The Purple Album (Whitesnake album)

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The Purple Album
The Purple Album by Whitesnake.jpg
Studio album by
Whitesnake
Released29 April 2015 (2015-04-29)
Recorded2014–2015
StudioHook City, Reno, Nevada
Genre Hard rock
Length66:01
Label Frontiers
Rhino/Warner (Reissue)
Producer David Coverdale, Michael McIntyre, Reb Beach
Whitesnake chronology
Made in Japan
(2013)		The Purple Album
(2015)		 Flesh & Blood
(2019)
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
  5. "Mistreated"
    Released: 10 January 2016
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
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, PaiceBurn6:23
3."Love Child" Tommy Bolin, Coverdale Come Taste the Band (1975)4:13
4."Sail Away" (featuring "Elegy for Jon")Blackmore, CoverdaleBurn4:53
5."The Gypsy"Blackmore, Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, Paice Stormbringer (1974)5:29
6."Lady Double Dealer"Blackmore, CoverdaleStormbringer3:59
7."Mistreated"Blackmore, CoverdaleBurn7:39
8."Holy Man"Coverdale, Hughes, LordStormbringer4:42
9."Might Just Take Your Life"Blackmore, Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, PaiceBurn4:14
10."You Keep On Moving"Coverdale, HughesCome Taste the Band5:06
11."Soldier of Fortune"Blackmore, CoverdaleStormbringer3:18
12."Lay Down Stay Down"Blackmore, Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, PaiceBurn3:52
13."Stormbringer"Blackmore, CoverdaleStormbringer5:17
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
14."Lady Luck" Jeff Cook, CoverdaleCome Taste the Band3:02
15."Comin' Home"Bolin, Coverdale, PaiceCome Taste the Band4:15
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
16."Soldier of Fortune" (alternate mix)Blackmore, CoverdaleStormbringer3:18
The Purple Album: Special Gold Edition (2023 Remix) [3]
No.TitleLength
1."Burn"6:50
2."Lay Down, Stay Down"3:56
3."Love Child"4:13
4."Holy Man"4:48
5."The Gypsy"5:29
6."Lady Double Dealer"3:56
7."Might Just Take Your Life"4:36
8."Mistreated"7:37
9."Stormbringer"5:19
10."Sail Away"4:51
11."You Keep On Moving"5:11
12."Lady Luck"3:03
13."Coming Home"4:19
14."You Fool No One"6:41
15."Soldier of Fortune"3:21
Disc 2: 2017 The Purple Tour Five Live (2023 Remix) [Tracks 1-5] [†]
No.TitleLength
1."Burn (Live)"8:13
2."The Gypsy (Live)"5:21
3."Mistreated (Live)"7:55
4."You Fool No One (Live)"9:39
5."Soldier of Fortune"3:53
Disc 2: Alternate Mixes (2023 Remix) [Tracks 6-11]*
No.TitleLength
6."Holy Man (Unzipped)"3:44
7."Stormbringer (Punch in the Nuts Mix)"5:19
8."Love Child (Alternate Mix)"4:13
9."Soldier of Fortune (feat. Joel Hoekstra & The Hook City Strings)"3:19
10."Soldier of Fortune (feat. The Hook City Strings)"3:18
11."Soldier of Fortune (feat. The Hook City Strings) [Instrumental]"3:18
Disc 2: David Coverdale's Demo Tapes [Tracks 12-16]*
No.TitleLength
12."Everybody's Talkin'"2:45
13."Get Ready"2:34
14."Lonely Town, Lonely Street"3:14
15."Dancing in the Street"4:32
16."1974 DC Demo Ideas for the Stormbringer Album"5:57

^ † Recorded at Genting Arena, Birmingham, England on 12 December 2015

Personnel

All credits are adapted from Tidal, Apple Music, and its liner notes. [25] [26]

Whitesnake
Additional musicians
  • Derek Hilland – keyboards
  • Jasper Coverdale – backing vocals ("Stormbringer")
  • Jessica Coverdale – backing vocals ("Stormbringer")
  • Jack Hoekstra – backing vocals ("Stormbringer")
Technical
  • David Coverdale – producer, mixing assistant
  • Michael McIntyre – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Reb Beach – producer, mixing assistant
  • David Donnelly – mastering (at DNA Studios, Los Angeles)
Design
  • Hugh Gilmour – artwork, design
  • Ash Newell – band photography
Management
  • Davis Weise – business management
  • Debbi Bogle – business management
  • Erin Kalbron – business management
  • Andrea Botts – business management
  • Terri Beverford – business management
  • Jon Payne – business management
  • Rod MacSween – business management, business agent
  • Glenn Davis – business management
  • Gery Buck – business agent
Reissue
  • David Coverdale – executive producer
  • Tom Gordon – producer, percussion
  • Reb Beach – producer
  • Derek Sherinian – keyboards (2023 remix)
  • Michele Luppi – keyboards (2023 remix)
  • Chris Collier – remixing (2023 remix)
  • Scott Hull – remastering (at Masterdisk, New York)
  • Hugh Gilmour – artwork, design, A&R
  • Alex Breckenridge – engineer
  • Jeremiah Luke Wynn – engineer
  • Wayne Kamemoto – business management
  • Rob Gross – product manager
  • Andrew Campbell – production manager
  • Ruth Lenz – violin (Hook City Strings)
  • Olga Archdekin – violin (Hook City Strings)
  • Virginia Evans – viola (Hook City Strings)
  • Luciana Gallo – cello (Hook City Strings)

Charts

In 2015 the vinyl LP charted on the UK Official Vinyl Albums Chart at the 16th position. [27]

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [28] 28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [29] 40
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [30] 70
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [31] 24
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [32] 2
French Albums (SNEP) [33] 150
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [34] 13
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [35] 9
Italian Albums (FIMI) [36] 91
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [37] 8
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [38] 32
Scottish Albums (OCC) [39] 16
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [40] 17
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [41] 11
UK Albums (OCC) [42] 18
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [43] 2
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [44] 12
US Billboard 200 [45] 87
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [46] 9
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [47] 6
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [48] 16
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [49] 25
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [50] 48
Japanese Rock Albums (Billboard Japan) [51] 8
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan [52] 55
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [53] 7

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