The Platinum Collection (Deep Purple album)
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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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Allmusic | [1] |
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.
Track listing
All songs written by Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice, except where noted.
Disc one
No. | Title | Place of Origin | Length |
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1. | " 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
No. | Title | Place of Origin | Length |
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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
No. | Title | Place of Origin | Length | |
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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) | 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
Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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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
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[8] | Silver | 60,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ 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.