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    Posted: June 03 2020 at 08:19

There've been many SHADES OF DEEP PURPLE over the years with various line-up changes along the way that reads like THE BOOK OF TALIESYN. DEEP PURPLE are almost as enduring as the U.S. Presidents engraved IN ROCK on Mount Rushmore. Their storming brand of Hard Rock has all the fiery energy of a FIREBALL and the tempered steel hardness of a MACHINE HEAD. The band asked "WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE?" as they prepared to BURN up the world stage with their thunderous live act of STORMBRINGER songs. Crowds flocked in their thousands to COME TASTE THE BAND live. Fans of Deep Purple who began as PERFECT STRANGERS became lifelong friends as they watched the band perform together in THE HOUSE OF BLUE LIGHT. THE BATTLE RAGES ON to determine the best British Rock band of all time, with Deep Purple being PURPENDICULAR to Led Zeppelin in the vast pantheon of Rock. There's nothing quite as thrilling as seeing A-BAND-ON a crazy world tour, no matter whether they're going  BANANAS in Brazil or Nuts in the Netherlands. For anyone lucky enough to have experienced the RAPTURE OF THE DEEP Purple Live, they may wonder NOW WHAT can possibly better that in the INFINITE universe of Hard Rock!?

All albums in PURPLE highlights by Deep Purple Smile

 
Here's your chance to help determine the Top 5 Deep Purple songs of all time. Simply list your Top 5 Deep Purple songs in order of preference and then I'll assign points to your listings as follows:-
 
1st song - 6 points
2nd song - 4 points
3rd song - 3 points
4th song- 2 points
5th song - 1 point
 
Here are my Top 5 Deep Purple songs to get the poll underway:-
 
1. Smoke on the Water (6 points)
2. Child in Time (4 points)
3. Perfect Strangers (3 points)
4. Knocking at Your Back Door (2 points)
5. Black Night (1 point)
 


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1. Highway Star
2. Perfect Strangers
3. Back to Back
4. Time for Bedlam
5. Maybe I'm a Leo
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I'll go for their real st§uff (not covers or stolen songs)

3. And the Address
4. Hard Road (Wring That Neck)
5. The Shield
6. Chasing Shadows
2. April
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Bubbling under:
Speed King (the full thing, not the truncated US version)
Child In Time
Pictures of Home
Lazy
Burn
Sail Away
A200
You Fool No-One (live)
Soldier Of Fortune




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Not a huge DP fan but I do like some stuff:

1.Lazy
2. Highway Star
3. Burn
4. Space Truckin
5. Perfect Strangers
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5 songs from a 50 years career is very hard to choose

Anthem
Highway Star
Burn
The Gypsy
Stormbringer
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I'm surprised no one other than me has voted for Smoke on the Water amongst their Top 5 songs so far, but then again, I'm constantly surprised here. Smile
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1 Child in Time
2 Fireball
3 Speed King
4 Highway Star
5 Burn

I am rather tired of Smoke on the Water, but it is a great song. It's just been overplayed, especially in schools...


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Mandrake Root
Shield
Hard Loving Man
Rat Bat Blue
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

I'll go for their real st§uff (not covers or stolen songs)

3. And the Address
4. Hard Road (Wring That Neck)
5. The Shield
6. Chasing Shadows
2. April
1. Fault Line- Painter
 
Are you trying to confuse me by listing your Top 5 in random order? Wink
 
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Burn
Highway Star
Lazy 
Space Truckin'
Woman From Tokyo
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I'm surprised no one other than me has voted for Smoke on the Water amongst their Top 5 songs so far, but then again, I'm constantly surprised here. Smile

How many Deep Purple albums have you listened to in their entirety?
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I'm surprised no one other than me has voted for Smoke on the Water amongst their Top 5 songs so far, but then again, I'm constantly surprised here. Smile

How many Deep Purple albums have you listened to in their entirety?
None, apart from "The Book of Taliesyn", but I guess you knew that already. Tongue I have a couple of Deep Purple compilation albums though. Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I'm surprised no one other than me has voted for Smoke on the Water amongst their Top 5 songs so far, but then again, I'm constantly surprised here. Smile

How many Deep Purple albums have you listened to in their entirety?
None, apart from "The Book of Taliesyn", but I guess you knew that already. Tongue I have a couple of Deep Purple compilation albums though. Smile

that explains it...
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I'm surprised no one other than me has voted for Smoke on the Water amongst their Top 5 songs so far, but then again, I'm constantly surprised here. Smile

How many Deep Purple albums have you listened to in their entirety?
None, apart from "The Book of Taliesyn", but I guess you knew that already. Tongue I have a couple of Deep Purple compilation albums though. Smile

that explains it...

 
That's one of the reasons why I created this Top 5 poll, then I might discover some lesser-known Deep Purple songs I hadn't previously heard of. Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I'm surprised no one other than me has voted for Smoke on the Water amongst their Top 5 songs so far, but then again, I'm constantly surprised here. Smile

How many Deep Purple albums have you listened to in their entirety?
None, apart from "The Book of Taliesyn", but I guess you knew that already. Tongue I have a couple of Deep Purple compilation albums though. Smile

that explains it...

 
That's one of the reasons why I created this Top 5 poll, then I might discover some lesser-known Deep Purple songs I hadn't previously heard of. Smile

like I said, a top 5 DP is hard to make, considering they released 20 something albums.
I hope you discover some songs, I also hope you start exploring their discography, every decade has some great stuff if you ask me. 
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^^ I'm planning to listen to ALL of Deep Purple's albums when I eventually get around to rating them. I'm gradually working my way through the alphabet for British album ratings and at the moment I'm on the letter "H" for Steve Hackett. Smile
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PP, if you've heard Taliesin and liked it, than Shades Of and their third s/t are the way you should go first , because they're the prime reasons why Purple is on ProgArchives. Indeed, those years with Simper & Evans (usually refered to as MkI) are their proggier works.

I suggest that for the MkII line-up (Gillan & Glover), you can first check out the live Made In Japan or the studio In Rock

For the Mk III line-up, (Coverdale & Hughes), the live Made In Europe will be a good introduction to that era
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

PP, if you've heard Taliesin and liked it, than Shades Of and their third s/t are the way you should go first , because they're the prime reasons why Purple is on ProgArchives. Indeed, those years with Simper & Evans (usually refered to as MkI) are their proggier works.

I suggest that for the MkII line-up (Gillan & Glover), you can first check out the live Made In Japan or the studio In Rock

For the Mk III line-up, (Coverdale & Hughes), the live Made In Europe will be a good introduction to that era
Thanks! I like all three Deep Purple line-ups, and it's the first line-up that appeals to me most of all. The Shades of Deep Purple album and the self-titled third album are top of my list to acquire next. Smile
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There's a lot I haven't heard, pretty much anything since Come Taste The Band,
My Top 5 would probably be -
 
1) Highway Star
2) Woman From Tokyo
3) You Fool Noone
4) Child In Time
5) Getting Tighter
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1. Child In Time
2. Fools
3. Rat Bat Blue
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