Smoke on the Water [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Deep Purple | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 17, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Umvd Special Markets
• ASIN: B000006P82
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #292,026 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Knocking at Your Back Door

2. Nobody's Home

3. Hush

4. Smoke on the Water [Live]

5. Woman from Tokyo [Live]

6. Wasted Sunsets

7. Gypsy's Kiss

8. Strangeways

9. Mitzi Dupree

10. Dead or Alive

Editorial Reviews

Japanese reissue of single with the original Japanese 7''scover art & backing track, a live version of the hit. 30thanniversary collector's item on a 5' full color picture discwith the old WB label logo so that it looks like a 45! Twotracks total. Slimline jewel case. 1998 Warner Brothersrelease. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Yet another "Best Of", June 22, 2001

By 

eveoflove (North York, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Smoke on the Water (Audio CD)

Made in CAN in 2001, Serial# 314-520-503-2, Playing Time 51:10

The tracks on this disc are lifted from 3 albums: 1984's "Perfect Strangers", 1987's "The House Of Blue Light", and the live album "Nobody's Perfect" from 1988.

The track selection is fair, but there's already a number of other compilations on the market focusing on those very same 3 albums (e.g. "Child In Time", "Knocking At Your Back Door", "Under The Gun", "Rock Giants" and "Progression")

And this one is the shortest! If you're interested in a "best of" for those albums, I suggest "Under The Gun" (79 minutes), and it also includes the track "Perfect Strangers"...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Dud., October 22, 2006

By 

M. Gilkey - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Smoke on the Water (Audio CD)

This appears to have been an attempt to pull together something that would look like a "Greatest Hits" package after the band's long dry spell was broken by the very minor hit song "Knockin' At Your Back Door", which had some mildly clever PG/R-rated lyrical twists and a bit of a melody.

But this album is more of a "bait and switch" than a "Greatest Hits" album.

If you're looking for the version of "Hush" that's usually played on
the radio, this isn't it. It's not even the same vocalist.

And if you're looking for the version of "Smoke On The Water" that's
usually played on the radio, this isn't it, either.

"Dead Or Alive" is energetic, and the lead guitar and keyboard hearken back to the best of the band's earlier work, but overall this song is more of an attempt to be loud than to be good. Similarly, "Wasted Sunsets" has some nice lead guitar work, but I never find myself bothering to pull it off the shelf and put it into the CD player.

"Mitzi Dupree" is annoying, and I just skip over "Strangeways".

The live version of "Woman From Tokyo" fizzles out, as though both the
band and the recording engineer lost interest in finishing the song.

If you've heard a few Deep Purple songs (e.g. "Smoke On The Water") on the radio, and you think you might get interested in the band, I'd start with the album "Machine Head" -- and I'd never get far enough down the list to reach this album.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I've been drunk from 9:00 in the morning to 9:00 in the morning, June 13, 2006

By 

Hippyjajajoo "oiuyuyguhiuo" (woodstock) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Smoke on the Water (Audio CD)

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