Best Deep Purple

Made in Japan is a live double album by Deep Purple, recorded during concerts in Osaka and Tokyo in August 1972. The performances feature the band's Mark II lineup and extended versions of material including "Smoke on the Water," "Highway Star," "Child in Time," and "Space Truckin'." Its improvisati...

Deep Purple in Rock is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Deep Purple, released in June 1970. The record marks a definitive stylistic shift toward hard rock and heavy metal, heavily driven by the distorted Hammond organ and classically influenced guitar riffs. Featuring the established...

Burn is Deep Purple's 1974 studio album and the first made by the Mark III lineup. David Coverdale replaced Ian Gillan as lead vocalist, while bassist and vocalist Glenn Hughes replaced Roger Glover, joining Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice. The title track, "Might Just Take Your Life," an...

Fireball is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple, released in 1971 by Harvest Records in the UK and Warner Bros. in the US. It was recorded with the Mark II lineup of Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Roger Glover, and Ian Paice, and became the band's first album to rea...

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Perfect Strangers is the eleventh studio album by the British rock band Deep Purple, released in 1984. The record marked the reunion of the band's classic Mark II lineup, consisting of Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Roger Glover, and Ian Paice, after an eight-year hiatus. It features notab...

Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple is a compilation album by the English hard rock band Deep Purple, released in 1980. The record gathers the band's most notable tracks from their 1970s output, featuring songs from various lineups, including the Mark II and Mark III eras. It includes class...

Purpendicular is the fifteenth studio album by Deep Purple, released in February 1996. It was the first Deep Purple album to feature guitarist Steve Morse, who joined after founding member Ritchie Blackmore's departure in 1993 during the band's tour supporting The Battle Rages On. Morse, previously...

Now What?! is the nineteenth studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple, released in 2013 after an eight-year interval between studio albums. Produced by Bob Ezrin, it was recorded by the Mark VIII lineup of Ian Gillan, Steve Morse, Roger Glover, Don Airey, and Ian Paice. The album combines t...

Stormbringer is the ninth studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple, released in 1974. Recorded by the Mark III lineup, it features David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes on vocals alongside Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice. The album combines hard rock with pronounced soul and funk infl...

Who Do We Think We Are is the seventh studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple, released in 1973. Recorded by the Mark II lineup of Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice, it includes the song Woman from Tokyo. The album was made during a period of serious inte...

2017 studio album by Deep Purple, their twentieth studio release, initially presented as a farewell record before the band continued performing and recording.

1998 studio album by British hard rock band Deep Purple, the third consecutive studio release of the decade featuring guitarist Steve Morse and keyboardist Don Airey.

Deep Purple's 2020 twentieth studio album Whoosh! was released during the COVID-19 pandemic and continued the band's creative run with producer Bob Ezrin.

Deep Purple's 1987 follow-up to Perfect Strangers, the second album from the reunited Mk II lineup, though it received a more mixed critical reception.

1993 studio album by Deep Purple, the last to feature guitarist Ritchie Blackmore before he left the band to pursue his project Rainbow full-time.

1990 studio album by Deep Purple, notable for featuring American vocalist Joe Lynn Turner in place of Ian Gillan, who had departed after the previous tour.