Deep Purple - The Essential

Title: The Essential Artist: Deep Purple Release Date: 6/3/2003 Label: EMI Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 724358211528, 724358324624, 766482092147 Genre: Rock Styles: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Arena Rock, British Metal Moods: Confident, Earthy, Rollicking, Bravado, Confrontational, Gritty, Reckless, Aggressive, Dramatic, Passionate, Rambunctious, Raucous, Rousing, Sleazy, Theatrical, Brash, Rowdy Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Woman from Tokyo
2. Fireball
3. Strange Kind of Woman
4. Never Before
5. Black Night
6. Speed King
7. Smoke on the Water
8. Child in Time

Year Type Label Catalog # 2003 CD EMI 5832462 2003 CD EMI 582115 2003 CD EMI 582115

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Essential in this case means Deep Purple Mark II, with Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore as the helm of one of rock's greatest dinosaurs from 1970 to 1974. Dinosaur is usually meant in the worst possible way when referring to a rock band, but in the case of Deep Purple it could only be a compliment. This isn't a dinosaur in the stuffy Paleolithic, Latin genus sense, but a massive lumbering destructive force of energy in the Jurassic Park sense. Every inch of these songs stomps out a massive clawed footprint in the brain. If the track listing looks familiar, it is; Essential is a European import that repackages one of the best DP collections around, 24 Carat Purple. What it adds is the relatively new Copy Control technology, which is supposed to prevent file sharing and other threats to the rights of the music contained on the disc without preventing anyone from actually playing the disc. Oh, if only it were true. Let the buyer beware: Essential is a great collection but on budget equipment, such as some portable CD players, its sleek digital advances may make listeners pine for a pre-digital-paranoia version. ~ Wade Kergan, All Music Guide

Name Credits Deep Purple Main Performer