The Platinum Collection (Deep Purple album)

The Platinum Collection
The Platinum Collection
Greatest hits album by Deep Purple
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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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
1.	"Hush" (Joe South)	Shades of Deep Purple, 1968	4:26
2.	"Mandrake Root" (Rod Evans, Blackmore, Lord)	Shades of Deep Purple	6:11
3.	"Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts)	Shades of Deep Purple	7:27
4.	"Kentucky Woman" (Neil Diamond)	The Book of Taliesyn, 1968	4:42
5.	"Wring That Neck" (Blackmore, Nick Simper, Lord, Paice)	The Book of Taliesyn	5:12
6.	"Shield" (Evans, Blackmore, Lord)	The Book of Taliesyn	6:03
7.	"Bird Has Flown" (Evans, Blackmore, Lord)	Deep Purple, 1969	2:53
8.	"Emmaretta" (Evans, Blackmore, Lord)	Non-album single, 1969	3:07
9.	"Hallelujah" (Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway)	Non-album single, 1969	3:41
10.	"Black Night" (Single version)	Non-album single, 1970	3:27
11.	"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
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
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)	Stormbringer, 1974	4:05
4.	"Hold On" (Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, Lord, Paice)	Stormbringer	5:05
5.	"Soldier of Fortune" (Coverdale, Blackmore)	Stormbringer	3:14
6.	"Mistreated (interpolating "Rock Me Baby")" (Live; Coverdale, Blackmore, Joe Joesa, B.B. King)	Made in Europe, 1976; originally from Burn	11:35
7.	"You Keep on Moving" (Coverdale, Hughes)	Come Taste the Band, 1975	5:18
8.	"Love Child" (Coverdale, Tommy Bolin)	Come Taste the Band	3:05
9.	"Drifter" (Coverdale, Bolin)	Come Taste the Band	4:00
10.	"Perfect Strangers" (Live; Blackmore, Gillan, Glover)	Live at the Olympia '96, 1997; originally from Perfect Strangers, 1984	6:23
11.	"Ted the Mechanic" (Live; Gillan, Steve Morse, Roger Glover, Lord, Paice)	Live at the Olympia '96; originally from Purpendicular, 1996	4:33
12.	"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
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

^ 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.

[1] Campbell, Al. "Platinum Collection – Deep Purple | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 January 2012.

[ac_Austria_Deep_Purple-2] "Austriancharts.at – Deep Purple – 30: Very Best of" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

[ac_Wallonia_Deep_Purple-3] "Ultratop.be – Deep Purple – 30: Very Best of" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

[ac_Italy_Deep_Purple-4] "Italiancharts.com – Deep Purple – 30: Very Best of". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

[ac_New_Zealand_Deep_Purple-5] "Charts.nz – Deep Purple – 30: Very Best of". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

[ac_Switzerland_Deep_Purple-6] "Swisscharts.com – Deep Purple – The Platinum Collection". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

[ac_UK_Deep_Purple-7] "Deep Purple | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

[United_KingdomDeep_PurpleThe_Platinum_CollectionalbumCertRef-8] "British album certifications – Deep Purple – The Platinum Collection". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 19 February 2021.

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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
Related bands	The Artwoods The Outlaws The Flower Pot Men Episode Six Trapeze Zephyr James Gang Dixie Dregs Captain Beyond Warhorse Ian Gillan Band Gillan Rainbow Blackmore's Night Whitesnake Coverdale–Page Paice Ashton Lord Black Sabbath Gary Moore Yngwie Malmsteen Hughes Turner Project Living Loud WhoCares Black Country Communion
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