of Deep Purple 14. Slaves & Masters 15. Who Do We Think We Are 16. Infinite 17. The House of Blue Light 18. Stormbringer 19. The Battle Rages On 20. Turning to Crime 21. Bananas 22. Whoosh

1. The Battle Rages On 2. Who Do We Think We Are 3. In Rock 4. Machine Head 5. House of Blue Light 6. Fireball 7. Perfect Strangers 8. Purpendicular 9. Burn 10. Whoosh! 11. Come Taste the Band 12. Shades of Deep Purple 13. Now What?! 14. Rapture of the Deep 15. Stormbringer 16. Infinite 17. Bananas 18. Concerto Group-Orchestra 19. Deep Purple s/t 20. aBANDon

My 10 studio albums would be 1 In Rock 2 Machine Head 3 Fireball 4 Burn 5 Come Taste The Band 6 Perfect Strangers 7 Who Do We Think We Are 8 Stormbringer 9 Purpendicular 10 Deep Purple (1969)

Love Martin and his desire to wind people up by dropping in the odd bombshell statement 😂

Very pleased to have discovered your channel Phil, I look forward to delving deeper. I'm not especially au fait with the Morse era as I am somewhat recent to Purple (three to four years now perhaps) and a younger guy. That said, a top five might look like this if pressed. 1) Come Taste the Band (Bolin brings the energy and Coverdale truly spreads his wings while Hughes is infrequent yet spellbinding) 2) Live in London (Blackmore is incendiary, Paice is an octopus, and the vocal duo perform like they have something to prove) 3) In Rock (The hardest one to talk about since it's so monumentally important) 4) Fireball (Variety in abundance as if to show that their were more tools in the box than one might think) 5) Purpendicular (Morse fits like a glove, Gillan is wonderfully expressive, and the rest of the band play like they are truly enjoying themselves)

My top 3 Albums: 1. Machine head 2. In Rock 3. Burn My top 3 songs: 1. Highway Star 2. Smoke on the water 3. Child in time And Martin ,I am hunting for your books! And Phil, thank you again for this heavenly video. 👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏

Major league show now with Mr Popoff guesting.

Hi Phil. Great work at a very hard job! I envy my sister, who has 5 immovable fave Deep Purple albums - Come Taste the Band, Burn, Purpendicular, Stormbringer and Whoosh! Any Top 10 for me would change weekly, and would always include at least one Mk.1 album. Battle Rages On would usually feature too. The closest thing to In Rock for me is Mott the Hoople's Brain Capers, as you said once also a big indicator of Punk. Some of the albums you two cited have fave tracks for me: Strangeways, Jack Ruby, Place in Line, Maybe I'm a Leo, No No No, etc. I laughed when Martin said he doesn't like jams or long numbers on Made in Japan or Song Remains the Same. Those are a major part of why I love Purple and Zeppelin! The longest recorded Wring That Neck is on the bootleg from Croydon Fairfield Halls in late 1970 - 40mins. It never gets boring or too tangential, unless you just don't enjoy that kind of freeforming. By the way, Thin Lizzy, who recorded the Funky Junction Play a Tribute to Deep Purple LP, included "Woffle", the noisefest which opens Speed King! That album got me into Purple back in '74/'75 - 50p from local Woolworth's.🙂 Do you collect bootlegs too?

Brilliant video Phil, great to see Martin on. The dream gig to see you & Pete Pardo together talking for hours on Deep Purple 😊 here's my top 10 1. Machine Head 2 Burn 3. Come taste the band 4. In Rock 5. Stormbringer 6. Fireball 7. Perfect strangers 8. Purpendicular 9. Who do we think we are 10. Slaves & masters. Any given day a few outside the top 10 will replace those above. 😊

Awesome discussion about one of the greatest bands ever by two of the best rock journalists around. 🤘

Hi Phil that was a brilliant Deep Purple top 10 ranking with Martin Popoff . It's great to have a great guest like Martin whom I totally respect on his other channel with Pete Pardo . Another great video thanks so much Phil.

A great show gentlemen! Thanks! Enjoyed every minute of it! I think I will start listening to all Purple albums starting from the very first one on my daily walks.

My first Deep Purple album like many fans was Deepest Purple . My favourite is Also Burn . Excellent show guys 😎😍

My top 7 for what it's worth, all studio. 1 Fireball 2 Machine Head 3 In Rock 4 Who Do We Think We Are 5 Come Taste The Band 6 Burn 7 Stormbringer For me personally having grown up with Deep Purple, anything they did after Come Taste The Band I'm not interested in, I have them all but it just doesn't do it for me and they really should now call it a day, should have done it years ago, I admire Led Zeppelin for never reuiniting as their legacy will never be tainted.

after watching your video on come taste the band I decided to pick up a CD of it, before that I didn't care about it, for me it was no Blackmore = bad album, I'd heard you keep on moving and it didn't do anything for me. but when i gave it a full listen I loved it. it has become one of my favorite DP albums it's in the top two. so thank you for that!

Enjoyed Martin on the show he gives a balanced view on certain albums. Excellent show , liked the Uriah Heep discussion on beating Purple to songs.

Pure joy to listen too ,surprisingly can’t agree on both top tens ,however very interesting your views 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🎸🎸🎸❤️ BRILlANT video ,thank you 😮

Deep Purple's best is Fireball... Then it's Made in Japan.... And then maybe Machine Head or In Rock

Great show. Ah... Phil. That live in London album. It`s superb. My top 3 - In Rock, Machine Head, Made In Japan. Always interesting with Mr Popoff.

Enjoyed this,I am going to throw my list in now.I am probably more in line with your thinking Phil than Martin's. 1.Made in Japan - Three show version. 2.In Rock- Great album, bad production needs a remix maybe by Steven Wilson. 3.Machine Head. 4.Burn. 5.Perfect Strangers. 6. Come taste the band 7.Live in Saarbrucken 1975(Whenever it gets released). 8.Purpendicular. 9.Concerto for Group and Orchestra 1969. 10.Infinite

Great show guys! Here are my top 10 (in no particular order, because it may change depending on the mood I'm in): In Rock, Machine Head, Burn, Stormbringer, CTTB, Perfect Strangers, Fireball, Now What?!, Purpendicular and Whoosh!

Discovered your channel this evening. Great discussion with Martin - I have a trunk full of his books!. My Top 10 Purple albums: 1) Made in Japan 2) In Rock 3) Machine Head 4) Burn 5) Fireball 6) Who Do We Think We Are 7) Come Taste the Band 8) Perfect Strangers 9) Purpendicular 10) Now What?!

100 people, 100 opinions! I know ROTD has a very special place for me along with old days albums and most recent ones.

I really enjoyed the comparisons of the various Deep Purple albums . A fan since 1968 a few comments . Happy to see Purpendicular receive accolades as it is almost a masterpiece . Could not agree with Martin's high ranking of Abandon , and Perfect Strangers has 3 or4 good songs , but doesn't hold up as as a " great " album . Kudos to Martin for mentioning " Look At Yourself " by Uriah Heep . That song would have been a perfect fit on In Rock ! Criticism - not enough love for Now What ! Could be top 5 ! Playing non stop in the car for months now ! Great show Phil !

Excellent show Phil and another podcasting milestone. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

1. Machine Head 2. Made in Japan 3. In Rock 4. Who Do We Think We Are 5. Burn 6. Perfect Strangers 7. Fireball 8. Stormbringer 9. House Of The Blue Light 10. The Battle Rages On

Yey Come Taste The Dand! Noice Phil Aston!

So interesting phil. Martin's a nice guy, you two really hit the button

Great show! My picks are machine head , burn, fireball, in rock, come taste the band, strombringer, perfect strangers, who do we think we are, perpendicular and now what?

Great podcast. Thanks Phil.

Nice to see Purpendicular in both of your top 5's

Thank you for doing this. Very fun to watch.

Really enjoyed this tasteful rant! Have you done Family review at all. Part of the Load from Anyway is superb! Keep doing!

I had so much fun following you two on your quest, and going back to some albums that weren't too familiar and appreciating them in a new way (Deep Purple, Come Taste The Band...). Thanks for the inspiration! I'm really curious if they are going to record another album without Steve Morse. But I just don't want them to stop now, considering how good the last outputs were. Thinking about a favourite album, I myself have a soft spot for "Bananas".

Deep Purple`s self titled from 1969 is one of the albums I find myself going back to over and over - In my Top 5 and maybe it is because I was a Purple fan before the MkII days ... (Chasing Shadows, Faultline /The Painter, Why Didn`t Rosemary?, the Bird has Flown, April pure magic for that time ....

I don't like the long jamming on made in Japan but the sound on it is great especially the guitar is higher in the mix than the studio albums.

Great show.

Hi Phil, always great to watch your D.P related programs. Ditto seeing author Martin Popoff. I’m 60 years old,and my journey into the D.P family was 24Carat, and Deepest Purple. I was aware of other D.P compilations in the late 70’s and mid 80’s. Would you consider doing a program on influential D.P compilations?

Martin is a phenomenon in his own right, he writes a books about a group that he actually doesn't like. He likes the albums from the late period the most, and not the albums from the beginning of the group's career, which are real masterpieces and among the most important albums of rock history of all time. Who doesn't consider those albums the best in the whole in the group's catalog, he actually doesn't like Deep Purple. For me, Martin is a joke because it is known that he likes punk and new wave the most.

I would rank Machine Head as #1 and Lazy as possibly my all time favorite song, especially the studio version. What I like about it is it's kinda bluesy and almost froggy, at least the keyboards. I always wondered what songs like Never Before or Maybe I'm a Leo were covered by somebody like SRV.

Really fun and interesting chat, thanks to you both, I can't begin to rank any band more than maybe three or four albums, I enjoyed it though and hope you'll do more, cheers!

Made In Japan is the absolute best! Studio albums: 1. Machine Head 2. In Rock 3. Fireball

1. Burn. 2. in Rock. 3. Perfect Strangers. 4. Machine head. 5. Come taste the band. 6. Now what. 7. Slaves and masters. 8. House of blue light. 9. Fireball. 10. Stormbringer

Great show guys!Was Glenn Hughes greatest solo performance in Purple 'This Time Around'? I get Goosebumps every time i hear it!

Deep Purple in Rock released June 5, 1970 and Uriah Heep Very `Eavy...Very `Umble released June 13, 1970 not sure why it was stated Heep`s album was released before In Rock plus In Rock was mostly conceived / done in 1969 and was held back somewhat for Concerto .....Child in Time was performed at Concerto in 1969 etc etc

Yes, this is an amazing band, and if we meet more or less similar opinions about other bands, then in this case everything always looks so radical that complete coincidences of albums or their placement in close places are rare. Although these lists can be understood, a person really loves and appreciates Deep Purple or is looking for something to like in him, as, for example, in the case of Phil, who chose only In Rock from classic albums and diluted his list quite abundantly with live albums. Live albums are really a separate issue, and yes, I love bootlegs and live albums, but I prefer live performances that accompany the video sequence - this gives me the feeling that I am present at a concert that I missed due to various objective reasons, but the songs which for me are more ideal than on a studio album, can be listed on the fingers of one hand. Yes, energy is added at concerts, details that were not in the original and it's cool when you're among the audience, it's also good when you've listened to the original a million times and you want variety, but live can't be the first choice when the band is really loved and they have 22 studio albums even if they are the best live band in the world. I also think that just one instrument, no matter how brilliant it is in the mix, can't hold my attention for long unless the others are top notch, so it always confuses me when mediocre live tracks are elevated just because it has an ingenious guitar passage or an unforgettable drum beat, unless of course I'm just a fan of guitar or drums, and other instruments and vocals are secondary. I can not dispute someone else's opinion, I just express my thoughts.

01. in rock [1970] 02. burn [1974] 03. come taste the band [1975] 04. machine head [1972] 05. purpendicular [1996] 06. fireball [1971] 07. the battle rages on [1993] 08. deep purple [1969] 09. rapture of the deep [2005] 10. perfect strangers [1984] all time fav: *made in japan* [1972]

I would find it hard to make a top 10 as I don’t have any of the albums after the battle rages on. I do love the 70’s Gillan albums and burn and perfect strangers and the house of blue light. In rock is probably my favourite, then machine head, then fireball, then burn, then perfect strangers.

Machine Head, Burn,In Rock, Fireball, Stormbringer, Perfect Strangers and probably couple others which i not listened are in top ten.But Machine Head is the most influental album in history of Hard Rock.

𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟭𝟬: #1 - "In Rock" - (1970) #2 - "Machine Head" - (1972) #3 - "Fireball" - (1971) #4 - "Burn" - (1974) #5 - "Stormbringer" - (1974) #6 - "Deep Purple" - (1969) #7 - "Perfect Strangers" - (1984) #8 - "Come Taste the Band" - (1975) #9 - "Purpendicular" - (1996) #10 - "Now What?!" - (2013)

In Rock was June 1970

1) Come Taste The Band (1975) 2) In Rock (1970) 3) Made In Japan (1972) 4) Burn (1974) 5) Machine Head (1972) 6) Fireball (1971) 7) Stormbringer (1974) 8) Who Do We Think We Are (1973) 9) Deep Purple (1969) 10) Perfect Strangers (1984)

Deep Purple (1969). Perfect Strangers (1984). In Rock (1970). Come Taste the Band (1975). Stormbringer (1974). Shades of Deep Purple (1968). Machine Head (1972). Rapture of the Deep (2005). Now What?! (2013). The House of Blue Light (1987).

1. Come Taste the Band

In rock was written and recorded first in 1969 but released in 1970..

Never understood why The Battle Rages On is so ignored. I never hear anyone even aknowledge it. Not their best, but the title track might be my favorite Deep Purple song, and it has Anya.

In Rock released June 5th 1970, if that changes anything about it.

Love deep purple ,but a covers album ,turning to crime??,no thanks, don't get me wrong ,they still play well,the singing (for their age) is still great,but when a group or artist resorts to churning out a covers album ,then that tells me that that's the end for the group with nothing left to say.hopefully they will prove me wrong and they will bring out a new album chock full of great new songs . wasn't really a fan of shades of deep purple or book of taliesyn either. For me the 1969 concerto album is where I started thinking ....YEAH ,THIS IS A FANTASTIC BAND.

I always feel like I need to defend Bananas, I was pleasantly surprised

Machine Head In Rock Purpendicular Come Taste the Band Burn Whoosh Now What Infinite Fireball Who Do We Think We Are

Martin Popoff made a factual mistake here: Deep Purple in Rock was released on June 5th 1970 (Wikipedia). I think he got that confused with Black Night, which was released in late summer but became a #2 hit in October '70. That's to take nothing away from Uriah Heep, another great band, and (to me) way ahead of Black Sabbath.

No weather report to start things off...????

what is your opinion of " child in time " version on ians 1st solo? i quite like it.

I could give you my list and tell how I was raised and bottled up with Deep Purple, but I'm not worthy to speak about the Gods. I'll therefore keep silent and stay on my knees in awe.

10. Now What?! 9. Fireball 8. Burn 7. Stormbringer 6. Deep Purple 5. Purpendicular 4. Shades of Deep Purple 3. Whoosh! 2. Deep Purple in Rock 1. Machine Head I chose not to include any live albums

24 Carat Purple has Never Before on it, not Demon's Eye.

1 Machine Head 2 Deep Purple in Rock 2 Made in Japan 4 Fireball …. Mk 2

Is it allowed to include live albums? 😮 can you do that?

Guys, you got it all wrong about dates in 1970: In Rock was released in the UK on June 5, 1970, Very 'eavy Very 'humble was released on June 13, 1970. Just saying'...

Uhm, "Soldier of fortune" is on Stormbringer. I mean..... C'mon

One of the most disappointing concerts I ever attended was Deep Purple around 1976, terrible sound system, way too loud for the venue, sounded like a giant 90 minute excruciating buzz, flash forward to my favorite concert (or at least tied) in 2001, Deep Purple with Steve Morse, still really loud but the sound system was so so good , really kinda shocked me because both times my main interest was the opening act , Nazareth, Nazareth stole the show in 76, they were fantastic, Love Hurts and Hair of the Dog had only been played 2 or 3 million times in 76 , so even those two songs were great, but in 2001 Nazareth was still great but Deep Purple put on one of the best shows I've ever seen.

Spoiler Alert below...... (Popoff) (Aston) 10 Slaves And Masters (1990) 10 Stormbringer (1974) 09 The House Of Blue Light (1987) 09 Now What ? (2013) 08 Burn (1974) 08 Come Hell Or High Water (1994) 07 Whoosh ! (2020) 07 Who Do We Think We Are (1973) 06 Fireball (1971) 06 Live In London (1982) 05 Purpendicular (1996) 05 Purpendicular (1996) 04 Abandon (1998) 04 In Rock (1970) 03 In Rock (1970) 03 Made In Japan (1972) 02 Machine Head (1972) 02 Come Taste The Band (1975) 01 Perfect Strangers (1984) 01 Burn (1974)

Demons eye wasn’t on 24 carat purple

Well surprised how you both rated Purple's albums and Burn would most likely be at the bottom of my pile it's a mediocre album with only a couple of good songs on it. The only thing I will agree with here is how you described the live album Made In Japan Phil with how it brought the songs from Machine Head to life and it surely did because I felt the recordings on the studio album were very dry and undercooked. Machine Head is not what I would call a solid album either and it's only really those songs they played live from it that cut the mustard in my opinion. I also think "When A Blind Man Cries" was way better than some of the crap they put on that album especially "Maybe I'm A Leo" and "Never, Never Before". My ultimate Purple album has to be In Rock and my second choice would go to Fireball because both of these albums are what I would call SOLID! and there is not a bad track on any of them.

Machine Head is one of my top gems in my music collection. That said, I can't stand Lazy.