The Purple Album (Whitesnake album)

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The Purple Album
File:The Purple Album by Whitesnake.jpg
Studio album by Whitesnake
Released 29 April 2015 (2015-04-29)
Recorded 2014–2015
Studio Hook City, Reno, Nevada
Genre Hard rock
Length 66:01
Label Frontiers
Producer David Coverdale, Michael McIntyre, Reb Beach
Whitesnake chronology
Live in 1984: Back to the Bone
(2014)Live in 1984: Back to the Bone2014		 The Purple Album
(2015)
Singles from The Purple Album
  1. "Stormbringer"
    Released: 25 February 2015
  2. "Burn"
    Released: 24 March 2015
  3. "Lay Down Stay Down"
    Released: 7 April 2015
  4. "Soldier of Fortune"
    Released: 22 April 2015
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
The Herald-Standard (favorable)[1]
KNAC 4/5 stars[2]
The New York Times (favorable)[3]
Sputnikmusic 2.5/5 stars[4]

The Purple Album is the twelfth studio album by British-American 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 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]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Original album Length
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
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No. Title Writer(s) Original album Length
14. "Lady Luck"   Jeff Cook, Coverdale Come Taste the Band 3:02
15. "Comin' Home"   Bolin, Coverdale, Paice Come Taste the Band 4:15
Japanese edition bonus track
No. Title Writer(s) Original album Length
16. "Soldier of Fortune" (alternate mix) Blackmore, Coverdale Stormbringer 3:18

Personnel

Whitesnake

Additional musicians

  • Derek Hilland - keyboards

Production

  • Michael McIntyre - producer, engineer, mixing
  • David Donnelly - mastering

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 40
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 70
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[10] 24
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[11] 2
French Albums (SNEP)[12] 150
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 13
Italian Albums (FIMI)[14] 91
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[15] 32
Scottish Albums (OCC)[16] 16
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 17
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] 11
UK Albums (OCC)[19] 18
US Billboard 200[20] 87

References

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  11. ↑ "Whitesnake: The Purple Album" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
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  13. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Whitesnake – The Purple Album". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
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  18. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Whitesnake – The Purple Album". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  19. ↑ "Whitesnake | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  20. ↑ "Whitesnake – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Whitesnake. Retrieved 30 May 2015.


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