[% META title = 'The Deep Purple Discography' lineup = 'mk2b' releasetitle = 'Knockin At Your Back Door - The Best Of Deep Purple In the 80s' releasetype = 'album, compilation, studio, live, rarity' %]
Knockin' at Your Back Door - The Best of Deep Purple in the 80's

France 1992 Polydor 511438-2 [1CD]
Japan/Thailand 1992 Polydor 511438-2 [1CD]
Japan/Thailand 1992 Polydor 511438-4 [1MC]
Canada 1992 Polydor 7 31451 14382 3 [1CD]
US 1992 Polydor [1CD; different track list]
Japan December 1999 Polydor POCP-2648 [1CD]

A compilation of Mk IIb material.

Apparently there's also a Japanese promo version floating around somewhere, which includes a studio-jam called "Cozmic jazz" recorded during the Perfect strangers sessions in 1984. It was supposed to be added as a bonus track to this compilation, but legal and financial trouble put a stop to that. Moreover, the US version apparently lacks "Son of Alerik".

TRACK LIST on the European and Japanese releases

  1. Knockin' at your back door (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan) 7.02
    Taken from Perfect Strangers 1984.
  2. Bad attitude (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Lord) 5.07
    Taken from The House of Blue Light 1987.
  3. Son of Alerick (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Lord/Paice) 10.01
    Non-album studio jam recorded during the Perfect Strangers sessions 1984.
  4. Nobody's home (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Lord/Paice) 4.00
    Taken from Perfect Strangers 1984.
  5. Black night (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 6.07
    Live version taken from Nobody's Perfect 1988.
  6. Perfect strangers (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan) 5.19
    Taken from Perfect Strangers 1984.
  7. The unwritten law (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Paice) 4.55
    Taken from The House of Blue Light 1987.
  8. Call of the wild (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Lord) 4.51
    Taken from The House of Blue Light 1987.
  9. Hush (South) 3.31
    Live jam taken from Nobody's Perfect 1988.
  10. Smoke on the water (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Lord/Paice) 7.43
    Live version taken from Nobody's Perfect 1988.
  11. Space trucking (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Lord/Paice) 5.39
    Live version taken from Nobody's Perfect 1988.

TRACK LIST on the US release (1992)

  1. Knockin' at your back door (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan) 7.02
    Taken from Perfect Strangers 1984.
  2. Bad attitude (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Lord) 5.07
    Taken from The House of Blue Light 1987.
  3. Nobody's home (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Lord/Paice) 4.00
    Taken from Perfect Strangers 1984.
  4. Black night (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 6.07
    Live version taken from Nobody's Perfect 1988.
  5. Perfect strangers (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan) 5.19
    Taken from Perfect Strangers 1984.
  6. The unwritten law (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Paice) 4.55
    Taken from The House of Blue Light 1987.
  7. Call of the wild (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Lord) 4.51
    Taken from The House of Blue Light 1987.
  8. Hush (South) 3.31
    Live version taken from Nobody's Perfect 1988.
  9. Smoke on the water (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Lord/Paice) 7.43
    Live version taken from Nobody's Perfect 1988.
  10. Space trucking (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Lord/Paice) 5.39
    Live version taken from Nobody's Perfect 1988.