Whitesnake (album)
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Whitesnake, the self-titled 1987 album by the hard rock band of the same name, was a major crossover hit and one of the top-selling albums in the hair metal genre, eventually selling over eight million copies (and thus going eight times platinum). The album peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 chart. Its success even boosted its predecessor, Slide It In, from gold to double platinum status.
In Europe the album was called 1987 which featured a different running order and two extra tracks, "Looking For Love" and "You're Gonna Break My Heart Again".
After the album was recorded, lead singer David Coverdale fired the band members who had played on the recordings: John Sykes (guitar), who went on to found Blue Murder; Neil Murray (bass); and Aynsley Dunbar (drums). Adrian Vandenberg, who played on the album as a session musician, joined the band on a full-time basis after the other members were gone.
The album produced three major crossover hit singles: the Led Zeppelin-influenced "Still of the Night," which featured a guitar solo played with a violin bow as on the Led Zeppelin track "Kashmir;" "Here I Go Again," the band's only #1 single in the U.S.; and the power ballad "Is This Love," which reached #2 on the U.S. singles chart.
All videos from the album earned substantial airplay on MTV in part due to appearances by Tawny Kitaen, then the wife of Whitesnake lead singer David Coverdale.
The album's success paved the way for other Zeppelin-derived acts, such as Kingdom Come, to find commercial success in the U.S.
Track listing
- Crying in the Rain (David Coverdale)
- Bad Boys (Coverdale, John Sykes)
- Still of the Night (Coverdale, Sykes)
- Here I Go Again (Coverdale, Bernie Marsden)
- Give Me All Your Love (Coverdale, Sykes)
- Is This Love (Coverdale, Sykes)
- Children of the Night (Coverdale, Sykes)
- Straight For the Heart (Coverdale, Sykes)
- Don't Turn Away (Coverdale, Sykes)
Track Listing, 1987 (UK & European version)
- Still Of The Night (David Coverdale, John Sykes)
- Bad Boys (Coverdale, Sykes)
- Give Me All Your Love (Coverdale, Sykes)
- Looking For Love (Coverdale, Sykes)
- Crying In The Rain (Coverdale)
- Is This Love (Coverdale, Sykes)
- Straight For The Heart (Coverdale, Sykes)
- Don't Turn Away (Coverdale, Sykes)
- Children Of The Night (Coverdale, Sykes)
- Here I Go Again (Coverdale, Bernie Marsden)
- You're Gonna Break My Heart Again (Coverdale, Sykes)
Personnel
- David Coverdale - vocals
- John Sykes - guitar, vocals
- Neil Murray - bass
- Aynsley Dunbar - drums
Special guests
- Don Airey - keyboards
- Bill Cuomo - keyboards
- Adrian Vandenberg - guitar
Credits
- Produced by Mike Stone & Keith Olsen
- Mixed by Keith Olsen at Goodnight LA
- Mastered by Greg Fulginiti at Artisan Sound Recorders
- John Kalodner : John Kalodner
- Cover by Hugh Syme
Chart positions
Album
1987 The Billboard 200 No. 2
Singles
- 1987 Still Of The Night The Billboard Hot 100 No. 79
- 1987 Still Of The Night Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 18
- 1987 Here I Go Again The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- 1987 Here I Go Again Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 4
- 1987 Is This Love The Billboard Hot 100 No. 2
- 1987 Is This Love Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 13
- 1988 Give Me All Of Your Love The Billboard Hot 100 No. 48
- 1987 Give Me All Of Your Love Mainstrean Rock Tracks No. 22
European release
- "Still of the Night" (David Coverdale, John Sykes)
- "Bad Boys" (Coverdale, Sykes)
- "Give Me All Your Love" (Coverdale, Sykes)
- "Looking for Love" (Coverdale, Sykes)
- "Crying in the Rain" (Coverdale)
- "Is This Love" (Coverdale, Sykes)
- "Straight For the Heart" (Coverdale, Sykes)
- "Don't Turn Away" (Coverdale, Sykes)
- "Children of the Night" (Coverdale, Sykes)
- "Here I Go Again" (Coverdale, Bernie Marsden)
- "You're Gonna Break My Heart Again" (Coverdale, Sykes)
See also
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