The Anthology | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ||||
Compilation album by | ||||
Released | 17 June 1985 March 1991 (second edition)[1] | |||
Recorded | 1968–1975 | |||
Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
Length | 151:36 | |||
Label | Harvest | |||
Deep Purple compilations chronology | ||||
| ||||
1991 CD edition cover | ||||
![]() |
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 3/10[3] |
The Anthology is a compilation album by the English hard rock band Deep Purple, containing material by Mks I (1968–1969), II (1969–1973), III (1973–1975) and IV (1975–1976) line-ups. It was released as a double vinyl album and double-cassette, and included a few previously unreleased tracks and mixes. The sleeve-notes were written by Chris Charlesworth, author of Deep Purple – The Illustrated Biography.
This compilation was never re-issued on CD: a 2-CD set, released by EMI in 1991, was also titled Anthology, but featured different songs and only previously released material.
Track listing
[edit]1985 vinyl version
[edit]- Side one
- "Hush" (Joe South) – 4:24
- "Emmaretta" (Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore, Rod Evans) – 4:28
- "Hallelujah" (Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook) – 3:42
- "Shadows" (Blackmore, Lord, Evans, Nick Simper, Ian Paice) – 3:29 (Previously unreleased track from the Shades of Deep Purple sessions in 1968)
- "Love Help Me" (Blackmore, Evans) – 3:23 (Previously unreleased instrumental version)
- "Wring That Neck" (Lord, Blackmore, Simper, Paice) – 4:12
- Side two
- "Speed King" (Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:53
- "Black Night" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:27
- "Grabsplatter" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:34 (Instrumental jam from a BBC session in 1970)
- "Child in Time" (Edited version) (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 9:16
- Side three
- "Strange Kind of Woman" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:50
- "Freedom" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:31 (Previously unreleased track from the Fireball sessions in 1971)
- "Fireball" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:24
- "Highway Star" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:07
- "Never Before" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:00 (A different (quadrophonic) mix, from the ordinary album version)
- "When a Blind Man Cries" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 2:30
- Side four
- "Smoke on the Water" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:38 (A different (quadrophonic) mix, from the ordinary album version)
- "Woman from Tokyo" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 5:49
- "Might Just Take Your Life" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, David Coverdale) – 4.39
- "Coronarias Redig" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice) – 4:51
- "Soldier of Fortune" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 3:15
- "You Keep on Moving" (Coverdale, Glenn Hughes) – 4:17
1991 CD version
[edit]- CD one
- "Hush" – 4:25
- "Mandrake Root" (Blackmore, Evans, Lord) – 6:08
- "Shield" (Lord, Blackmore, Evans) – 6:03
- "Wring That Neck" – 5:13
- "The Bird Has Flown" (Evans, Backmore, Lord) – 5:36
- "Bloodsucker" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:08
- "Speed King" – 5:53
- "Black Night" – 3:27
- "Child in Time" – 10:16
- "Fireball" – 3:23
- "Strange Kind of Woman" – 8:35 (Live version taken from Deep Purple in Concert, 1980)
- "No One Came" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:25
- "Highway Star" – 6:06
- CD two
- "Smoke on the Water" – 7:01 (live version taken from Made in Japan, 1972)
- "Pictures of Home" – 5:03
- "Woman from Tokyo" – 5:50
- "Smooth Dancer" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:09
- "Sail Away" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) – 5:48
- "Lay Down Stay Down" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) – 4:15
- "Burn" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) – 6:50 (Live version taken from Live in London, 1982)
- "Stormbringer" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 4:05
- "Hold On" (Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, Paice) – 5:05
- "Gypsy" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale, Hughes) – 4:13
- "Mistreated" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 11:40 (Live version taken from Made in Europe, 1976)
- "Gettin' Tighter" (Tommy Bolin, Hughes) – 3:36
- "Love Child" (Bolin, Coverdale) – 3:05
- "You Keep on Moving" – 5:18
Credits
[edit]Deep Purple
[edit]Mk. I
- Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
- Rod Evans – lead vocals
- Jon Lord – organ, keyboards, backing vocals
- Ian Paice – drums
- Nick Simper – bass, backing vocals
Mk. II
- Ritchie Blackmore – lead guitar
- Ian Gillan – vocals
- Roger Glover – bass
- Jon Lord – organ, keyboards
- Ian Paice – drums
Mk. III
- Ritchie Blackmore – lead guitar
- David Coverdale – vocals
- Glenn Hughes – bass guitar, vocals
- Jon Lord – organ, keyboards
- Ian Paice – drums
Mk. IV
- Tommy Bolin: Guitar and vocals.
- David Coverdale: Lead vocals
- Glenn Hughes: Bass and vocals
- Jon Lord: Keyboards
- Ian Paice: Drums
Production credits
[edit]- Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London by Peter Vince
- Photography: Fin Costello and Richard Imrie
Charts
[edit]Chart (1985) | Peak position |
---|---|
UK Albums (OCC)[4] | 50 |
Chart (1991) | Peak position |
---|---|
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[5] | 86 |
References
[edit]- ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 210. ISBN 9780862415419.
- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. The Anthology at AllMusic
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 91. ISBN 978-1894959315.
- ^ "Deep Purple | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Deep Purple – Anthology" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.