The Anthology (Deep Purple album)

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The Anthology
Compilation album by
Deep Purple
ReleasedJune 1985
March 1991 (second edition)[1]
Recorded1968–1975
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length151:36
LabelHarvest
Deep Purple compilations chronology
Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple
(1980) 		The Anthology
(1985) 		Knocking at Your Back Door: The Best of Deep Purple in the 80's
(1992)
1991 CD edition cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal3/10[3]

The Anthology is a compilation album by the English hard rock band Deep Purple, containing material by Mks I (1968–1969), II (1969–1973), III (1973–1975) and IV (1975–1976) line-ups. It was released as a double vinyl album and double-cassette, and included a few previously unreleased tracks and mixes. The sleeve-notes were written by Chris Charlesworth, author of Deep Purple – The Illustrated Biography.

This compilation was never re-issued on CD: a 2-CD set, released by EMI in 1991, was also titled Anthology, but featured different songs and only previously released material.

Track listing[edit]

1985 vinyl version[edit]

Side one
  1. "Hush" (Joe South) – 4:24
  2. "Emmaretta" (Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore, Rod Evans) – 4:28
  3. "Hallelujah" (Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook) – 3:42
  4. "Shadows" (Blackmore, Lord, Evans, Nick Simper, Ian Paice) – 3:29 (Previously unreleased track from the Shades of Deep Purple sessions in 1968)
  5. "Love Help Me" (Blackmore, Evans) – 3:23 (Previously unreleased instrumental version)
  6. "Wring That Neck" (Lord, Blackmore, Simper, Paice) – 4:12
Side two
  1. "Speed King" (Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:53
  2. "Black Night" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:27
  3. "Grabsplatter" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:34 (Instrumental jam from a BBC session in 1970)
  4. "Child in Time" (Edited version) (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 9:16
Side three
  1. "Strange Kind of Woman" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:50
  2. "Freedom" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:31 (Previously unreleased track from the Fireball sessions in 1971)
  3. "Fireball" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:24
  4. "Highway Star" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:07
  5. "Never Before" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:00 (A different (quadrophonic) mix, from the ordinary album version)
  6. "When a Blind Man Cries" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 2:30
Side four
  1. "Smoke on the Water" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:38 (A different (quadrophonic) mix, from the ordinary album version)
  2. "Woman from Tokyo" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 5:49
  3. "Might Just Take Your Life" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, David Coverdale) – 4.39
  4. "Coronarias Redig" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice) – 4:51
  5. "Soldier of Fortune" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 3:15
  6. "You Keep on Moving" (Coverdale, Glenn Hughes) – 4:17

1991 CD version[edit]

CD one
  1. "Hush" – 4:25
  2. "Mandrake Root" (Blackmore, Evans, Lord) – 6:08
  3. "Shield" (Lord, Blackmore, Evans) – 6:03
  4. "Wring That Neck" – 5:13
  5. "The Bird Has Flown" (Evans, Backmore, Lord) – 5:36
  6. "Bloodsucker" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:08
  7. "Speed King" – 5:53
  8. "Black Night" – 3:27
  9. "Child in Time" – 10:16
  10. "Fireball" – 3:23
  11. "Strange Kind of Woman" – 8:35 (Live version taken from Deep Purple in Concert, 1980)
  12. "No One Came" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:25
  13. "Highway Star" – 6:06
CD two
  1. "Smoke on the Water" – 7:01 (live version taken from Made in Japan, 1972)
  2. "Pictures of Home" – 5:03
  3. "Woman from Tokyo" – 5:50
  4. "Smooth Dancer" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:09
  5. "Sail Away" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) – 5:48
  6. "Lay Down Stay Down" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) – 4:15
  7. "Burn" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) – 6:50 (Live version taken from Live in London, 1982)
  8. "Stormbringer" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 4:05
  9. "Hold On" (Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, Paice) – 5:05
  10. "Gypsy" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale, Hughes) – 4:13
  11. "Mistreated" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 11:40 (Live version taken from Made in Europe, 1976)
  12. "Gettin' Tighter" (Tommy Bolin, Hughes) – 3:36
  13. "Love Child" (Bolin, Coverdale) – 3:05
  14. "You Keep on Moving" – 5:18

Credits[edit]

Deep Purple[edit]

Mk. I

Mk. II

Mk. III

Mk. IV

Production credits[edit]

  • Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London by Peter Vince
  • Photography: Fin Costello and Richard Imrie

Charts[edit]

Chart (1985) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[4] 50
Chart (1991) Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[5] 86

References[edit]

  1. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 210. ISBN 9780862415419.
  2. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. The Anthology at AllMusic
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 91. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  4. ^ "Deep Purple | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Deep Purple – Anthology" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
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