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Smoke on the Water: The Best Of

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{{Infobox album

| name = Smoke on the Water: The Best Of

| type = Compilation album

| artist = Deep Purple

| cover = Deep Purple Smoke On The Water (The Best Of).jpg

| alt =

| released = July 1994{{cite web|url=https://www.thehighwaystar.com/rosas/jouni/discos/comp26.html|title=Album discography}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Hard rock, heavy metal

| length = 77:08

| label = EMI France

| producer =

| chronology = Deep Purple compilations

| prev_title = Knocking at Your Back Door: The Best of Deep Purple in the 80's

| prev_year = 1992

| next_title = 30: Very Best of Deep Purple

| next_year = 1998

}}

Smoke on the Water: The Best Of is a compilation album by the English hard rock band Deep Purple in 1994. It was first released in France where it sold very well, attaining double gold disc status in December 1998.Deep Purple Certifications – http://www.infodisc.fr/CD_Certif.php It was subsequently released in other countries, like Italy, Australia and New Zealand.

Track listing

All titles composed by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice, except where indicated

  1. "Hush" (Joe South) – 4:20
  2. "Kentucky Woman" (Single edit) (Neil Diamond) – 4:05
  3. "The Bird Has Flown" (Single edit) (Blackmore, Lord, Rod Evans) – 2:52
  4. "Hallelujah" (Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook) – 3:41
  5. "Black Night" – 3:24
  6. "Child in Time" – 10:16
  7. "Speed King" (Dutch single edit) – 4:22
  8. "Strange Kind of Woman" (Single edit) – 3:45
  9. "Fireball" (Single edit) – 3:19
  10. "Smoke on the Water" (US single edit) – 3:44
  11. "Highway Star" – 6:05
  12. "Never Before" (Single edit) – 3:27
  13. "Space Truckin'" – 4:31
  14. "Woman from Tokyo" (Single edit) – 2:43
  15. "Might Just Take Your Life" (Single edit) (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, David Coverdale) – 3:32
  16. "Burn" (Single edit) (Blackmore, David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, Lord, Paice) – 4:08
  17. "Stormbringer" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 4:28
  18. "You Keep on Moving" (Single edit) (Coverdale, Hughes) – 4:26

Charts

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scope="col" | Chart (1994)

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scope="row"| French Albums (SNEP){{Cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_A.php |website =Infodisc.fr |language=fr |access-date=9 June 2012 |title=Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – D |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022124902/http://infodisc.fr/Album_D.php |archive-date=22 October 2014 }} Select Deep Purple from the menu, then press OK.

| align="center"| 20

{{album chart|New Zealand|30|artist=Deep Purple|album= Smoke on the Water – The Best Of|rowheader=true|access-date=30 November 2021}}
{{album chart|Norway|28|artist=Deep Purple|album=The Smoke on the Water – The Best Of|rowheader=true|access-date=30 November 2021}}

Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=album|artist=Deep Purple|title=Smoke on the Water (Best Of) |award=Gold|number=2|relyear=1994|certyear=1998|source=infodisc|access-date=4 February 2021}}

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References

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Category:1994 compilation albums

Category:Deep Purple compilation albums

Category:EMI Records compilation albums

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