The Platinum Collection (Deep Purple album)

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
The Early Years (2004) The Platinum Collection (2005) 1420 Beachwood Drive (2006)

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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.	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

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