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Founded in 1968, Deep Purple is widely recognized as one of the pioneering bands of hard rock and heavy metal. With its unique blend of powerful riffs, distinctive keyboards, and intense vocals, the group helped shape the sound of rock in the 1970s. The band has undergone several lineup changes over the decades but has always maintained its creative essence. Initially formed by Ritchie Blackmore (guitar), Jon Lord (keyboards), Ian Paice (drums), Rod Evans (vocals), and Nick Simper (bass), Deep Purple has reinvented itself over the years. The classic lineups also included Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, among other exceptional musicians. Explore Deep Purple’s discography and the albums that shaped the band’s legacy:
Shades of Deep Purple (1968)
Side A:
And the Address
Hush
One More Rainy Day
Prelude: Happiness / I’m So Glad
Side B:
Mandrake Root
Help
Love Help Me
Hey Joe
Release: July 1, 1968
Recording: Pye Studios, London, May 1968
Label: Tetragrammaton Records
Producer: Derek Lawrence
Listen to the full Shades of Deep Purple:
The Book of Taliesyn (1968)
Side A:
Listen, Learn, Read On
Wring That Neck
Kentucky Woman
Exposition / We Can Work It Out
Side B:
Shield
Anthem
River Deep, Mountain High
Release: October 11, 1968
Recording: De Lane Lea Studios, London, August 1968
Label: Tetragrammaton Records
Producer: Derek Lawrence
Listen to the full The Book of Taliesyn:
Deep Purple (1969)
Side A:
Chasing Shadows
Blind
Lalena
Side B:
Fault Line / The Painter
Why Didn’t Rosemary?
Bird Has Flown
April
Release: June 21, 1969
Recording: De Lane Lea Studios, London, January – March 1969
Label: Tetragrammaton Records
Producer: Derek Lawrence
Listen to the full Deep Purple:
Deep Purple in Rock (1970)
Side A:
Speed King
Bloodsucker
Child in Time
Side B:
Flight of the Rat
Into the Fire
Living Wreck
Hard Lovin’ Man
Release: June 5, 1970
Recording: IBC Studios, London, 1969–1970
Label: Harvest Records
Producer: Deep Purple
Listen to the full Deep Purple in Rock:
Fireball (1971)
Side A:
Fireball
No No No
Demon’s Eye
Anyone’s Daughter
Side B:
The Mule
Fools
No One Came
Release: July 9, 1971
Recording: De Lane Lea Studios and Olympic Studios, London, 1970–1971
Label: Harvest Records
Producer: Deep Purple
Listen to the full Fireball:
Machine Head (1972)
Side A:
Highway Star
Maybe I’m a Leo
Pictures of Home
Never Before
Side B:
Smoke on the Water
Lazy
Space Truckin’
Release: March 25, 1972
Recording: Grand Hotel, Montreux, Switzerland, December 1971
Label: Harvest Records
Producer: Deep Purple
Listen to the full Machine Head:
Who Do We Think We Are (1973)
Side A:
Woman from Tokyo
Mary Long
Super Trouper
Smooth Dancer
Side B:
Rat Bat Blue
Place in Line
Our Lady
Release: January 26, 1973
Recording: Rome and Frankfurt, July 1972
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Producer: Deep Purple
Listen to the full Who Do We Think We Are:
Burn (1974)
Side A:
Burn
Might Just Take Your Life
Lay Down, Stay Down
Sail Away
Side B:
You Fool No One
What’s Goin’ on Here
Mistreated
‘A’ 200
Release: February 15, 1974
Recording: Montreux, Switzerland, November 1973
Label: EMI Records
Producer: Deep Purple
Listen to the full Burn:
Stormbringer (1974)
Side A:
Stormbringer
Love Don’t Mean a Thing
Holy Man
Hold On
Side B:
Lady Double Dealer
You Can’t Do It Right (With the One You Love)
High Ball Shooter
The Gypsy
Soldier of Fortune
Release: December 10, 1974
Recording: Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany, August 1974
Label: EMI Records
Producer: Deep Purple
Listen to the full Stormbringer:
Come Taste the Band (1975)
Side A:
Comin’ Home
Lady Luck
Gettin’ Tighter
Dealer
Side B:
I Need Love
Drifter
Love Child
This Time Around / Owed to ‘G’
You Keep on Moving
Release: October 10, 1975
Recording: Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany, August 1975
Label: EMI Records
Producer: Martin Birch, Deep Purple
Listen to the full Come Taste the Band:
Perfect Strangers (1984)
Side A:
Knocking at Your Back Door
Under the Gun
Nobody’s Home
Mean Streak
Side B:
Perfect Strangers
A Gypsy’s Kiss
Wasted Sunsets
Hungry Daze
Release: October 29, 1984
Recording: Horizons Studios, Stowe, Vermont, August 1984
Label: Polydor Records
Producer: Roger Glover, Deep Purple
Listen to the full Perfect Strangers:
The House of Blue Light (1987)
Side A:
Bad Attitude
The Unwritten Law
Call of the Wild
Mad Dog
Side B:
Black & White
Hard Lovin’ Woman
The Spanish Archer
Strangeways
Mitzi Dupree
Dead or Alive
Release: January 12, 1987
Recording: Ian Gillan’s Home Studio, Oxfordshire, England, 1986
Label: Polydor Records
Producer: Roger Glover, Deep Purple
Listen to the full The House of Blue Light:
Slaves and Masters (1990)
Side A:
King of Dreams
The Cut Runs Deep
Fire in the Basement
Truth Hurts
Side B:
Breakfast in Bed
Love Conquers All
Fortuneteller
Too Much Is Not Enough
Wicked Ways
Release: October 5, 1990
Recording: Bearsville Studios, New York, 1990
Label: RCA Records
Producer: Roger Glover, Deep Purple
Listen to the full Slaves and Masters:
The Battle Rages On… (1993)
Side A:
The Battle Rages On
Lick It Up
Anya
Talk About Love
Time to Kill
Side B:
Ramshackle Man
A Twist in the Tale
Nasty Piece of Work
Solitaire
One Man’s Meat
Release: July 19, 1993
Recording: Red Rooster Studios, Tutzing, Germany, 1992–1993
Label: RCA Records
Producer: Thom Panunzio, Roger Glover, Deep Purple
Listen to the full The Battle Rages On…:
Purpendicular (1996)
Side A:
Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic
Loosen My Strings
Soon Forgotten
Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
Cascades: I’m Not Your Lover
Side B:
The Aviator
Rosa’s Cantina
A Castle Full of Rascals
A Touch Away
Hey Cisco
Somebody Stole My Guitar
The Purpendicular Waltz
Release: February 17, 1996
Recording: Greg Rike Studios, Orlando, Florida, 1995
Label: EMI Records
Producer: Deep Purple
Listen to the full Purpendicular:
Abandon (1998)
Side A:
Any Fule Kno That
Almost Human
Don’t Make Me Happy
Seventh Heaven
Watching the Sky
Side B:
Fingers to the Bone
Jack Ruby
She Was
Whatsername
’69
Evil Louie
Bludsucker
Release: June 2, 1998
Recording: Greg Rike Studios, Orlando, Florida, 1997–1998
Label: EMI Records
Producer: Roger Glover, Deep Purple
Listen to the full Abandon:
Bananas (2003)
Side A:
House of Pain
Sun Goes Down
Haunted
Razzle Dazzle
Silver Tongue
Side B:
Walk On
Picture of Innocence
I Got Your Number
Never a Word
Bananas
Doing It Tonight
Contact Lost
Release: September 9, 2003
Recording: Los Angeles and Orlando, Florida, 2003
Label: EMI Records
Producer: Michael Bradford
Listen to the full Bananas:
Rapture of the Deep (2005)
Side A:
Money Talks
Girls Like That
Wrong Man
Rapture of the Deep
Clearly Quite Absurd
Side B:
Don’t Let Go
Back to Back
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
MTV
Junkyard Blues
Before Time Began
Release: November 1, 2005
Recording: DD Studio, Frankfurt, Germany, 2005
Label: Edel AG
Producer: Mike Bradford
Listen to the full Rapture of the Deep:
Now What?! (2013)
Side A:
A Simple Song
Weirdistan
Out of Hand
Hell to Pay
Bodyline
Above and Beyond
Side B:
Blood from a Stone
Uncommon Man
Après Vous
All the Time in the World
Vincent Price
Release: April 26, 2013
Recording: State of the Ark Studios, London, England, 2012
Label: earMUSIC
Producer: Bob Ezrin
Listen to the full Now What?!:
Infinite (2017)
Side A:
Time for Bedlam
Hip Boots
All I Got Is You
One Night in Vegas
Get Me Outta Here
Side B:
The Surprising
Johnny’s Band
On Top of the World
Birds of Prey
Roadhouse Blues
Release: April 7, 2017
Recording: State of the Ark Studios, London, England, 2016
Label: earMUSIC
Producer: Bob Ezrin
Listen to the full Infinite:
Whoosh! (2020)
Side A:
Throw My Bones
Drop the Weapon
We’re All the Same in the Dark
Nothing at All
No Need to Shout
Side B:
Step by Step
What the What
The Long Way Round
The Power of the Moon
Remission Possible
Man Alive
And the Address
Release: August 7, 2020
Recording: State of the Ark Studios, London, England, 2019
Label: earMUSIC
Producer: Bob Ezrin
Listen to the full Whoosh!:
Turning to Crime (2021)
Side A:
7 and 7 Is
Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu
Oh Well
Jenny Take a Ride!
Watching the River Flow
Side B:
Let the Good Times Roll
Dixie Chicken
Shapes of Things
The Battle of New Orleans
Lucifer
White Room
Caught in the Act
Release: November 26, 2021
Recording: State of the Ark Studios, London, England, 2021
Label: earMUSIC
Producer: Bob Ezrin
Listen to the full Turning to Crime:
=1 (2024)
Side A:
Show Me
A Bit on the Side
Sharp Shooter
Portable Door
Old-Fangled Thing
If I Were You
Side B:
Pictures of You
I’m Saying Nothin’
Lazy Sod
Now You’re Talkin’
No Money to Burn
I’ll Catch You
Bleeding Obvious
Release: July 20, 2024
Recording: 5150 Studios, Hollywood, CA; Nashville Music Scoring; additional studios, 2023–2024
Label: earMUSIC/Edel AG
Producer: Bob Ezrin
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