| The Very Best of Deep Purple | |
| Type: | greatest |
| Artist: | Deep Purple |
| Cover: | Deep_Purple_The_Very_Best_Of.jpg |
| Released: | 9 May 2000[1] |
| Recorded: | 1968–1974, 1984 |
| Genre: | Hard rock, heavy metal |
| Length: | 79:02 |
| Label: | Rhino, Warner Bros. |
| Producer: | Deep Purple, Derek Lawrence, Martin Birch, Roger Glover |
| Chronology: | Deep Purple compilations |
| Prev Title: | Shades 1968–1998 |
| Prev Year: | 1998 |
| Next Title: | Days May Come and Days May Go |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
The Very Best of Deep Purple is a single disc compilation album by the English hard rock band Deep Purple. It was released in 2000 by Rhino Records/Warner Bros. Records. It features tracks by the Mk. I, Mk. II and Mk. III line-ups of Deep Purple.
This compilation is supposed to be a single disc alternative to the more comprehensive Shades four-disc collection. All the tracks were remastered simultaneously for inclusion in both sets. The set is essentially a new version of previous compilation , which was released in 1980, with three additional songs, two from Mk. I and one from the reunited Mk. II. The disc bypasses the material from the Mk. IV line-up, and features slightly different versions of a few of the tracks.
All tracks written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice, except where noted
| Canadian Metal Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[2] | 83 |
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