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Deep Purple
Released 1978

Might Just Take Your Life
03:35
92 plays

Kentucky Woman [Single Edit]
04:04
88 plays

Never Before
03:30
80 plays

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songs

- 1
- Hush
- 04:24
- 444 plays

- 2
- One More Rainy Day
- 03:38
- 63 plays

- 3
- Kentucky Woman [Single Edit]
- 04:04
- 88 plays

- 4
- Emmaretta
- 03:00
- 59 plays

- 5
- The Bird Has Flown Us [Single Version]
- 02:54
- 45 plays

- 6
- Hallelujah
- 03:44
- 160 plays

- 7
- Speed King [Single Version]
- 04:26
- 157 plays

- 8
- Black Night
- 03:28
- 148 plays

- 9
- Strange Kind of Woman
- 03:49
- 143 plays

- 10
- Strange Kind of Woman
- 03:06
- 14 plays

- 11
- Fireball
- 03:21
- 72 plays

- 12
- Demon's Eye
- 05:12
- 69 plays

- 13
- Never Before
- 03:30
- 80 plays

- 14
- When a Blind Man Cries
- 03:32
- 1,501 plays

- 15
- Somoke on the Water [US Edit]
- 03:48
- 17,921 plays

- 16
- Black Night [Live]
- 04:59
- 78 plays

- 17
- Might Just Take Your Life
- 03:35
- 92 plays

- 18
- Coronarias Redig
- 04:54
- 122 plays

- 19
- You Keep on Moving [Single Edit]
- 04:29
- 165 plays

- 20
- Love Child
- 03:04
- 312 plays

album review

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. ~ Donald A. Guarisco, All Music Guide