The Very Best of Deep Purple

The Very Best of Deep Purple
Greatest hits album by Deep Purple
Released 2000
Recorded 1968-1974, 1984
Genre Hard rock, Heavy Metal
Length 01:19:02
Label Rhino, Warner Bros.
Producer Deep Purple, Derek Lawrence, Martin Birch, Roger Glover
Deep Purple chronology
 ? The Very Best of Deep Purple
(2000)		 Anthems
(2000)
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The Very Best of Deep Purple is a single disc compilation album by Deep Purple. It was released in 2000 by Rhino Records/Warner Bros. Records. It features tracks for MK I, MKII and MK III of Deep Purple.

The compilation renders the old Deepest Purple compilation obsolete, containing all of the tracks from that compilation plus a few additional ones.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Hush" (Joe South)
  2. "Kentucky Woman" [Single Version] (Diamond)
  3. "Black Night"
  4. "Speed King" [US album version]
  5. "Child in Time"
  6. "Strange Kind of Woman"
  7. "Fireball"
  8. "Demon's Eye"
  9. "Highway Star"
  10. "Smoke on the Water"
  11. "Space Truckin'"
  12. "Woman from Tokyo"
  13. "Burn" (Blackmore/Coverdale/Paice/Lord)
  14. "Stormbringer" (Blackmore/Coverdale)
  15. "Knocking at Your Back Door" (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)

Track 1 from Shades of Deep Purple. Track 2 is an edited version of a song from The Book of Taliesyn. No tracks are featured from Deep Purple III. Track 3 originally released as a single. Tracks 4 and 5 are from Deep Purple In Rock (although Speed King is the US Album Edit, lacking the intro instrumental.) Tracks 6-8 from Fireball (album) (Strange Kind of Woman is on US version of Fireball, Demon's Eye is on UK version.) Tracks 9-11 from Machine Head (album). Track 12 from Who Do We Think We Are. Track 13 from Burn (Deep Purple album). Track 14 from Stormbringer (album). No tracks are featured from Come Taste the Band. Track 15 from Perfect Strangers (album)

Personnel

Production

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)[3] Gold 100,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[4] Gold 100,000^
Argentina (CAPIF)[5] Gold 30,000x

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Sputnikmusic review
  3. ^ "British album certifications – Deep Purple – The Very Best of Deep Purple". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx.  Enter The Very Best of Deep Purple in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
  4. ^ "Japanese album certifications – Deep Purple – The Very Best of Deep Purple" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/index.html. 
  5. ^ "Argentinian album certifications – Deep Purple – The Very Best of Deep Purple". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=Deep+Purple&album=The+Very+Best+of+Deep+Purple&LanDesde_MM=0&LanDesde_AA=0&LanHasta_MM=0&LanHasta_AA=0&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP. 
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