The Purple Album (Whitesnake album)

The Purple Album is the twelfth studio album by British 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 Purple Album
Studio album by Whitesnake
Released	29 April 2015 (2015-04-29)
Recorded	2014–2015
Studio	Hook City, Reno, Nevada
Genre	Hard rock blues rock heavy metal
Length	66:01
Label	Frontiers
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
"Stormbringer" Released: 25 February 2015 "Burn" Released: 24 March 2015 "Lay Down Stay Down" Released: 7 April 2015 "Soldier of Fortune" Released: 22 April 2015 "Mistreated" Released: 10 January 2016

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Herald-Standard	(favorable)^[1]
KNAC	^[2]
The New York Times	(favorable)^[3]
Classic Rock	^[4]

Overview

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] It is also the first album since the band's 1989 studio album, Slip of the Tongue, to feature drummer Tommy Aldridge.

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

• David Coverdale – lead vocals, producer, mixing
• Reb Beach – guitars, backing vocals, producer, mixing
• Joel Hoekstra – guitars, backing vocals
• Michael Devin – bass, harmonica, backing vocals
• Tommy Aldridge – drums

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 (Album Top 100)^[10]	24
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[11]	2
French Albums (SNEP)^[12]	150
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[13]	13
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)^[14]	9
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[15]	91
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[16]	8
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[17]	32
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[18]	16
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[19]	17
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[20]	11
UK Albums (OCC)^[21]	18
US Billboard 200^[22]	87

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