The Very Best of Deep Purple
The Very Best of Deep Purple | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Deep Purple | ||||
Released | 9 May 2000[1] | |||
Recorded | 1968–1974, 1984 | |||
Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
Length | 79:02 | |||
Label | Rhino, Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Deep Purple, Derek Lawrence, Martin Birch, Roger Glover | |||
Deep Purple compilations chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [2] |
Sputnikmusic | [3] |
The Very Best of Deep Purple is a single disc compilation album by the English hard rock band Deep Purple. It was released in 2000 by Rhino Records/Warner Bros. Records. It features tracks by the Mk. I, Mk. II and Mk. III line-ups of Deep Purple.
Production
This compilation is supposed to be a single disc alternative to the more comprehensive Shades four-disc collection. All the tracks were remastered simultaneously for inclusion in both sets. The set is essentially a new version of previous compilation Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple, which was released in 1980, with three additional songs, two from Mk. I and one from the reunited Mk. II. The disc bypasses the material from the Mk. IV line-up, and features slightly different versions of a few of the tracks.
Track listing
All tracks written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice, except where noted
No. | Title | Place of Origin | Length |
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1. | "Hush" (Joe South) | Shades of Deep Purple – 1968 | 4:26 |
2. | "Kentucky Woman" (Edited mono single version; Neil Diamond) | The Book of Taliesyn – 1968 | 4:14 |
3. | "Black Night" | Non-album single – 1970 | 3:27 |
4. | "Speed King" (US album version) | Deep Purple in Rock – 1970 | 4:21 |
5. | "Child in Time" | Deep Purple in Rock | 10:19 |
6. | "Strange Kind of Woman" (US album version) | Fireball (US version) – 1971 | 4:02 |
7. | "Fireball" | Fireball | 3:24 |
8. | "Demon's Eye" | Fireball | 5:20 |
9. | "Highway Star" | Machine Head – 1972 | 6:09 |
10. | "Smoke on the Water" | Machine Head | 5:41 |
11. | "Space Truckin'" | Machine Head | 4:34 |
12. | "Woman from Tokyo" | Who Do We Think We Are – 1973 | 5:49 |
13. | "Burn" (Blackmore, David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, Paice, Lord) | Burn – 1974 | 6:01 |
14. | "Stormbringer" (Blackmore, Coverdale) | Stormbringer – 1974 | 4:08 |
15. | "Knocking at Your Back Door" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) | Perfect Strangers – 1984 | 7:07 |
Personnel
- Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
- Ian Gillan – vocals
- Roger Glover – bass guitar
- Ian Paice – drums
- Jon Lord – organ, keyboards, backing vocals on tracks 1-2
- Rod Evans – vocals on tracks 1-2
- Nick Simper – bass and backing vocals on tracks 1-2
- David Coverdale – vocals on tracks 13-14
- Glenn Hughes – bass and vocals on tracks 13-14
Year-end charts
Chart (2002) | Position |
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Canadian Metal Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[4] | 83 |
References
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- Shades of Deep Purple
- The Book of Taliesyn
- Deep Purple
- Deep Purple in Rock
- Fireball
- Machine Head
- Who Do We Think We Are
- Burn
- Stormbringer
- Come Taste the Band
- Perfect Strangers
- The House of Blue Light
- Slaves and Masters
- The Battle Rages On...
- Purpendicular
- Abandon
- Bananas
- Rapture of the Deep
- Now What?!
- Infinite
- Whoosh!
- Turning to Crime
- =1
- Concerto for Group and Orchestra
- Made in Japan
- Made in Europe
- Last Concert in Japan
- Deep Purple in Concert
- Live in London
- Nobody's Perfect
- Scandinavian Nights
- In the Absence of Pink: Knebworth '85
- Gemini Suite Live
- Come Hell or High Water
- King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents: Deep Purple in Concert
- California Jamming
- Mk III: The Final Concerts
- Live at The Olympia '96
- Total Abandon: Australia '99
- In Concert with The London Symphony Orchestra
- Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy
- This Time Around: Live in Tokyo
- Live in Paris 1975
- Inglewood: Live in California
- Perks and Tit
- Live in Europe 1993
- Live at Montreux 1996
- Live in Montreux 69
- Live in Denmark 1972
- Live at Montreux 2006: They All Came Down to Montreux
- Live at Montreux 2011
- Phoenix Rising
- Live in Verona
- Purple Passages
- Mark I & II
- 24 Carat Purple
- Powerhouse
- The Deep Purple Singles A's and B's
- When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll
- The Mark II Purple Singles
- Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple
- The Anthology
- Knocking at Your Back Door: The Best of Deep Purple in the 80's
- Smoke on the Water: The Best Of
- 30: Very Best of Deep Purple
- Shades 1968–1998
- The Very Best of Deep Purple
- Days May Come and Days May Go
- Smoke on the Water & Other Hits
- The Soundboard Series
- Listen, Learn, Read On
- Winning Combinations: Deep Purple and Rainbow
- The Early Years
- The Platinum Collection
- BBC Sessions 1968–1970
- "Hush"
- "Kentucky Woman"
- "River Deep – Mountain High"
- "Hallelujah"
- "Black Night"
- "Strange Kind of Woman"
- "Fireball"
- "Never Before"
- "Highway Star"
- "Smoke on the Water"
- "Woman from Tokyo"
- "Burn"
- "Perfect Strangers"
- "Knocking at Your Back Door"
- "Call of the Wild"
- "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming"
- "Vincent Price"
- "Mandrake Root"
- "Child in Time"
- "The Mule"
- "Space Truckin'"
- "Maybe I'm a Leo"
- "When a Blind Man Cries"
- "Mistreated"
- "Soldier of Fortune"
- "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic"
- Concerto for Group and Orchestra
- Live in California 74
- Deep Purple Rises Over Japan
- Come Hell or High Water
- Live at Montreux 1996
- Total Abandon: Australia '99
- In Concert with The London Symphony Orchestra
- Classic Albums: Deep Purple – The Making of Machine Head
- Live in Concert 72/73
- Live at Montreux 2006
- Around the World Live
- History, Hits & Highlights '68–'76
- Phoenix Rising
- Live at Montreux 2011
- Live in Verona
- The Artwoods
- The Outlaws
- The Flower Pot Men
- Episode Six
- Trapeze
- Zephyr
- James Gang
- Dixie Dregs
- Captain Beyond
- Warhorse
- Ian Gillan Band
- Gillan
- Rainbow
- Blackmore's Night
- Whitesnake
- Coverdale–Page
- Paice Ashton Lord
- Black Sabbath
- Gary Moore
- Yngwie Malmsteen
- Hughes Turner Project
- Living Loud
- WhoCares
- Black Country Communion
- Discography
- Members
- Purple Records
- Funky Junction
- Deep Purple Tribute
- Re-Machined: A Tribute to Deep Purple's Machine Head
- The Purple Album
- Rock Aid Armenia
- Green Bullfrog
- Bogus Deep Purple
- Category