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Deep Purple (1978) Singles A's & B's

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Release Date:1978

Label:Harvest

Compilation

Genre: Rock
Styles: Hard Rock

Review by Donald A. Guarisco

This generous package from EMI is one of the better Deep Purple compilations. Singles A's & B's focuses on the group's original period of recording (1968-1976) and dutifully collects all the single-oriented
highlights from this era, including such hard-rocking classics as "Smoke on the Water," "Black Night," and "Hush." It also includes a number of non-album sides that make the package worthwhile for anyone
seriously interested in the group. One of the most surprising aspects of this collection is that the B-sides are often just as good as the A-sides: "I'm Alone" is a hard-swinging rocker worthy of the band's better-known hits and "When a Blind Man Cries" is a wrenching, blues-inflected ballad that is one of group's best slow numbers. The format also allows re-evaluation of Deep Purple's lesser-known material: A great example is "One More Rainy Day," a catchy tune from the group's oft-overlooked late-'60s period that weds a hook-laden pop melody to a combination of flowery organ riffs and Ian Paice's hard-hitting drum fills. The package is rounded out by a comprehensive set of liner notes from Simon Robinson that supplies context and trivia in equal measure in a colorful layout full of rare single sleeve images. All in all, Singles A's & B's works both as a comprehensive primer on Deep Purple's heyday and also as a consistent double album's worth of well-crafted hard rock.


Tracks

01 Hush
02 One More Rainy Day
03 Kentucky Woman
04 Emmaretta
05 Bird Has Flown
06 Hallelujah
07 Speed King
08 Black Night
09 Strange Kind of Woman
10 I'm Alone
11 Fireball
12 Demon's Eye
13 Never Before
14 When a Blind Man Cries
15 Smoke on the Water
16 Black Night [live]
17 Might Just Take Your Life
18 Coronarias Redig
19 You Keep on Moving
20 Love Child

Releases

1978 LP Harvest 2026 CD Harvest 10762
1998 CD EMI 81009

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