http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2460&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rssOnce ordained the world's loudest rock band by the Guinness Book of World Records, Deep Purple started off humbly enough. Their '68 debut <I>Shades of Deep Purple</I> featured mostly covers and contained little to set the band above a raft of Acid Rock novelty acts that included Iron Butterfly, Quicksilver Messenger Service and the Electric Prunes. Atrociously produced, even by '60s standards, the album's one saving grace is "Hush," a song that pits Ritchie Blackmore's wrecking-ball guitar against Jon Lord's sermonizing organs, auguring great things to come. <I>Deep Purple in Rock</I> (1970) and <I>Fireball</I> (1971) document the band's evolution from generic Psychedelic rockers to Heavy Metal pioneers. The band's power peaked the following year with <I>Machine Head</I>, a record that split the difference between Blue Cheer and Black Sabbath. "Smoke on the Water" quickly became their theme song, but deeper cuts like "Highway Star" and "Space Truckin'" are equally impressive. These songs make you want to double the speed limit and run from the law just for the hell of it, which is what any good rock song should do. The remaining years of the decade marked a turbulent, and frankly uninteresting period for the band, but things picked up again for Deep Purple when the classic Ian Gillan/ Ritchie Blackmore/Jon Lord/Roger Glover lineup reconvened to release the radio-complaisant <I>Perfect Strangers</I> in 1984. Foregoing the headbanging intensity of their '70s material for a polished, more Progressive Rock sound, the record (at least) had the distinction of directing a new generation of listeners back to the band's early classics. - Chad DriscollHard Rocken720Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:01:55 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2460&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss Once ordained the world's loudest rock band by the Guinness Book of World Records, Deep Purple started off humbly enough. Their '68 debut <I>Shades of Deep Purple</I> featured mostly covers and contained little to set the band above a raft of Acid Rock novelty acts that included Iron Butterfly, Quicksilver Messenger Service and the Electric Prunes. Atrociously produced, even by '60s standards, the album's one saving grace is "Hush," a song that pits Ritchie Blackmore's wrecking-ball guitar against Jon Lord's sermonizing organs, auguring great things to come. <I>Deep Purple in Rock</I> (1970) and <I>Fireball</I> (1971) document the band's evolution from generic Psychedelic rockers to Heavy Metal pioneers. The band's power peaked the following year with <I>Machine Head</I>, a record that split the difference between Blue Cheer and Black Sabbath. "Smoke on the Water" quickly became their theme song, but deeper cuts like "Highway Star" and "Space Truckin'" are equally impressive. These songs make you want to double the speed limit and run from the law just for the hell of it, which is what any good rock song should do. The remaining years of the decade marked a turbulent, and frankly uninteresting period for the band, but things picked up again for Deep Purple when the classic Ian Gillan/ Ritchie Blackmore/Jon Lord/Roger Glover lineup reconvened to release the radio-complaisant <I>Perfect Strangers</I> in 1984. Foregoing the headbanging intensity of their '70s material for a polished, more Progressive Rock sound, the record (at least) had the distinction of directing a new generation of listeners back to the band's early classics. - Chad Driscoll http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1889507&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Rock Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Deep Purple on Rhapsody Online 1889507 tra.1889507 Deep Purple art.2460 1.29 The Very Best Of Deep Purple alb.238662 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/6/5/9/1739566_170x170.jpg 2008-12-09 00:00:00.0 2005-06-21 00:00:00.0 true Smoke On The Water tra.1889507 390000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1889507&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1889507&variant=data&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1889506&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Rock Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Deep Purple on Rhapsody Online 1889506 tra.1889506 Deep Purple art.2460 1.29 The Very Best Of Deep Purple alb.238662 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/6/5/9/1739566_170x170.jpg 2008-12-09 00:00:00.0 2005-06-21 00:00:00.0 true Highway Star tra.1889506 367000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1889506&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1889506&variant=data&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.12689502&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Rock Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Deep Purple on Rhapsody Online 12689502 tra.12689502 Deep Purple art.2460 0.0 Children Of Men Original Motion Picture Soundtrack alb.12688266 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/2/8/2/1842820_170x170.jpg 2006-12-12 00:00:00.0 2006-12-12 00:00:00.0 true Hush tra.12689502 265000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.12689502&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.12689502&variant=data&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss 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tra.3070495 330000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3070495&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3070495&variant=data&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1895997&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Rock Tue, 3 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Deep Purple on Rhapsody Online 1895997 tra.1895997 Deep Purple art.2460 1.29 Burn alb.93441 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/0/0/1/1271009_170x170.jpg 2009-05-05 00:00:00.0 2005-05-03 00:00:00.0 true Burn tra.1895997 364000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1895997&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1895997&variant=data&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2619772&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Rock Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Deep Purple on Rhapsody Online 2619772 tra.2619772 Deep Purple art.2460 1.29 The Very Best Of Deep Purple alb.238662 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/6/5/9/1739566_170x170.jpg 2008-12-09 00:00:00.0 2005-06-21 00:00:00.0 true Woman From Tokyo tra.2619772 332000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2619772&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2619772&variant=data&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.24365642&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Rock Mon, 1 Jan 1968 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Deep Purple on Rhapsody Online 24365642 tra.24365642 Deep Purple art.2460 0.99 Shades of Deep Purple alb.24358336 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/8/0/4/1474084_170x170.jpg 2008-10-28 00:00:00.0 1968-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Hush tra.24365642 265000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.24365642&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.24365642&variant=data&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.8662345&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Rock Tue, 1 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Deep Purple on Rhapsody Online 8662345 tra.8662345 Deep Purple art.2460 1.29 When We Rock, We Rock & When We Roll, We Roll alb.8654932 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/8/9/4/1804981_170x170.jpg 2009-05-05 00:00:00.0 2005-11-01 00:00:00.0 true Smoke On The Water tra.8662345 390000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.8662345&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.8662345&variant=data&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1889508&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Rock Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Deep Purple on Rhapsody Online 1889508 tra.1889508 Deep Purple art.2460 1.29 The Very Best Of Deep Purple alb.238662 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/6/5/9/1739566_170x170.jpg 2008-12-09 00:00:00.0 2005-06-21 00:00:00.0 true Space Truckin' tra.1889508 274000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1889508&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1889508&variant=data&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2293345&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Rock Wed, 1 Jan 1992 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Deep Purple on Rhapsody Online 2293345 tra.2293345 Deep Purple art.2460 0.99 Knocking At Your Back Door... alb.271174 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/9/2/9/1079298_170x170.jpg 1992-06-09 00:00:00.0 1992-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Perfect Strangers tra.2293345 321000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2293345&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2293345&variant=data&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9062563&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Rock Tue, 8 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Deep Purple on Rhapsody Online 9062563 tra.9062563 Deep Purple art.2460 1.29 Machine Head alb.9057551 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/5/4/2/1782455_170x170.jpg 2005-02-08 00:00:00.0 2005-02-08 00:00:00.0 true Lazy (LP Version) tra.9062563 442000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9062563&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9062563&variant=data&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1889501&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Rock Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Deep Purple on Rhapsody Online 1889501 tra.1889501 Deep Purple art.2460 1.29 The Very Best Of Deep Purple alb.238662 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/6/5/9/1739566_170x170.jpg 2008-12-09 00:00:00.0 2005-06-21 00:00:00.0 true Black Night tra.1889501 207000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1889501&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1889501&variant=data&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9062558&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Rock Tue, 8 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Deep Purple on Rhapsody Online 9062558 tra.9062558 Deep Purple art.2460 1.29 Machine Head alb.9057551 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/5/4/2/1782455_170x170.jpg 2005-02-08 00:00:00.0 2005-02-08 00:00:00.0 true Highway Star (LP Version) tra.9062558 368000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9062558&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9062558&variant=data&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2661416&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Rock Mon, 12 Jan 1987 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Deep Purple on Rhapsody Online 2661416 tra.2661416 Deep Purple art.2460 0.99 The House Of Blue Light alb.101011 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/7/7/2/1082776_170x170.jpg 2003-09-16 00:00:00.0 1987-01-12 00:00:00.0 true Bad Attitude tra.2661416 286000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2661416&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2661416&variant=data&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2293283&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Rock Mon, 21 Oct 1974 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Deep Purple on Rhapsody Online 2293283 tra.2293283 Deep Purple art.2460 1.29 Stormbringer alb.304284 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/1/0/1/1271015_170x170.jpg 2005-06-21 00:00:00.0 1974-10-21 00:00:00.0 true Stormbringer tra.2293283 246000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2293283&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2293283&variant=data&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7307373&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Rock Tue, 31 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Deep Purple on Rhapsody Online 7307373 tra.7307373 Deep Purple art.2460 0.0 Lords of Dogtown: Music From the Motion Picture alb.7307087 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/1/9/7/1297910_170x170.jpg 2005-05-31 00:00:00.0 2005-05-31 00:00:00.0 true Space Truckin' tra.7307373 272000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7307373&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7307373&variant=data&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9065778&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Rock Tue, 19 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Deep Purple on Rhapsody Online 9065778 tra.9065778 Deep Purple art.2460 1.29 Made In Japan alb.9057990 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/7/5/6/1286574_170x170.jpg 2005-04-19 00:00:00.0 2005-04-19 00:00:00.0 true Smoke On The Water (Live Version) tra.9065778 456000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9065778&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9065778&variant=data&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15967236&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Rock Tue, 7 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Deep Purple on Rhapsody Online 15967236 tra.15967236 Deep Purple art.2460 0.99 Ultimate Air Guitar alb.15953862 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/3/4/3/1323434_170x170.jpg 2006-02-07 00:00:00.0 2006-02-07 00:00:00.0 true Smoke On The Water tra.15967236 297000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15967236&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15967236&variant=data&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20810399&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Rock Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:58:53 -0700 Top Tracks by Deep Purple on Rhapsody Online 20810399 tra.20810399 Deep Purple art.2460 0.0 Now That's What I Call Classic Rock alb.20799959 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/3/6/0/1240633_170x170.jpg 2008-06-03 00:00:00.0 null true Smoke On The Water tra.20810399 234000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20810399&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20810399&variant=data&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9062562&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Rock Tue, 8 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Deep Purple on Rhapsody Online 9062562 tra.9062562 Deep Purple art.2460 1.29 Machine Head alb.9057551 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/5/4/2/1782455_170x170.jpg 2005-02-08 00:00:00.0 2005-02-08 00:00:00.0 true Smoke On The Water (LP Version) tra.9062562 342000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9062562&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9062562&variant=data&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9062564&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Rock Tue, 8 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Deep Purple on Rhapsody Online 9062564 tra.9062564 Deep Purple art.2460 1.29 Machine Head alb.9057551 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/5/4/2/1782455_170x170.jpg 2005-02-08 00:00:00.0 2005-02-08 00:00:00.0 true Space Truckin' tra.9062564 276000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9062564&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9062564&variant=data&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.8662339&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Rock Tue, 1 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Deep Purple on Rhapsody Online 8662339 tra.8662339 Deep Purple art.2460 1.29 When We Rock, We Rock & When We Roll, We Roll alb.8654932 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/8/9/4/1804981_170x170.jpg 2009-05-05 00:00:00.0 2005-11-01 00:00:00.0 true Space Truckin' tra.8662339 276000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.8662339&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.8662339&variant=data&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.8662344&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Rock Tue, 1 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Deep Purple on Rhapsody Online 8662344 tra.8662344 Deep Purple art.2460 1.29 When We Rock, We Rock & When We Roll, We Roll alb.8654932 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/8/9/4/1804981_170x170.jpg 2009-05-05 00:00:00.0 2005-11-01 00:00:00.0 true Hush tra.8662344 266000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.8662344&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.8662344&variant=data&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2293296&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Rock Wed, 1 Jan 1992 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Deep Purple on Rhapsody Online 2293296 tra.2293296 Deep Purple art.2460 0.99 Knocking At Your Back Door... alb.271174 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/9/2/9/1079298_170x170.jpg 1992-06-09 00:00:00.0 1992-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Smoke On The Water tra.2293296 464000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2293296&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2293296&variant=data&rws=%2Fdeep-purple%2Ftop-tracks.rss