Some interesting facts about Deep Purple

1) Deep Purple’s best selling single "Smoke on the water" was sold more than 500,000 copies USA alone in 1973.

2) "Smoke On The Water" song is a true story based on how a Swiss casino burnt down during a Frank Zapper and Mothers of Intervention concert in 1971.

3) Ian Paice, drummer is the only member to be in all incarnations of Deep Purple and the only member to appear on every album the band has released.

4) Deep Purple were once listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as "the loudest pop group".

5) Over 100 million albums of the band have been sold worldwide.

6) Russian president Dmitry Medvedev is a big fan of Deep Purple. He has all albums of the band.

Rapture of the Deep

The eighteenth album,Rapture of the Deep,was released in October, 2005.

Tracks :

1. Money Talks
2. Girls Like That
3. Wrong Man
4. Rapture of the Deep
5. Clearly Quite Absurd
6. Dont Let Go
7. Back To Back
8. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
9. MTV
10. Junkyard Blues
11. Before Time Again

Bananas

The seventeenth album was Bananas.It was released in August, 2003.

Tracks :

1. House of Pain
2. Sun Goes Down
3. Haunted
4. Razzle Dazzle
5. Silver Tongue
6. Walk On
7. Picture of Innocence
8. I Got Your Number
9. Never a Word
10. Bananas
11. Doing It Tonight
12. Contact Lost

Abandon

The sixteenth album,Abandon,was released in May, 1998.

The album contains the following tracks :

1. Any Fule Kno That
2. Almost Human
3. Don't Make Me Happy
4. Seventh Heaven
5. Watching the Sky
6. Fingers to the Bone
7. Jack Ruby
8. She Was
9. Whatsername
10. 69
11. Evil Louie
12. Bloodsucker

Purpendicular

The fifteenth album ,Purpendicular,was released in February, 1996.

Tracks :

1. Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic
2. Loosen My Strings
3. Soon Forgotten
4. Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
5. Cascades: I'm Not Your Lover
6. Aviator
7. Rosa's Cantina
8. Castle Full of Rascals
9. Touch Away
10. Hey Cisco
11. Somebody Stole My Guitar
12. Purpendicular Waltz
13. Somebody Stole My Guitar
14. The Purpendicular Waltz

The Battle Rages On

The fourteenth album ,The Battle Rages On,was released in July, 1993.

The album contains the following tracks :

1. The Battle Rages On
2. Lick It Up
3. Anya
4. Talk About Love
5. Time To Kill
6. Ramshackle Man
7. A Twist In The Tale
8. Nasty Piece Of Work
9. Solltaire
10. One Man's Meat

Slaves & Masters

The thirteenth album was Slaves & Masters.It was released in October, 1990.
The album contains the following tracks :

1. King of Dreams
2. Cut Runs Deep
3. Fire in the Basement
4. Truth Hurts
5. Breakfast in Bed
6. Love Conquers All
7. Fortuneteller
8. Too Much Is Not Enough
9. Wicked Ways