Deep Purple - Singles A's & B's@320

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. (AMG)









01. Hush

02. One More Rainy Day

03. Kentucky Woman (Single Edit)

04. Emmaretta

05. The Bird Has Flown (Us Single Version)

06. Hallelujah

07. Speed King (Single Version)

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 (U.S. Edit)

16. Black Night (Live)

17. Might Just Take Your Life

18. Coronarias Redig

19. You Keep On Moving (Single Edit)

20. Love Child





Label: EMI

Date: 1993





BITRATE: 320



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