Deep Purple discography

Deep Purple discography
Releases
Studio albums 19
Live albums 35+
Compilation albums 21+
Singles 43
Video albums 15

The following is the discography of Deep Purple, an English rock band.

Formed in 1968 by Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Rod Evans, Ritchie Blackmore, and Nick Simper, Deep Purple released their debut album, Shades of Deep Purple, in July of that year.

They have undergone many changes of personnel over the years, and today Ian Paice is the only member from the original line-up still with the band. The other members currently are Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Steve Morse and Don Airey. (See also List of Deep Purple band members).

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album title Peak chart position Certifications
(sales thresholds)[1][2][3][4]
United StatesUS
[5]
United KingdomUK
[6][7][8]
SwitzerlandSWI
[9]
NorwayNOR
[10]
GermanyGER
[11]
AustriaAUT
[12]
NetherlandsNL
[13]
1968 Shades of Deep Purple 24
The Book of Taliesyn 54
1969 Deep Purple 162 GER: Gold
1970 Deep Purple in Rock 143 4 5 1 1[14] US: Gold
UK: Gold
FRA: Gold
ARG: Gold
NDL: Gold
1971 Fireball 32 1 2 1 2[15] 3 NDL: Gold
US: Gold
1972 Machine Head 7 1 3 1 4 2 US: 2x Platinum
UK: Gold
FRA: 3x Gold
ARG: Platinum
JPN: Gold
1973 Who Do We Think We Are 15 4 1 3 2 5 US: Gold
FRA: Gold
1974 Burn 9 3 1 1 1 7 US: Gold
UK: Gold
GER: Gold
FRA: Gold
ARG: Gold
Stormbringer 20 6 2 10 4 US: Gold
UK: Gold
FRA: Gold
1975 Come Taste the Band 43 19 6 29 12 UK: Silver
ARG: Gold
CZ: Gold
1984 Perfect Strangers
  • Released: 16 September 1984
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: LP, 8-track, CD, CS
17 5 1 2 2 5 16 US: Platinum
UK: Gold
GER: Gold
CAN: Platinum
ARG: Gold
1987 The House of Blue Light
  • Released: January 1987
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: LP, CD, CS
34 10 3 2 1 11 11 UK: Silver
CAN: Gold
1990 Slaves and Masters
  • Released: October 1990
  • Label: BMG
  • Format: LP, CD, CS
87 45 5 16 23 28 72 SWI: Gold
1993 The Battle Rages On...
  • Released: July 1993
  • Label: BMG
  • Format: LP, CD, CS
192 21 7 9 13 9 39 JPN: Gold
1996 Purpendicular 58 17 30 20 16 87
1998 Abandon 76 46 6 16 25
2003 Bananas
  • Released: September 2003
  • Label: Sanctuary
  • Format: LP, CD
85 13 19 3 12
2005 Rapture of the Deep
  • Released: October 2005
  • Label: Edeltone
  • Format: LP, CD
81 16 10 20
2013 Now What?!
  • Released: April 2013
  • Label: Edel/earMUSIC
  • Format: LP, CD
110 19 2 1 1 1 12 GER: Gold
RUS: Gold
POL: Gold
CZ: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

Recorded Released Album title Peak chart position Certifications
United StatesUS United KingdomUK
[2][6]
GermanyGER
1968 2002 Inglewood – Live in California / Live at Inglewood 1968
1968–1970 2011 BBC Sessions 1968–1970
1969 1969 Concerto for Group and Orchestra 149 26 22
1969-1971 2004 New Live & Rare: Live in Europe 1969-71
1969 2003 Kneel & Pray / Live in Montreux 69
1970 2001 Space Vol 1 & 2 / Live In Aachen 1970
1970 1993 Gemini Suite Live
1970 1988
2014
Scandinavian Nights / Live in Stockholm 1970
Stockholm 1970
1970/72 1980 Deep Purple in Concert / Live On The BBC / In Concert'72 30
1971 2015 Long Beach 1971 68
1972 2002 Live in Denmark 1972 / Live In Copenhagen 1972
1972 1972
1993
Made in Japan
Live in Japan
6 16 1 US: Platinum
UK: Gold
GER: Platinum
ITA: Platinum
AUT: Platinum
FRA: Gold
ARG: 2x Platinum
SPA: Platinum
JPN: Gold
1974 1996 California Jamming / Live At The California Jam / Just Might Take Your Life / California Jam 1974
1974 2003 Perks and Tit / Live In San Diego 1974
1974 1982 Live in London 23
1975 1976
1996
2001
2014
Made in Europe
Mk III: The Final Concerts
Live in Paris 1975
Graz 1975
148 12 10
1975 2000 Days May Come and Days May Go: The 1975 California Rehearsals, Volume 1 / 1420 Beachwood Drive: The 1975 Rehearsals, Volume 2
1975 1977
2001
Last Concert in Japan
This Time Around: Live in Tokyo
JPN: Gold
1976 1995 King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents: Deep Purple in Concert / On the Wings of a Russian Foxbat / Extended Versions / Live at Long Beach 1976
1975/1976 2011 Phoenix Rising 188 22
1984 2013 Perfect Strangers Live 20
1985 1991 In the Absence of Pink: Knebworth 85
1987 1988 Nobody's Perfect 105 38 13
1993 1994
2006
Come Hell or High Water
Live in Europe 1993 / Live In Stuttgart / Live At The Birmingham NEC
29 ARG: Gold
1996 2004 Live Encounters....
1996 1997 Live at the Olympia '96 183 98
1996 2006 Live at Montreux 1996 92 CAN: Gold
1999 1999 Total Abandon: Australia '99
1999 2000 Live at the Royal Albert Hall 101 32
1984-2000 2001 The Bootleg Series 1984 - 2000
2000 2001 Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy
2001 2001 The Soundboard Series
2006 2007 They All Came Down to Montreux
2011 2011 Live at Montreux 2011 (with Orchestra) 43
2013 2013 Now What?! Live Tapes
2014 2014 Celebrating Jon Lord: The Rock Legend (with Deep Purple, Bruce Dickinson, Glenn Hughes, Paul Weller, Rick Wakeman & Many Others) 12

Compilation albums

Year Album title Peak chart position Certifications
United StatesUS United KingdomUK
[2][6]
1972 The Best of Deep Purple
1972 Purple Passages # 57
1973 Mark I & II
1975 24 Carat Purple #14 UK: Silver
1977 Powerhouse JPN: Gold
1978 The Deep Purple Singles A's and B's
1978 When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll
1979 The Mark II Purple Singles #24
1980 Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple #148 #1 UK: Gold
US: Platinum
GER: Gold
AUT: Gold
1985 The Anthology #50
1992 Knocking at Your Back Door: The Best of Deep Purple in the 80's
1992 Smoke on the Water: The Best Of FRA: 2x Gold
1998 30: Very Best of Deep Purple #39 UK: Silver
1998 Smoke on the Water
1999 Shades 1968–1998
2000 The Very Best of Deep Purple UK: Gold
ARG: Platinum
2001 Smoke On The Water & Other Hits FRA: Gold
2002 Listen, Learn, Read On
2003 Winning Combinations: Deep Purple and Rainbow
2004 The Early Years
2005 Deep Purple: The Platinum Collection #39

Singles

Year Title Peak chart position Certifications Album
United KingdomUK United StatesUS United StatesUS Cashbox United StatesUS Main. NetherlandsNL
[16]
GermanyGER
[17]
AustraliaAU
1968 "Hush" / One More Rainy Day: 4 4 Shades of Deep Purple
"Kentucky Woman" / Wring That Neck 38 29 20 The Book of Taliesyn
1969 "River Deep - Mountain High" / Listen Learn Read On 53 52 81
1969 "Emmaretta" / The Bird Has Flown 128 97 44 Non-album singles
1969 "Hallelujah" / April (part 1) 108 123
1970 "Black Night" / Speed King 2 66 96 8 2 14
"Child in Time" - Child in Time Part 1 / Child in time Part 2 10 Deep Purple in Rock
1971 "Strange Kind of Woman" / I'm Alone 8 8 44 Non-album single
"Fireball" / Demon's Eye
"Fireball" / I'm Alone (US single)
15 120 24 19 58 Fireball
1972 "Never Before" / When A Blind Man Cries 35 20 80 Machine Head
"Lazy" / When A Blind Man Cries
"Highway Star (edit)" / Highway Star (long version)
1973 "Smoke on the Water" / Smoke On The Water (live) 21 4 3 11 20 54 US: Gold Machine Head/Made in Japan
"Woman from Tokyo" / Black Night (live)

Woman from Tokyo / Super Trouper (US single)

60 59 6 16 Who Do We Think We Are
1974 "Might Just Take Your Life" / Coronarias Redig 91 87 Burn
"Burn" / Coronarias Redig 105 115
"You Can't Do It Right (With The One You Love)" / Highball Shooter 93 Stormbringer
"Stormbringer" / Love Don't Mean A Thing
1976 "You Keep On Moving" / Love Child Come Taste the Band
"Gettin' Tighter" / Love Child (US single)
1977 "New, Live & Rare EP" - Black Night (live) / Painted Horse / When A Blind Man Cries 31 Non-album singles
1978 "New, Live & Rare Vol.2 EP" - Burn (live) / Coronarias Redig / Mistreated (live) 45
1980 "New, Live & Rare Vol.3 EP" - Smoke On The Water (live) / Bird Has Flown (BBC 1969) / Grabsplatter (BBC 1970) 48 Deep Purple in Concert
"Black Night" (live) / Speed King (live) 43
1984 "Perfect Strangers" / Son Of Alerik 48 12 Perfect Strangers
1985 "Nobody's Home" 20
"Knocking at Your Back Door" / Perfect Strangers / Not Responsible 68 61 65 7
1987 "Call of the Wild" / Strangeways 92 14 93 The House of Blue Light
1987 "Bad Attitude" 14
1988 "Hush" (re-recording) / Dead Or Alive (live) / Bad Attitude (live) 62 Nobody's Perfect
1990 "King of Dreams" / Fire In The Basement 70 111 6 Slaves and Masters
1991 "Fire In The Basement" 20
"Love Conquers All"/ Truth Hurts / Slow Down Sister 57
1993 "The Battle Rages On" 22 The Battle Rages On
"Anya" / One Man's Meat
"Time To Kill" / Nasty Piece Of Work
1995 "Black Night" (re-mix) / Black Night / Speed King (re-mix) 66 Non-album single
1996 "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" / Vavoom: Ted The Mechanic Purpendicular
1999 "Australia '99" - Black Night (live) / Fireball (live) Total Abandon: Australia '99
2003 "Haunted" Bananas
"House of Pain" / Contact Lost
2005 "Rapture of the Deep" Rapture of the Deep
2011 "Hush" / "Speed King" BBC Sessions 1968–1970
2013 "All the Time in the World" (Radio Mix) / "Hell to Pay" / Perfect Strangers (live) / Rapture Of The Deep (live) Now What?!
"Vincent Price" / First Sign of Madness / The Well-Dressed Guitar / Wrong Man (live)
"Above & Beyond" / Thing I Never Said / Space Truckin' (live) / Hush (live) 100
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Videos

Recorded Released Album title Certifications
1969 1970 (TV)
1999 (VHS)
2003 (DVD)
Concerto for Group and Orchestra
1970 1970 (TV)
1990 (VHS)
Doing Their Thing
1972
1972/1973
1988 (VHS)
2005 (DVD)
Scandinavian Nights - Live in Denmark 1972
Live in Concert 72/73
USA: Gold
AUS: Gold
FRA: Gold
1974 1974 (TV)
1981 (VHS)
2005 (DVD)
Live in California 74 ARG: Gold
FRA: Gold
1975 1985
2011
Rises Over Japan
Phoenix Rising
1968-1976 2009 History, hits & highlights '68–'76
1984 2013 Perfect Strangers Live
1987 1987 The Video Singles
1970-1991 1991 Heavy Metal Pioneers
1993 1994 Come Hell or High Water UK: Gold
AUS: Platinum
1995 1995 Bombay Calling
1996 2004 Live Encounters
1996 2006 Live at Montreux 1996
1999 1999 Total Abandon: Live in Australia
1999 2000 In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra
2001 2001 Classic Albums: Deep Purple – The Making of Machine Head AUS: Gold
1984-2000 2001 New Live & Rare: The Video Collection 1984-2000
2002 2002 Perihelion AUS: Gold
1995-2007 2008 Around The World Live
2006 2007 They All Came Down to Montreux
2011 2011 Live At Montreux 2011 (with Orchestra)
2014 2014 Celebrating Jon Lord At The Royal Albert Hall (with Deep Purple, Bruce Dickinson, Glenn Hughes, Paul Weller, Rick Wakeman & Many Others)
2011 2014 Live In Verona

References