One of the most known hardrockalbums of all time. Both when it comes to the songs Child In Time, Speed King and Black Night and the classic albumcover. It was the 4th album from the band and the 1th to include Roger Glover on bass and Ian Gillan on vocals, replacing Nick Simper and Rod Evans who were both fired in 1969. Reaching some succuess in America with their previous albums, this was their breakthrough in Europe, reaching nr. 4 on the British charts but also nr. 1 on the Australian and German charts. A 15-month tour followed the album. Prior to the albums release a single with the song "Black Night" was released. It reached nr.2 in the UK charts and Deep Purple's successful career had started! This MK II lineup had also released the livealbum "Concerto For Group And Orchestra" before In Rock.

New singer Gillan had once been in the same class in school with The Who's Pete Townshend. He played in some bands in his early musical career and sang in The Javelins for a while. Gordon Fairminer from that band later played in Sweet. Also in the band Wainwright's Gentlemen where Gillan was a member included a later Sweet-member; drummer Mick Tucker. In the band Episode Six Gillan played with Roger Glover and they started writing songs together. After Blackmoore, Paice and Lord had seen a show with Episode Six they offered Gillan to be their new singer, having decided that they should play hardrock rather than psychadelic rock. They asked if Gillan knew about a good bassplayer and so after a while Glover was also recruited.

This album is absolutely essential in every rockers recordcollection. It represents an superb document from the early 1970's; what was new then and what was to come. The songs are absolutely "top notch" and contains among the greatest musiclisteningpleasures of all time! The heaviness, the organsolos, the heavy riffing and the screamvocals and the wild rhytmsection is all among the best there has ever been.

1)Speed king (9,5) Great chaotic intro followed by a sole organ-sound and then -bang! An intense and powerful song including a guitar-organ jam. Hardrock at it's best!

2)Bloodsucker (9,0) ...and straight in to a heavy riffing hardrocker with phrasing vocals and those superb Gillan-screams!

3)Child in time (9,0) A fantastic pompous 10-minute song variated between very toned down and harder parts and it also builds up in a great way.

4)Flight of the rat (9,0) Monotone, fast and noisy 7-minute song.

5)Into the fire (8,5) Heavy and slow short rocker.

6)Living wreck (9,0) Great drumming and guitarplaying and crazy organ! Fantastic track.

7)Hard loving man (8,0) Chaotic and noisy 7-minute song with a crazy driving rhythm! Total madness the last minute.

8)Black night (8,0) Great boogierocker.

Ian Gillan-vocals (b.1945)

Richie Blackmoore-guitars (b.1945)

Roger Glover-bass (b.1945)

Ian Paice-drums (b.1948)

Jon Lord-keyboards (1941-2012)

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