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The Platinum Collection is a compilation album released by English rock group Deep Purple. It features songs from their first album Shades of Deep Purple up to their (at the time) most recent album Bananas.
| The Platinum Collection | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | 21 March 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 1968–2003 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal, progressive rock, psychedelic rock | |||
| Length | 214:11 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Deep Purple compilations chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Track listing
editAll songs written by Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice, except where noted.
Disc one
edit| No. | Title | Place of Origin | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hush" (Joe South) | Shades of Deep Purple, 1968 | 4:26 |
| 2. | "Mandrake Root" (Rod Evans, Blackmore, Lord) | Shades of Deep Purple | 6:11 |
| 3. | "Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts) | Shades of Deep Purple | 7:27 |
| 4. | "Kentucky Woman" (Neil Diamond) | The Book of Taliesyn, 1968 | 4:42 |
| 5. | "Wring That Neck" (Blackmore, Nick Simper, Lord, Paice) | The Book of Taliesyn | 5:12 |
| 6. | "Shield" (Evans, Blackmore, Lord) | The Book of Taliesyn | 6:03 |
| 7. | "Bird Has Flown" (Evans, Blackmore, Lord) | Deep Purple, 1969 | 2:53 |
| 8. | "Emmaretta" (Evans, Blackmore, Lord) | B-side of the "Bird Has Flown" single, 1969 | 3:07 |
| 9. | "Hallelujah" (Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway) | Non-album single, 1969 | 3:41 |
| 10. | "Black Night" (Single version) | Non-album single, 1970 | 3:27 |
| 11. | "Speed King" | Deep Purple in Rock, 1970 | 5:51 |
| 12. | "Flight of the Rat" | Deep Purple in Rock | 7:52 |
| 13. | "Child in Time" | Deep Purple in Rock | 10:20 |
Disc two
edit| No. | Title | Place of Origin | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Fireball" | Fireball, 1971 | 3:24 |
| 2. | "Strange Kind of Woman" | Fireball (U.S. version) | 3:51 |
| 3. | "Demon's Eye" | Fireball | 5:20 |
| 4. | "No One Came" (1996 remix) | Fireball | 6:24 |
| 5. | "Highway Star" (1997 remix) | Machine Head, 1972 | 6:29 |
| 6. | "Smoke on the Water" | Machine Head | 5:41 |
| 7. | "When a Blind Man Cries" (1997 remix) | B-side of the "Never Before" single, 1972 | 3:30 |
| 8. | "Space Truckin'" (1997 remix) | Machine Head | 4:56 |
| 9. | "Lazy" (Live) | Made in Japan, 1972/1973; originally from Machine Head | 10:33 |
| 10. | "Never Before" (Live) | Deep Purple in Concert, 1980/1982; originally from Machine Head | 3:57 |
| 11. | "Woman from Tokyo" | Who Do We Think We Are, 1973 | 5:49 |
| 12. | "Smooth Dancer" | Who Do We Think We Are | 4:09 |
| 13. | "Mary Long" | Who Do We Think We Are | 4:24 |
| 14. | "Burn" (Single edit; David Coverdale, Blackmore, Lord, Paice) | Burn, 1974 | 4:33 |
Disc three
edit| No. | Title | Place of Origin | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Might Just Take Your Life" (Coverdale, Blackmore, Lord, Paice) | Burn | 4:38 |
| 2. | "Coronarias Redig" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice) | B-side of the "Burn" single, 1974 | 4:53 |
| 3. | "Stormbringer" (Coverdale, Blackmore) | Stormbringer, 1974 | 4:05 |
| 4. | "Hold On" (Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, Lord, Paice) | Stormbringer | 5:05 |
| 5. | "Soldier of Fortune" (Coverdale, Blackmore) | Stormbringer | 3:14 |
| 6. | "Mistreated (interpolating "Rock Me Baby")" (Live; Coverdale, Blackmore, Joe Joesa, B.B. King) | Made in Europe, 1976; originally from Burn | 11:35 |
| 7. | "You Keep on Moving" (Coverdale, Hughes) | Come Taste the Band, 1975 | 5:18 |
| 8. | "Love Child" (Coverdale, Tommy Bolin) | Come Taste the Band | 3:05 |
| 9. | "Drifter" (Coverdale, Bolin) | Come Taste the Band | 4:00 |
| 10. | "Perfect Strangers" (Live; Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) | Live at the Olympia '96, 1997; originally from Perfect Strangers, 1984 | 6:23 |
| 11. | "Ted the Mechanic" (Live; Gillan, Steve Morse, Roger Glover, Lord, Paice) | Live at the Olympia '96; originally from Purpendicular, 1996 | 4:33 |
| 12. | "Any Fule Kno That" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) | Abandon, 1998 | 4:28 |
| 13. | "Bludsucker" (1998 version of "Bloodsucker" (from Deep Purple in Rock)) | Abandon | 4:27 |
| 14. | "Sun Goes Down" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Don Airey, Paice) | Bananas, 2003 | 4:15 |
Charts
edit| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[2] | 63 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[3] | 67 |
| Italian Albums (FIMI)[4] | 13 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[5] | 32 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] | 89 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[7] | 39 |
Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom (BPI)[8] | Silver | 60,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
edit- ^ Campbell, Al. "Platinum Collection – Deep Purple | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Deep Purple – 30: Very Best of" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Deep Purple – 30: Very Best of" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ "Italiancharts.com – Deep Purple – 30: Very Best of". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Deep Purple – 30: Very Best of". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Deep Purple – The Platinum Collection". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ "Deep Purple | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ "British album certifications – Deep Purple – The Platinum Collection". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 19 February 2021.