The Purple Album is the twelfth studio album by British hard rock band Whitesnake. It contains remakes of songs from Deep Purple band lineups Mark III and Mark IV, when Whitesnake lead singer David Coverdale was a member of that band.[5] It was released on 29 April in Japan, 15 May in Europe, 18 May in the UK and 19 May 2015 in the US through Frontiers Records.
The Purple Album | ||||
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Released | 29 April 2015 (2015-04-29) | |||
Recorded | 2014–2015 | |||
Studio | Hook City, Reno, Nevada | |||
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Length | 66:01 | |||
Label | Frontiers | |||
Producer | David Coverdale, Michael McIntyre, Reb Beach | |||
Whitesnake chronology | ||||
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Singles from The Purple Album | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
The Herald-Standard | (favorable)[1] |
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The New York Times | (favorable)[3] |
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The album debuted at number 87 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of around 6,900 units in its first week of release.[6] It is also the first album since the band's 1989 studio album, Slip of the Tongue, to feature drummer Tommy Aldridge.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Burn" | Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, Jon Lord, Ian Paice | Burn (1974) | 6:56 |
2. | "You Fool No One" (interpolating "Itchy Fingers") | Blackmore, Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, Paice | Burn | 6:23 |
3. | "Love Child" | Tommy Bolin, Coverdale | Come Taste the Band (1975) | 4:13 |
4. | "Sail Away" (featuring "Elegy for Jon") | Blackmore, Coverdale | Burn | 4:53 |
5. | "The Gypsy" | Blackmore, Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, Paice | Stormbringer (1974) | 5:29 |
6. | "Lady Double Dealer" | Blackmore, Coverdale | Stormbringer | 3:59 |
7. | "Mistreated" | Blackmore, Coverdale | Burn | 7:39 |
8. | "Holy Man" | Coverdale, Hughes, Lord | Stormbringer | 4:42 |
9. | "Might Just Take Your Life" | Blackmore, Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, Paice | Burn | 4:14 |
10. | "You Keep On Moving" | Coverdale, Hughes | Come Taste the Band | 5:06 |
11. | "Soldier of Fortune" | Blackmore, Coverdale | Stormbringer | 3:18 |
12. | "Lay Down Stay Down" | Blackmore, Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, Paice | Burn | 3:52 |
13. | "Stormbringer" | Blackmore, Coverdale | Stormbringer | 5:17 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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14. | "Lady Luck" | Jeff Cook, Coverdale | Come Taste the Band | 3:02 |
15. | "Comin' Home" | Bolin, Coverdale, Paice | Come Taste the Band | 4:15 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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16. | "Soldier of Fortune" (alternate mix) | Blackmore, Coverdale | Stormbringer | 3:18 |
Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] | 28 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] | 40 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] | 70 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10] | 24 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[11] | 2 |
French Albums (SNEP)[12] | 150 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] | 13 |
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[14] | 9 |
Italian Albums (FIMI)[15] | 91 |
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[16] | 8 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[17] | 32 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[18] | 16 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[19] | 17 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] | 11 |
UK Albums (OCC)[21] | 18 |
US Billboard 200[22] | 87 |