BREATHING IS THE HARDEST
THING TO DO
WITH ALL I SAID
AND ALL THAT'S
DEAD FOR YOU
YOU LIED
GOODBYE...
Purple
stylized on the cover art
in its Chinese character 紫
is the second
studio album
by the American
rock band
released on
June 7, 1994,
by Atlantic Records.
Expanding on the band's
grunge roots,
the album
incorporates more genres,
such as psychedelic rock,
blues rock,
and country.
The band started work
on the album while
touring for their debut,
Core
(1992).
The song
"Big Empty"
was recorded on
May 25, 1993
and appeared in
the 1994 film
The Crow,
while the rest of the album
was recorded in
March 1994.
Purple
was a major
commercial success,
debuting at number 1
on the Billboard 200,
and remaining at
the top of the chart
for three weeks,
with 252,000 copies sold
in its first week.
The album spawned a
number of successful singles;
"Vaseline"
and
"Interstate Love Song"
both topped the
Mainstream Rock
Tracks chart and
reached number 2
on the
Modern Rock
Tracks chart,
while
"Big Empty"
also reached the
top ten on
both charts.
Lesser-known album cuts
"Pretty Penny"
and
"Unglued"
were released as
promotional singles
to success on
rock charts.
While receiving
mixed-to-negative
reviews on release,
Purple
is retrospectively seen as
one of the best albums
of the 1990s,
with
Ultimate Classic Rock
declaring it a
"psychedelic grunge opus."
The album has since
been certified
6× Platinum
by the Recording Industry
Association of America
(RIAA).
In 2019,
to celebrate its
25th anniversary,
a Super Deluxe Edition
with remasters,
demos and
live performances
was released.
(This One)
A summer tour to celebrate
the album's
30th anniversary
started on
August 16, 2024,
and ended on
September 15,
with the band
performing the
entire album
each night
TRACKLIST
CD 1
Meat Plow
Vasoline
Lounge Fly
Interstate Love Song
Still Remains
Pretty Penny
Silver Gun Superman
Big Empty
Unglued
Army Ants
Kitchen Ware & Candy Bars/ My Second Album
Big Empty
(Live)
(MTV Unplugged) [*]
Vaseline
(Vocal Mix) [*]
CD 2
Meatplow
(Early Version)
Interstate Love Song
(Early Version)
Big Empty
(Acoustic)
Unglued
(Demo)
Army Ants
(Demo)
Kitchenware & Candybars
(Demo)
Dancing Days
She Knows Me Too Well
(Demo)
Interstate Love Song
(Acoustic)
Pretty Penny
(Live At Kroq Acoustic Christmas, 1994)
Kitchenware & Candybars
(Acoustic Version)
(Live At Kroq Acoustic Christmas, 1994)
Christmastime Is Here
(Live Acoustic At Kroq Acoustic Christmas)
CD 3
Live At New Haven
Veterans Memorial Coliseum,
New Haven, Ct,
8/23/1994
Vasoline
(Live At New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Ct, 8/23/1994)
Silvergun Superman
(Live At New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Ct, 8/23/1994)
Crackerman
(Live At New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Ct, 8/23/1994)
Lounge Fly
(Live At New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Ct, 8/23/1994)
Meatplow
(Live At New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Ct, 8/23/1994)
Still Remains
(Live At New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Ct, 8/23/1994)
Gypsy Davy
(Live At New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Ct, 8/23/1994)
Pretty Penny
(Live At New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Ct, 8/23/1994)
Creep
(Live At New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Ct, 8/23/1994)
Andy Warhol
(Live At New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Ct, 8/23/1994)
Army Ants
(Live At New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Ct, 8/23/1994)
Big Empty
(Live At New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Ct, 8/23/1994)
Interstate Love Song
(Live At New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Ct, 8/23/1994)
Plush
(Live At New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Ct, 8/23/1994)
Unglued
(Live At New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Ct, 8/23/1994)
Dead & Bloated
(Live At New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Ct, 8/23/1994)
Sex Type Thing
(Live At New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Ct, 8/23/1994)
Negative Creep (Live) [*]

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