Deep Purple discography

Deep Purple discography
Deep Purple discography
Studio albums	19
Live albums	34+
Compilation albums	27+
Video albums	15

The discography of Deep Purple, an English rock band, consists of nineteen studio albums,^[1] at least thirty-four live albums, twenty-seven compilation albums, as well as fifteen videos and numerous singles.

Formed in 1968 by Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Rod Evans, Ritchie Blackmore, and Nick Simper, Deep Purple released their debut album, Shades of Deep Purple, in July of that year.

They have undergone many changes of personnel over the years, and today Ian Paice is the only member from the original line-up still with the band. The other members currently are Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Steve Morse and Don Airey. (See also List of Deep Purple band members).

Studio albums

Year	Album title	Peak chart position							Certifications (sales thresholds)^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
Year	Album title	US ^[6]	UK ^[7]^[8]	SWI ^[9]	NOR ^[10]	GER ^[11]	AUT ^[12]	NL ^[13]	Certifications (sales thresholds)^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
1968	Shades of Deep Purple Released: July 1968 Label: Tetragrammaton Format: LP, Reel-to-Reel, 8-track, CD	24	—	—	—	—	—	—
1968	The Book of Taliesyn Released: December 1968 Label: Tetragrammaton Format: LP, Reel-to-Reel, 8-track, CD	54	—	—	—	—	—	—
1969	Deep Purple Released: June 1969 Label: Tetragrammaton Format: LP, Reel-to-Reel, 8-track, CD	162	—	—	—	—	—	—	GER: Gold
1970	Deep Purple in Rock Released: June 1970 Label: Harvest Format: LP, Reel-to-Reel, 8-track, CD, CS	143	4	—	5	1	—	—	US: Gold UK: Gold FRA: Gold ARG: Gold NDL: Gold
1971	Fireball Released: July 1971 Label: Harvest Format: LP, Reel-to-Reel, 8-track, CD, CS	32	1	—	2	1	—	3	NDL: Gold US: Gold
1972	Machine Head Released: March 1972 Label: Purple Format: LP, Reel-to-Reel, 8-track, CD, CS	7	1	—	3	1	4	2	US: 2x Platinum UK: Gold FRA: 3x Gold ARG: Platinum
1973	Who Do We Think We Are Released: January 1973 Label: Purple Format: LP, Reel-to-Reel, 8-track, CD, CS	15	4	—	1	3	2	5	US: Gold FRA: Gold
1974	Burn Released: February 1974 Label: Purple Format: LP, Reel-to-Reel, 8-track, CD, CS	9	3	—	1	1	1	7	US: Gold UK: Gold FRA: Gold ARG: Gold
1974	Stormbringer Released: December 1974 Label: Purple Format: LP, Reel-to-Reel, 8-track, CD, CS	20	6	—	2	10	4	—	US: Gold UK: Gold FRA: Gold
1975	Come Taste the Band Released: October 1975 Label: Purple Format: LP, Reel-to-Reel, 8-track, CD, CS	43	19	—	6	29	—	12	UK: Silver ARG: Gold
1984	Perfect Strangers Released: 16 September 1984 Label: Polydor Format: LP, 8-track, CD, CS	17	5	1	2	2	5	16	US: Platinum UK: Gold GER: Gold CAN: Platinum ARG: Gold
1987	The House of Blue Light Released: January 1987 Label: Polydor Format: LP, CD, CS	34	10	3	2	1	11	11	UK: Silver CAN: Gold
1990	Slaves and Masters Released: October 1990 Label: BMG Format: LP, CD, CS	87	45	5	16	23	28	72	SWI: Gold
1993	The Battle Rages On... Released: July 1993 Label: BMG Format: LP, CD, CS	192	21	7	9	13	9	39
1996	Purpendicular Released: February 1996 Label: Phantom Records Format: CD, CS, LP (2011)	—	58	17	30	20	16	87
1998	Abandon Released: May 1998 Label: CMC International Format: CD, CS	—	76	46	6	16	25	—
2003	Bananas Released: September 2003 Label: Sanctuary Format: LP, CD	—	—	13	19	3	12	—
2005	Rapture of the Deep Released: October 2005 Label: Edeltone Format: LP, CD	—	—	16	—	10	20	—
2013	Now What?! Released: April 2013 Label: Edel/earMUSIC Format: LP, CD	110	19	2	1	1	1	12	GER: Gold RUS: Gold POL: Gold CZ: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

Recorded	Released	Album title	Peak chart position			Certifications
Recorded	Released	Album title	US	UK ^[3]^[7]	GER	Certifications
1968	2002 2009	Inglewood - Live in California Live at Inglewood 1968
1969	1969	Concerto for Group and Orchestra	149	26	22
1969	2004 2006	Kneel & Pray Live in Montreux 69
1970	2001 2005	Space Vol 1 & 2 Live in Aachen 1970
1970	1993	Gemini Suite Live
1970	1988 2005	Scandinavian Nights Live in Stockholm
1970-72 1972	1980 2012	Deep Purple in Concert In Concert '72		30
1972	2004 2013	Live Denmark 1972 Copenhagen 1972
1972	1972 1993	Made in Japan Live in Japan	6	16	1	US: Platinum UK: Gold GER: Platinum ITA: Gold AUT: Platinum FRA: Gold ARG: 2x Platinum
1974	1996 2004	California Jamming Just Might Take Your Life
1974	2004 2007	Perks and Tit Live In San Diego 1974
1974	1982	Live in London		23
1975	1976 1996 2001/2013	Made in Europe Mk III: The Final Concerts Live in Paris 1975	148	12	10
1975	1977 2001	Last Concert in Japan This Time Around: Live in Tokyo				JPN: Gold
1976	1995 2000 2009	(US) King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents: Deep Purple in Concert (UK) On the Wings of a Russian Foxbat Deep Purple: Extended Versions Live at Long Beach 1976
1975/1976	2011	Phoenix Rising		188	22
1984	2013	Perfect Strangers Live			20
1985	1991	In the Absence of Pink: Knebworth 85
1987	1988	Nobody's Perfect	105	38	13
1993	1994 2006 2007 2007	Come Hell or High Water Live in Europe 1993 (4CD-set, released the year after as separates): Live in Stuttgart 1993 Live at the NEC 1993		29		ARG: Gold
1996	2004	Live Encounters....
1996	1997	Live at the Olympia '96		183	98
1996	2006	Live at Montreux 1996			92	CAN: Gold
1999	1999	Total Abandon: Australia '99
1999	2000	Live at the Royal Albert Hall		101	32
2000	2001	Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy
2001	2001	The Soundboard Series
2006	2007	They All Came Down to Montreux
2011	2011	Live at Montreux 2011 (with Orchestra)			43
2013	2013	Now What?! Live Tapes

Live DVD releases and Other Videography

Recorded	Released	Album title	Certifications
Recorded	Released	Album title	Certifications	1969	1969 (LP) 2003 (DVD)	Concerto for Group and Orchestra
1970	1970 (TV) 1990 (VHS) 2003 (DVD)	Doing Their Thing Masters from the Vaults
1972 1972/1973	1988 (VHS) 2005 (DVD)	Scandinavian Nights - Live in Denmark 1972 Live in Concert 72/73	USA: Gold AUS: Gold FRA: Gold
1974	1974 (TV) 1981 (VHS) 2005 (DVD Remaster)	Live in California 74	ARG: Gold FRA: Gold
1975	1985 2011	Rises Over Japan Phoenix Rising
1968-1976	2009	History, hits & highlights '68–'76
1984	2013	Perfect Strangers Live
1987	1987	The Video Singles
1970-1991	1991	Heavy Metal Pioneers
1993	1994	Come Hell or High Water	UK: Gold AUS: Platinum
1995	1995	Bombay Calling
1996	2004	Live Encounters
1996	2006	Live at Montreux 1996
1999	1999	Total Abandon: Live in Australia
1999	2000	In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra
2001	2001	Perihelion	AUS: Gold
2001	2001	Classic Albums: Deep Purple – The Making of Machine Head	AUS: Gold
1984-2000	2001	New Live & Rare: The Video Collection 1984-2000
1995-2007	2008	Around The World Live 4 DVD box-set
2006	2007	They All Came Down to Montreux
2011	2011	Live At Montreux 2011 (with Orchestra)

Compilation albums

Recorded	Released	Album title	Peak chart position		Certifications
Recorded	Released	Album title	US	UK ^[3]^[7]	Certifications
1968-69	November 1972	Purple Passages	# 57
1969-72	December 1973	Mark I & II
1969-72	July 1975	24 Carat Purple		#14	UK: Silver
1969-72	December 1977	Powerhouse			JPN: Gold
1968-74	October 1978	When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll
1969-72	April 1979	The Mark II Purple Singles		#24
1969-74	July 1980	Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple	#148	#1	UK: Gold US: Platinum GER: Gold AUT: Gold
1968-75	June 1985	The Anthology		#50
1984-88	1992	Knocking at Your Back Door: The Best of Deep Purple in the 80's
1968-76	October 1978 (Harvest), January 1993 (EMI)	The Deep Purple Singles A's and B's
	1993	Progression
	1997	The Collection^[14]
	November 1998	30: Very Best of Deep Purple		#39	UK: Silver
	1998	Smoke on the Water			FRA: 2x Gold
	1998	Purplexed
1968-98	March 1999	Shades 1968–1998
	1999	Under The Gun^[15]
	2000	The Very Best of Deep Purple			UK: Gold ARG: Platinum
June 1975	March 2000	Days May Come and Days May Go: The 1975 California Rehearsals, volume 1 & 2
	2001	Smoke On The Water & Other Hits			FRA: Gold
1964–1976	October 2002	Listen, Learn, Read On (6 disc box set)
	2003	Deep Purple: The Universal Masters Collection
	June 2003	Winning Combinations: Deep Purple and Rainbow
	2003	The Best of Deep Purple: Live in Europe
1969-1971	2004	New Live & Rare: Live In Europe 1969-1971
	2005	Deep Purple Forever.The Very Best Of.
1968–2003	March 2005	Deep Purple: The Platinum Collection		#39
1968–1976	2009	Space Truckin' Round The World - Live 68-76
1968–1976	2010	Deep Purple: Singles & E. P. Anthology '68 - '80
1968–1974	2011	Deep Purple Essential^[16]
1968–1970	2011	BBC Sessions 1968–1970

Box sets

The Bootleg Series 1984-2000, 2000
- Highway Stars, recorded 1985
- Third Night, recorded 1985
- Hungary Days, recorded 1987
- In Your Trousers, recorded 1993
- Purple Sunshine, recorded 1995
- Made In Japan 2000, recorded 2000
The Soundboard Series - Australian Tour 2001, 2001
- Melbourne Rod Laver Arena 9 March. 2001
- Wollongong Entertainment Centre 13 March 2001
- Newcastle Entertainment Centre 14 March 2001
- Hong Kong Coliseum 20 March 2001
- Tokyo 24 March. 2001 (with Orchestra & Ronnie James Dio)
- Tokyo 25 March. 2001 (with Orchestra & Ronnie James Dio)

Tribute albums

Funky Junction Plays a Tribute to Deep Purple, 1973
The Moscow Symphony Orchestra in Performance of the Music of Deep Purple, 1992
Smoke on the Water: A Tribute, 1994
Air Jazz Quartet - Jazz Tribute to Deep Purple, 1995
Yngwie Malmsteen - Inspiration, 1996 (4 songs)
Black Night: Deep Purple Tribute According to New York, 1996
Who Do They Think We Are? A Tribute to Deep Purple from Japan, 1996
Bass Purple Miami Black Night, 1998
Deep Purple Tribute, 2002
Dream Theater – Made In Japan, 2006 (live album)
Forever Deep – Made In Verona, 2010 (live album)
Re-Machined: A Tribute to Machine Head, 2012^[17]

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart position				Certifications	Album
Year	Title	UK	US	US Main.	NL ^[18]	Certifications	Album
1968	"Hush" / One More Rainy Day:	—	4	—	—		Shades of Deep Purple
1968	"Kentucky Woman" / Wring That Neck	—	38	—	—		The Book of Taliesyn
1969	"River Deep - Mountain High" / Listen Learn Read On	—	53	—	—		The Book of Taliesyn
1969	"Emmaretta" / The Bird Has Flown	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
1969	"Hallelujah" / April (part 1)	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
1970	"Black Night" / Speed King	2	66	—	8		Non-album single
1970	"Child in Time" - Child in Time Part 1 / Child in time Part 2	—	—	—	10		Deep Purple in Rock
1971	"Strange Kind of Woman" / I'm Alone	8	—	—	—		Non-album single
1971	"Fireball" / Demon's Eye	15	—	—	24		Fireball
1972	"Never Before" / When A Blind Man Cries	35	—	—	—		Machine Head
1973	"Smoke on the Water" / Smoke On The Water (live)	21	4	—	11	US: Gold	Machine Head
1973	"Woman from Tokyo" / Super Trouper	—	60	—	6		Who Do We Think We Are
1974	"Might Just Take Your Life" / Coronarias Redig	—	91	—	—		Burn
	"Burn" / Coronarias Redig	—	—	—	—		Burn
	"Stormbringer" / Love Don't Mean A Thing	—	—	—	—		Stormbringer
1976	"You Keep On Moving" / Love Child	—	—	—	—		Come Taste the Band
1976	"Gettin' Tighter" / Love Child	—	—	—	—		Come Taste the Band
1977	"New, Live & Rare EP" - Black Night (live) / Painted Horse / When A Blind Man Cries	31	—	—	—		Non-album single
1978	"New, Live & Rare Vol.2 EP" - Burn (live) / Coronarias Redig / Mistreated (live)	45	—	—	—		Non-album single
1980	"New, Live & Rare Vol.3 EP" - Smoke On The Water (live) / Bird Has Flown (BBC 1969) / Grabsplatter (BBC 1970)	48	—	—	—		Deep Purple in Concert
1980	"Black Night" (live) / Speed King (live)	43	—	—	—		Deep Purple in Concert
1984	"Perfect Strangers" / Son Of Alerik	48	—	12	—		Perfect Strangers
1985	"Nobody's Home"	—	—	20	—
1985	"Knocking at Your Back Door" / Perfect Strangers / Not Responsible	68	61	7	—
1987	"Call of the Wild" / Strangeways	92	—	14	93		The House of Blue Light
1987	"Bad Attitude"	—	—	14	—		The House of Blue Light
1988	"Hush" (re-recording) / Dead Or Alive (live) / Bad Attitude (live)	62	—	—	—		Nobody's Perfect
1990	"King of Dreams" / Fire In The Basement	70	—	6	—		Slaves and Masters
1991	"Fire In The Basement"	-	—	20	—
1991	"Love Conquers All"/ Truth Hurts / Slow Down Sister	57	—	—	—
1993	"The Battle Rages On"	—	—	22	—		The Battle Rages On
	"Anya" / One Man's Meat	—	—	—	—
	"Time To Kill" / Nasty Piece Of Work	—	—	—	—
1995	"Black Night" (re-mix) / Black Night / Speed King (re-mix)	66	—	—	—		Non-album single
1996	"Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" / Vavoom: Ted The Mechanic	—	—	—	—		Purpendicular
1999	"Australia '99" - Black Night (live) / Fireball (live)	—	—	—	—		Total Abandon: Australia '99'
2003	"Haunted"	—	—	—	—		Bananas
2003	"House of Pain" / Contact Lost	—	—	—	—		Bananas
2005	"Rapture of the Deep"	—	—	—	—		Rapture of the Deep
2011	"Hush" / "Speed King"	—	—	—	—		BBC Sessions 1968–1970
2013	"All the Time in the World" (Radio Mix) / "Hell to Pay" / Perfect Strangers (live) / Rapture Of The Deep (live)	—	—	—	—		Now What?!
	"Vincent Price" / First Sign of Madness / The Well-Dressed Guitar / Wrong Man (live)	—	—	—	—
	"Above & Beyond" / Thing I Never Said / Space Truckin' (live) / Hush (live)	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

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v t e Deep Purple
Ian Paice Roger Glover Ian Gillan Don Airey Simon McBride Jon Lord Ritchie Blackmore Rod Evans Nick Simper David Coverdale Glenn Hughes Tommy Bolin Joe Lynn Turner Joe Satriani Steve Morse
Studio albums	Shades of Deep Purple The Book of Taliesyn Deep Purple Deep Purple in Rock Fireball Machine Head Who Do We Think We Are Burn Stormbringer Come Taste the Band Perfect Strangers The House of Blue Light Slaves and Masters The Battle Rages On... Purpendicular Abandon Bananas Rapture of the Deep Now What?! Infinite Whoosh! Turning to Crime =1
Live albums	Concerto for Group and Orchestra Made in Japan Made in Europe Last Concert in Japan Deep Purple in Concert Live in London Nobody's Perfect Scandinavian Nights In the Absence of Pink: Knebworth '85 Gemini Suite Live Come Hell or High Water King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents: Deep Purple in Concert California Jamming Mk III: The Final Concerts Live at The Olympia '96 Total Abandon: Australia '99 In Concert with The London Symphony Orchestra Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy This Time Around: Live in Tokyo Live in Paris 1975 Inglewood: Live in California Perks and Tit Live in Europe 1993 Live at Montreux 1996 Live in Montreux 69 Live in Denmark 1972 Live at Montreux 2006: They All Came Down to Montreux Live at Montreux 2011 Phoenix Rising Live in Verona
Compilation albums	Purple Passages Mark I & II 24 Carat Purple Powerhouse The Deep Purple Singles A's and B's When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll The Mark II Purple Singles Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple The Anthology Knocking at Your Back Door: The Best of Deep Purple in the 80's Smoke on the Water: The Best Of 30: Very Best of Deep Purple Shades 1968–1998 The Very Best of Deep Purple Days May Come and Days May Go Smoke on the Water & Other Hits The Soundboard Series Listen, Learn, Read On Winning Combinations: Deep Purple and Rainbow The Early Years The Platinum Collection BBC Sessions 1968–1970
Singles	"Hush" "Kentucky Woman" "River Deep – Mountain High" "Hallelujah" "Black Night" "Strange Kind of Woman" "Fireball" "Never Before" "Highway Star" "Smoke on the Water" "Woman from Tokyo" "Burn" "Perfect Strangers" "Knocking at Your Back Door" "Call of the Wild" "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" "Vincent Price"
Other songs	"Mandrake Root" "Child in Time" "The Mule" "Space Truckin'" "Maybe I'm a Leo" "When a Blind Man Cries" "Mistreated" "Soldier of Fortune" "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic"
Video albums	Concerto for Group and Orchestra Live in California 74 Deep Purple Rises Over Japan Come Hell or High Water Live at Montreux 1996 Total Abandon: Australia '99 In Concert with The London Symphony Orchestra Classic Albums: Deep Purple – The Making of Machine Head Live in Concert 72/73 Live at Montreux 2006 Around the World Live History, Hits & Highlights '68–'76 Phoenix Rising Live at Montreux 2011 Live in Verona
Concert tours	Deep Purple European Tour Rapture of the Deep tour The Songs That Built Rock Tour The Long Goodbye Tour
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