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1987 (Album) by Whitesnake

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Whitesnake Is An English Hard Rock Band Founded In 1978 By Vocalist David Coverdale Formerly Of Deep Purple In North Yorkshire UK. The Current Line-Up Of The Band Also Include Joel Hoekstra Lead Guitar Reb Beach Rhythm Guitar Michael Devin Bass Brian Ruedy Keyboards And Tommy Aldridge Drums . While The Group's Membership Has Fluctuated Coverdale Remains The Heart And Soul Of The Band. In Their Early Years Whitesnake Played In A Hard-Edged Blues Rock And Heavy Metal Influenced Style. By The Mid-80s The Band Had Moved Towards A More Commercially Friendly Arena Rock And Pop Metal Ethos Garnering Them Major Hits Such As "Love Ain't No Stranger" "Now You're Gone" "Slide It In" "Still Of The Night" And The Iconic Tune "Here I Go Again" Arguably Their 'signature Song' . They Were Named The 85th Greatest Hard Rock Band Of All Time By VH1. Whitesnake Were Active Primarily In The 80s But They Still Tour Albeit With An Entirely New Line-Up Bar Coverdale To This Day. Some Of The Most Famous Musicians Who Have Joined The Band For A Time Include Jon Lord Ian Paice Cozy Powell Neil Murray Bernie Marsden Micky Moody Rudy Sarzo John Sykes Adrian Vandenberg Vivian Campbell Tommy Aldridge And Steve Vai. The Band's Early Material Has Been Compared By Critics To Deep Purple. This Is Not Only Because Three Past Members Of The Band Were Once In Deep Purple But Also Because Of Their Sound And Influences. Later The Band Took On A Sound More In Line With The Hair Metal Style Popular In The Mid To Late 80s But They Never Truly Left Their Heavy Blues Rock Roots Behind Formed In 1978 By David Coverdale After Leaving Deep Purple Whitesnake Were Originally A Straightforwards Heavy Rock Group With Jon Lord And Ian Paice From Deep Purple In The Band. Despite A Few Album Releases And Constant Touring Whitesnake Was Unable To Attain Any Significant Commercial Success In America Though Becoming Popular In The U.K. Europe And Japan. Their Critical Reviews As Well For Their Albums Were Somewhat Mixed. After Acquaintance With Chris Cuttler Fred Frith And Most Importantly Young Guitarist John Sykes David Coverdale Decided To Turn To A Slicker More Commercially Viable Sound. Whitesnake Made Their First Major Splash In The States In 1984 With The Album 'Slide It In' Featuring The Self-Titled Single As Well As Rock Tracks "Slow An' Easy" And "Love Ain't No Stranger". All Three Of Them Gained Major Airplay And Were Eaten Up By Fans. Sykes Was Not Involved In Any Of The Song Writing For 'Slide It In' Though Re-Did Some Of Micky Moody's Guitar Work In The American Remastering Of The U.K. Version Of The Album. Three Years Later Thanks To Radio-Friendly Zeppelin-Ish Songwriting And MTV Friendly Tawny Kitaen's Automobile Acrobatics Whitesnake Became Superstars With The Album 'Whitesnake' Titled '1987' In Europe And 'Serpens Albus' In Japan . Containing The U.S. Smash Hits "Here I Go Again" "Is This Love" "Still Of The Night" And Others The Album Eventually Sold Over 10 Million Copies. Coverdale Replaced The Entire Band For The Subsequent Tour Ditching Sykes For Guitarists Adrian Vandenberg And Vivian Campbell. Also Joining The Band At This Point Were Bassist Rudy Sarzo And Drummer Tommy Aldridge. Campbell Left Shortly After The Tour Going On To Replace Steve Clark In Def Leppard. Vandenberg Despite Penning Most Of The Material On The Follow-Up Album Was Unable To Record Due To A Freak Wrist Injury. Guitar Virtuoso Steve Vai Was Brought In To Record All Of The Guitar Parts For Slip Of The Tongue Which Was Released In The Spring Of 1989. Despite Going Platinum The Album Did Not Reach The Stratospheric Heights Of Whitesnake Entitled 1987 In Europe And Serpens Albus In Japan . With A Divorce Looming And The Alternative 'grunge' Movement Threatening To Destroy The Melodic Rock Movement Coverdale Dissolved Whitesnake. In The Late 90s David Coverdale And Adrian Vandenberg Finally Recorded Together Again. Initially Intended To Be A Coverdale Solo Effort The Whitesnake Name Was Eventually Attached Much Like The Tony Iommi/Black Sabbath Projects Of The Late 80s . The Resulting Products Were A New Studio Album Entitled Restless Heart And The Live Acoustic Set Starkers In Tokyo. In The Early 2000's Coverdale Relaunched Whitesnake Fully With An Entirely New Lineup Centred Around Guitarists Reb Beach And Doug Aldrich Previously Of Winger And Lion/Dio . This Whitesnake Embarked On Tours Across The Globe Releasing The "Live In The Still Of The Night" DVD And "Live... In The Shadow Of The Blues" On CD In 2006. A New Studio Album "Good To Be Bad" Was Released In 2008 Reaching The Top 10 In The UK Album Charts. Over The Last Few Years Coverdale Has Been Involved In A Remastering Project Which Has Seen All Albums From 1978's Trouble To 1989's Slip Of The Tongue Reissued With Bonus Material. Whitesnake Released Forevermore On March 25 2011 In Europe And On The 29th In North America. They Have Released A Number Of Scheduled 2011 Tour Dates On Their Website With Six Scheduled UK Tour Dates And Other European Dates. In February 2011 Whitesnake Was Announced As One Of The Headliners To Play The Annual Rocklahoma Festival In Pryor Oklahoma On Memorial Day Weekend. A Digital Single For The Song 'Love Will Set You Free' Was Released Along With A Video For The Song On February 21.
The Album Forevermore Was Released As A Special Edition 'Snakepack' Through Classic Rock Magazine On 25 March A Full 3 Weeks Before Its Commercial Release. The Fan Pack Includes The Full Official New Album Forevermore A 132-Page Magazine Poster And Pin Badge. On 20 March 2011 Whitesnake Announced That Brian Ruedy Would Play Keyboards On The Forevermore World Tour.
The Album Did Not Chart Highly Upon Its Official Release In The UK Number 33 Possibly Due To The Copies Released As Part Of The Aforementioned Classic Rock Snakepack Which Are Not Eligible For The Charts . It Did However Show Signs Of Whitesnake's Slow Rebuild Of Support In The US With The Album Charting At Number 49 - The Band's Highest Charting Album Since The 80s. Doug Aldrich And Reb Beach Are Whitesnake Longest Standing Guitar Players Both Being In The Band 10 Years By 2012. Whitesnake Are Set To Embark On Their Farewell Tour In May 2022 Beginning In The UK And Ireland With Foreigner And Europe. In July 2021 The Group Announced The Addition Of Multi-Instrumentalist Dino Jelusick To Their Ranks Turning Whitesnake Into A Septet For The First Time. Later That November Michael Devin Parted Ways With The Band. He Was Replaced By Tanya O'Callaghan Marking The First Female Musician To Join The Band. Website Http //www.Whitesnake.Com/

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Whitesnake Also Known As Serpens Albus In Japan And 1987 In The UK And Europe Is The Eighth Studio Album By British Hard Rock Band Of The Same Name Whitesnake Released In 1987. 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 In The United States Alone 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" And In Japan The Album Was "titled" / "catch Phrased" On The Obi Strips As Serpens Albus Because Of The Text On The Albums Artwork 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" And "Crying In The Rain" Originally Appeared On The Saints & Sinners Album. These Songs Were Rerecorded For The New Release Here. An Alternate Radio Version Of "Here I Go Again" 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 Remastered Reissue Of The Album Featuring A DVD With Videoclips And Live Performances Was Released As A 20th Anniversary Edition. Track Listing
All Songs Written By David Coverdale And John Sykes Except Where Noted. North American Version
"Crying In The Rain 87" Coverdale – 5 37 "Bad Boys" – 4 09 "Still Of The Night" – 6 41 "Here I Go Again 87" Coverdale Bernie Marsden – 4 35 "Give Me All Your Love" – 3 30 "Is This Love" – 4 45 "Children Of The Night" – 4 24 "Straight For The Heart" – 3 40 "Don't Turn Away" – 5 11 European Version 1987 "Still Of The Night" – 6 36 "Bad Boys" – 4 06 "Give Me All Your Love" – 3 31 "Looking For Love" – 6 33 Not On US Release "Crying In The Rain 87" Coverdale – 5 37 "Is This Love" – 4 43 "Straight For The Heart" – 3 39 "Don't Turn Away" – 5 10 "Children Of The Night" – 4 24 "Here I Go Again 87" Coverdale Marsden – 4 34 "You're Gonna Break My Heart Again" – 4 11 Not On US Release "Here I Go Again" Radio Mix Bonus Track - 3 53 The Two Tracks Not On The US Release Were Eventually Given An American Release On Whitesnake's Greatest Hits. For Here I Go Again And Crying In The Rain The "87" Is Not Actually Part Of The Song Title. Rather It Has Been Included To Avoid Confusion With The Earlier Versions Of These Songs That Appeared On Older Whitesnake Albums. Track 12 Is Included In Greatest Hits Compilation Released In 1994 20th Anniversary Edition
CD Bonus Tracks Live...In The Shadow Of The Blues Give Me All Your Love Is This Love Here I Go Again Still Of The Night DVD The Videos "Trilogy" Still Of The Night Here I Go Again Is This Love Give Me All Your Love Live...In The Still Of The Night Give Me All Your Love Is This Love Here I Go Again Still Of The Night Singles
"Here I Go Again 87" "Is This Love" "Still Of The Night" "Give Me All Your Love" Personnel
David Coverdale – Lead Vocals John Sykes – Guitar Backing Vocals Neil Murray – Bass Aynsley Dunbar – Drums Special Guests
Don Airey – Keyboards Bill Cuomo – Keyboards Adrian Vandenberg – Guitar Solo "Here I Go Again 87" Dann Huff - Guitar "Here I Go Again 87" - Radio Mix/Edit Version Denny Carmassi - Drums "Here I Go Again 87" - Radio Mix/Edit Version Vivian Campbell - Guitar Solo "Give Me All Your Love" - Radio Mix/Edit Version Additional
Produced By Mike Stone & Keith Olsen Mixed By Keith Olsen At Goodnight LA Mastered By Greg Fulginiti At Artisan Sound Recorders John Kalodner - A&R Cover By Hugh Syme Chart Positions Album
Year Chart Position 1987 The Billboard 200 2 1987 U.K. Albums Chart 8 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 Trivia Lists Of Miscellaneous Information Should Be Avoided. Please Relocate Any Relevant Information Into Appropriate Sections Or Articles. October 2007 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. 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 Vivian Campbell Adrian Vandenberg 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 Re-Recorded The Solo For The Video And Single Version Of "Give Me All Your Love".