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The Platinum Collection
Greatest hits album by
Deep Purple
Released21 March 2005
Recorded1968–2003
GenreHard rock, heavy metal, progressive rock, psychedelic rock
Length214:11
LabelEMI
Deep Purple compilations chronology
The Early Years
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(2005) 		1420 Beachwood Drive
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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.

Track listing

All songs written by Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice, except where noted.

Disc one

No.TitlePlace of OriginLength
1."Hush" (Joe South)Shades of Deep Purple, 19684:26
2."Mandrake Root" (Rod Evans, Blackmore, Lord)Shades of Deep Purple6:11
3."Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts)Shades of Deep Purple7:27
4."Kentucky Woman" (Neil Diamond)The Book of Taliesyn, 19684:42
5."Wring That Neck" (Blackmore, Nick Simper, Lord, Paice)The Book of Taliesyn5:12
6."Shield" (Evans, Blackmore, Lord)The Book of Taliesyn6:03
7."Bird Has Flown" (Evans, Blackmore, Lord)Deep Purple, 19692:53
8."Emmaretta" (Evans, Blackmore, Lord)B-side of the "Bird Has Flown" single, 19693:07
9."Hallelujah" (Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway)Non-album single, 19693:41
10."Black Night" (Single version)Non-album single, 19703:27
11."Speed King"Deep Purple in Rock, 19705:51
12."Flight of the Rat"Deep Purple in Rock7:52
13."Child in Time"Deep Purple in Rock10:20

Disc two

No.TitlePlace of OriginLength
1."Fireball"Fireball, 19713:24
2."Strange Kind of Woman"Fireball (U.S. version)3:51
3."Demon's Eye"Fireball5:20
4."No One Came" (1996 remix)Fireball6:24
5."Highway Star" (1997 remix)Machine Head, 19726:29
6."Smoke on the Water"Machine Head5:41
7."When a Blind Man Cries" (1997 remix)B-side of the "Never Before" single, 19723:30
8."Space Truckin'" (1997 remix)Machine Head4:56
9."Lazy" (Live)Made in Japan, 1972/1973; originally from Machine Head10:33
10."Never Before" (Live)Deep Purple in Concert, 1980/1982; originally from Machine Head3:57
11."Woman from Tokyo"Who Do We Think We Are, 19735:49
12."Smooth Dancer"Who Do We Think We Are4:09
13."Mary Long"Who Do We Think We Are4:24
14."Burn" (Single edit; David Coverdale, Blackmore, Lord, Paice)Burn, 19744:33

Disc three

No.TitlePlace of OriginLength
1."Might Just Take Your Life" (Coverdale, Blackmore, Lord, Paice)Burn4:38
2."Coronarias Redig" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice)B-side of the "Burn" single, 19744:53
3."Stormbringer" (Coverdale, Blackmore)Stormbringer, 19744:05
4."Hold On" (Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, Lord, Paice)Stormbringer5:05
5."Soldier of Fortune" (Coverdale, Blackmore)Stormbringer3:14
6."Mistreated (interpolating "Rock Me Baby")" (Live; Coverdale, Blackmore, Joe Joesa, B.B. King)Made in Europe, 1976; originally from Burn11:35
7."You Keep on Moving" (Coverdale, Hughes)Come Taste the Band, 19755:18
8."Love Child" (Coverdale, Tommy Bolin)Come Taste the Band3:05
9."Drifter" (Coverdale, Bolin)Come Taste the Band4:00
10."Perfect Strangers" (Live; Blackmore, Gillan, Glover)Live at the Olympia '96, 1997; originally from Perfect Strangers, 19846:23
11."Ted the Mechanic" (Live; Gillan, Steve Morse, Roger Glover, Lord, Paice)Live at the Olympia '96; originally from Purpendicular, 19964:33
12."Any Fule Kno That" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice)Abandon, 19984:28
13."Bludsucker" (1998 version of "Bloodsucker" (from Deep Purple in Rock))Abandon4:27
14."Sun Goes Down" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Don Airey, Paice)Bananas, 20034:15

Charts

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

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[8] Silver 60,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Campbell, Al. "Platinum Collection – Deep Purple | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Deep Purple – 30: Very Best of" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Ultratop.be – Deep Purple – 30: Very Best of" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Deep Purple – 30: Very Best of". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Charts.nz – Deep Purple – 30: Very Best of". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Deep Purple – The Platinum Collection". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Deep Purple | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  8. ^ "British album certifications – Deep Purple – The Platinum Collection". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 19 February 2021.


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