Whitesnake (album)

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Whitesnake
Whitesnake cover
Studio album by Whitesnake
Released 4 April 1987
Recorded September 1985 - October 1986
Genre Hard rock
Heavy metal
Glam metal
Blues-rock
Label Geffen (USA)
EMI (rest of world)
Professional reviews
Whitesnake chronology
Slide It In
(1984)		 Whitesnake
(1987)		 Slip Of The Tongue
(1989)
Singles from Whitesnake
  1. "Still of the Night"
    Released: 1987
  2. "Here I Go Again"
    Released: 1987
  3. "Is This Love"
    Released: 1987
  4. "Give Me All Your Love"
    Released: 1988

Whitesnake, also known as "Serpens Albus" is an album released in 1987 by the British rock band of the same name (Whitesnake). The album was a major crossover hit and one of the top-selling albums in the glam metal genre, eventually selling over eight million copies (and thus going eight times platinum). It was the eighth studio release from the band. 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"; and in Japan the album was titled Serpens Albus which, in Latin, means "Whitesnake"). The two extra European tracks would be released in America in the 90s on Whitesnake's Greatest Hits.

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 solo to "Here I Go Again," 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", "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. They also had hits in Britain with the aforementioned three singles, as well as "Give Me All Your Love", which reached #18.

"Here I Go Again" originally appeared on the Saints & Sinners album. It was rerecorded for the new release here. An alternate radio version of this album's recording did not appear on the album but was later included as a bonus track on Whitesnake's Greatest Hits.

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.

A new reissue of the album featuring a DVD with videoclips and more material of the band in that year is going to be released as a 20th anniversary edition.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by David Coverdale and John Sykes except where noted.

[edit] American version

  1. "Crying in the Rain" (Coverdale) – 5:37
  2. "Bad Boys" – 4:09
  3. "Still of the Night" – 6:41
  4. "Here I Go Again" (Coverdale, Bernie Marsden) – 4:35
  5. "Give Me All Your Love" – 3:30
  6. "Is This Love" – 4:45
  7. "Children of the Night" – 4:24
  8. "Straight for the Heart" – 3:40
  9. "Don't Turn Away" – 5:11

[edit] European version (1987)

  1. "Still of the Night" – 6:36
  2. "Bad Boys" – 4:06
  3. "Give Me All Your Love" – 3:31
  4. "Looking for Love" – 6:33
  5. "Crying in the Rain" (Coverdale) – 5:37
  6. "Is This Love" – 4:43
  7. "Straight for the Heart" – 3:39
  8. "Don't Turn Away" – 5:10
  9. "Children of the Night" – 4:24
  10. "Here I Go Again 87" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 4:34
  11. "You're Gonna Break My Heart Again" – 4:11

[edit] Singles

  • "Here I Go Again"
  • "Is This Love"
  • "Still of the Night"
  • "Give Me All Your Love"
  • "Crying in the Rain"
  • "Bad Boys"

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Special guests

[edit] Additional

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] Album

Year Chart Position
1987 The Billboard 200 2

[edit] Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1987 "Still of the Night" The Billboard Hot 100 79
1987 "Still of the Night" Mainstream Rock Tracks 18
1987 "Here I Go Again" The Billboard Hot 100 1
1987 "Here I Go Again" Mainstrean Rock Tracks 3
1987 "Is This Love" The Billboard Hot 100 2
1987 "Is This Love" Mainstrean Rock Tracks 13
1988 "Give Me All of Your Love" The Billboard Hot 100 48
1987 "Give Me All of Your Love" Mainstrean Rock Tracks 22

[edit] Trivia

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  • In the video for "Still of the Night", part of the instrumental string interlude is visualized using a bow on an electric guitar but the strings were recorded by Don Airey using either a synthesizer or a sampler.[citation needed]
  • The videos for "Still of the Night","Here I Go Again", "Is This Love" and "Give Me All Your Love", apart of David Coverdale himself, feature the touring line-up of Adrian Vandenberg, Vivian Campbell, Rudy Sarzo and Tommy Aldridge, though they never took part on the recordings, except for Vandenberg, who played on the solo for "Here I Go Again", and Campbell who played on the solo for "Give Me All Your Love".

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.thehighwaystar.com/rosas/jouni/dc.html
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