If you are trying to see the complete picture of Deep Purple albums in order, this music map gives you a structured way to take it in at once. It suits fans and collectors, and it makes a considered present for anyone interested in Deep Purple merch or rock history more generally. This Deep Purple music map covers all 23 studio albums, from the 1968 debut to =1 in 2024.
Albums in Order, Deep Purple Studio Discography
- Shades of Deep Purple (1968)
- The Book of Taliesyn (1968)
- Deep Purple (1969)
- Deep Purple in Rock (1970)
- Fireball (1971)
- Machine Head (1972)
- Who Do We Think We Are (1973)
- Burn (1974)
- Stormbringer (1974)
- Taste the Band (1975)
- Perfect Strangers (1984)
- The House of Blue Light (1987)
- Slaves and Masters (1990)
- The Battle Rages On... (1993)
- Purpendicular (1996)
- Abandon (1998)
- Bananas (2003)
- Rapture of the Deep (2005)
- Now What?! (2013)
- Infinite (2017)
- Whoosh! (2020)
- Turning to Crime (2021)
- =1 (2024)
What Is on My Music Map?
The map traces the studio albums and shows every credited musician on them. That means not only the core names, Ian Gillan, Jon Lord and Ritchie Blackmore, but the whole run of line-up changes across the decades: David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, Joe Lynn Turner, Steve Morse, Don Airey and the rest.
Each musician runs as a coloured line through the discography, so you can track who played on what, when they arrived, and how long they stayed. It is studio albums only, no live records and no compilations, and it is drawn in a clear tube-map style from my own spreadsheet research, where I work through exactly who performed on each record.
Why I Designed This Music Map
Deep Purple are one of those bands where the story is not really about the albums, it is about the movement of people through them. Mark I, Mark II, Mark III and on from there. It is a puzzle fans have been piecing together for decades, and a list of album titles is the worst possible way to present it, because the thing you want to know is who was in the room.
Drawing this map was how I made sense of it: who came in, who left, which records they appear on, and which returns happened years later. It is complicated, and mapping it is what made it legible. That is really the whole argument for doing any of these.
What Is Not on the Map
Live albums and compilations. Deep Purple have released a great many of both, and Made in Japan is one of the best live albums ever made, but it has no station here. The map is studio records only, which is an editorial rule I apply right across the range.
Sizes and Print Detail
The Deep Purple Discography Map Art Print is a Giclée on 230gsm premium acid-free matte fine art paper, available in A2 (420x594mm / 18x24in) and A1 (594x841mm / 24x36in), unframed or in a black wood frame, from £42.00.
With 23 albums and a line-up history this dense, A1 is the size I would point most people at, simply because the shorter lines stay legible on it. Browse the full range in the music wall art prints collection.
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