"Whitesnake" is Whitesnake's 7th CD and obviously the biggest CD of their career. The CD is highlighted by the remade "Here I Go Again" and the best non-Zeppelin Zeppelin song ever "In The Still of The Night". Obviously no band will ever match the overall impact of the mighty Zep. Many knocked Whitesnake as being a Zeppelin knock off band, but I never considered them that. Vocalist David Coverdale has an amazing voice and is a great singer, he has also surrounded himself with some amazing musicians. But then again I just love rock music and don't care if they steal or borrow from other bands. That's because there's no such thing as a completely original band. In other words carry on Whitesnake.
"Whitesnake" peaked as the #2 CD on Billboard's Top 200 CDs and went on to sell over 8 million copies. This was during the end of the peak era of the hair metal movement, an era that I still can't believe how successful ended up being. When Quiet Riot started receiving notice and having some fo their songs chart that was pretty amazing. But for hair metal to get as big as it did would have completely surprised me when Quiet Riot first began receiving notice. Of course hair metal was just one of the many great music genre break outs of the 80s. I still love hair metal as much today as I did as back in the day. "Whitesnake" still has the same kick as it did in 1987. I've been cranking their Greatest Hits for my drive music the last day or so.
The ever changing band's lineup continued to change for this CD. Drummer Cozy Powell left the band after 1985's Rock In Rio concert. The line up of the band at the time of this CD: the one constant, David Coverdale, on vocals, John Sykes, guitars and vocals, Neil Murray on bass and Aynsley Dunbar was on drums and percussion. (Thanks to Wikipedia for much of the biographical info.)
1) "Crying In The Rain":
"Crying In The Rain" (live):
"Crying In The Rain" (live):
2) "Bad Boys":
If you've ever wondered why they call it hair metal, watch this video. Look at all that hair! I think this might be my favorite Whitesnake song.
3) "Still of the Night":
3) "Still of the Night":
4) "Here I Go Again" (1987):
5) "Give Me All Your Love":
6) "Is This Love":
7) "Children of the Night":
8) "Straight For The Heart":
9) "Don't Turn Away":
Whitesnake's final CD of the 80's was "Slip of the Tongue" It was a perfectly fine CD, but nowhere as good as "Whitesnake". Here's the highlights of "Slip Of The Tongue":
"Fool For Your Loving" (1989):
"Now You're Gone":
"Wings of the Storm":
"The Deeper The Love":
"Judgement Day":
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