Britská hard rocková kapela Deep Purple vznikla v Londýně roku 1968 a společně s Led Zeppelin a Black Sabbath patří mezi průkopníky heavy metalu a moderního hard rocku. Celosvětově prodali přes 100 milionů desek a v Guinnessově knize rekordů z roku 1975 byli uvedeni jako nejhlučnější kapela světa.
Kompilace A Fire in the Sky: A Career-Spanning Collection vyšla v roce 2017 na vydavatelství Parlophone a přináší přehled kariéry kapely na 3 CD. Výběr 40 skladeb z 19 alb zahrnuje klasiky Smoke on the Water, Highway Star, Perfect Strangers i novější nahrávky jako Hell to Pay nebo Rapture of the Deep.
V době vydání alba tvořili sestavu kytarista Steve Morse a klávesista Don Airey.
Skladby
CD 1
1. Hell To Pay [5:10]
2. Vincent Price [4:44]
3. Wrong Man [4:51]
4. Rapture Of The Deep [5:57]
5. Sun Goes Down [4:09]
6. Any Fule Kno That [4:27]
7. Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming [7:29]
8. Vavoom: Ted The Mechanic [4:16]
9. The Battle Rages On [5:54]
10. King Of Dreams [5:29]
11. Call Of The Wild [4:34]
12. Bad Attitude [4:43]
13. Knocking At Your Back Door [7:03]
14. Perfect Strangers [5:28]
CD 2
1. You Keep On Moving (2010 Remastered Version) [5:25]
2. Dealer (2010 Kevin Shirley Remix) [3:55]
3. Stormbringer (2009 Remastered Version) [4:06]
4. Soldier Of Fortune (2009 Remastered Version) [3:14]
5. Mistreated (2004 Remastered Version) [7:27]
6. Might Just Take Your Life (2004 Remastered Version) [4:39]
7. Burn (2004 Remastered Version) [6:02]
8. Rat Bat Blue (2000 Remastered Version) [5:23]
9. Woman From Tokyo (2000 Remastered Version) [5:48]
10. Space Truckin' (2012 Remastered Version) [4:33]
11. Smoke On The Water (2012 Remastered Version) [5:41]
12. When A Blind Man Cries (2012 Remastered Version) [3:31]
CD 3
1. Highway Star (2012 Remastered Version) [6:05]
2. Demon's Eye (2016 Remastered Version) [5:20]
3. Fireball (2016 Remastered Version) [3:24]
4. Strange Kind Of Woman (2002 Remastered Version) [3:50]
5. Child In Time (2016 Remastered Version) [10:17]
6. Speed King (U.S. Edit) [2016 Remastered Version] [4:19]
7. Black Night (Single Version) [2002 Remastered Version] [3:26]
8. Hallelujah (2002 Remastered Version) [3:42]
9. Emmaretta (2012 Stereo Mix) [3:28]
10. The Bird Has Flown (Early Version) [2012 Stereo Mix] [3:02]
11. Wring That Neck (Stereo Mix) [2014 Remastered Version] [5:11]
12. Kentucky Woman (Stereo Mix) [2014 Remastered Version] [4:43]
13. Mandrake Root (Stereo Mix) [2014 Remastered Version] [5:55]
14. Hush (2014 Remastered Version) [4:12]
