When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll

Updated on Oct 01, 2024

Edit

Comment

Released October 1978 Length 43:10 Release date October 1978 Label Warner Bros. Records		Recorded 1968-74 Artist Deep Purple Producer Derek Lawrence Genres Hard rock, Heavy metal

When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll (1978) The Mark II Purple Singles (1979) Similar Deep Purple albums, Hard rock albums

When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll is a compilation album by Deep Purple featuring some of their most popular songs from 1968 to 1974.

When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll was released in October 1978 by Warner Bros. Records. It was compiled by Dennis C. Nicklos in 1978 after the band originally split in 1976. Art direction by John Cabalka. Design by Gribbitt!. Illustration: Shusei Nagaoka.

Track listing

All songs written by Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice except where indicated.

Side one

"Space Truckin'" - 4:31
"Kentucky Woman" (Neil Diamond) - 4:44
"Hard Road (Wring That Neck)" (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Simper) - 5:11
"Burn" (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale) - 6:00

Side two

"Woman from Tokyo" - 5:30 (Listed as a live recording, but is actually the studio version)
"Hush" (Joe South) - 4:25
"Smoke on the Water" - 6:27 (Live)
"Highway Star" (Live) - 6:47

Credits

Ian Gillan - lead vocals

Ritchie Blackmore - guitar

Jon Lord - organ, keyboards, backing vocals

Roger Glover - bass guitar

Ian Paice - drums

Rod Evans - lead vocals on track 2 and 6

Nick Simper - bass guitar and backing vocals on track 2, 3, 6

David Coverdale - lead vocals on track 4

Glenn Hughes - bass guitar and vocals on track 4

Songs

1Space Truckin’4:34
2Kentucky Woman4:47
3Hard Road (Wring That Neck)5:18

References

When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll Wikipedia

(Text) CC BY-SA