Live: In the Shadow of the Blues [Extra tracks, Import, Limited Edition]

Whitesnake | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 4, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Extra tracks, Import, Limited Edition
• Label: Steamhammer Europe
• ASIN: B000JGF1O0
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #150,757 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Bad Boys

2. Slide It In

3. Slow An' Easy

4. Love Ain't No Strange

5. Judgement Day

6. Is This Love

7. Blues For Mylene

8. Snake Dance

9. Crying In The Rain

10. Ain’T No Love In The Heart Of The City

11. Fool For Your Loving

12. Here I Go Again

13. Still Of The Night

14. Burn - Stormbringer - Burn

15. Give Me All Your Love Tonight

16. Walking In The Shadow Of The Blues

17. Deeper The Love

18. Ready An' Willing

19. Don't Break My Heart Again

20. Take Me With You

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Double live album recorded on the band's 2005-06 world tour plus four new studio tracks, their first new recordings in nearly a decade: 'Ready To Rock', 'If You Want Me', 'All I Want Is You' and 'Dog'. This two CD set features David Coverdale and his new gang of slithery 'snakes rockin' their way through the band's deep catalog including 'Slide It In', 'Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City', 'Is This Love', 'Still Of The Night' and 'Here I Go Again'. 24 tracks total. SPV. 2006. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars incredible live band, December 26, 2006

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HELLDORADO69 "helldorado69" (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Live: In the Shadow of the Blues (Audio CD)

This is one of the best live rock bands ever. This release as well as Live... In The Still of The Night can atest to that as can anyone who as ever seen this band live. You won't find any "I forgot how this solo goes" (Ace Frehley) or "I can't sing all of these lyrics without passing out" (Vince Neil) at a Whitesnake show. This is an excellent two disc summary of the bands catalog and the performance is fantastic. The four new songs with Aldrich on guitar are in the classic Whitesnake vein and are not just thrown together for this compilation. They are very strong tracks that sound like they could have come out of the Sykes/Vandenburgh era. I have only two minor complaints here. One, the price is a little excessive. Two, the sound on this live effort is just fine but it is not as good as the sound on Live....In The Still Of The Night. The sound here is a little more polished than needed but that's only realized after hearing Live.....In The Still Of The Night.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great CD., January 22, 2007

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Padraic (East Lansing, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live: In the Shadow of the Blues (Audio CD)

The other individual who reviewed this CD ... is irritating. A musically narrow-minded person who can't just judge the album on the album, who like (the minority of) other WS fans felt left behind when 'Snake hit it big in the US with "Slide It In" and "1987". It's the same with the Metallica fans who say Metallica sucked after "And Justice for All" ... (in other words ripping the BLACK album) ...
Coverdale's voice is pretty good (not the best it's ever been, but strong) and Doug Aldrich is awesome on guitar, playing the Sykes solos very well --- Anybody who reads that really negative review should see it through the true perspective: that some felt it wasn't 'their' Whitesnake anymore when WS made it huge on the trilogy of albums they put out on Geffen ... So if one has the premise anything they've done since the
"Come and Get It" days is junk, there's NO WAY a live album largely consisting of post-1984 material (with a couple new tracks) is gonna get a
normal review. And WS was great pre-1984? But not after?? B.S. - the
1987 album is a metal work of art (even though I didn't like "Is This Love"), a masterpiece of mood ... and while they contained great songs the production of the 3 WS albums, "Ready and Willing", "Come and Get It", and even "Saints and Sinners" is TERRIBLE, sounds like 3 guys jamming in a garage on 40 Watt amps.
Of particular note on this live album is the smash-mouth drumming, in the live songs ... the drummer does a superb job, gives this lineup of WS a really solid backbone. One other note of contention - Coverdale has in fact been given the runaround by certain folks in the American record industry, since Whitesnake's return to the scene 3 years ago. Easy to see why as most short-sited music execs these days all they are looking for is the next NICKELBACK (like Hinder), and couldn't care less about emotionally powerful music anymore. This is a kick a-- CD ...
"Coverdale has nothing to offer" in '06-'07? Well according to some he hasn't had anything to offer since 1982! (when I was in bloody middle school) ... So yeah why would Cov have anything to offer in 2006. Go figure. Anyway the 4 new tracks are really good.
GREAT CD. {And btw for commercially released live CDs pretty much all bands go in and fix a mistake here and there, vocal and guitar ... it isn't like Ashley Simpson on Saturday night live ...}

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like a good wine..., February 20, 2007

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Javier Islas "Rhinoggedon" (Queretaro, Qro Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live: In the Shadow of the Blues (Audio CD)

Everytime I am buying a new album from a 80's band, an inevitable doubt crosses my mind: Is this worth to buy or just another desperate attempt to get some more money before they dissappear forever?

With Whitesnake is not the case, this is the kind of band that gets stronger with the years, even when they crossed through the 80's hair metal era, David Coverdale has been always a talented musician bringing new and fresh ideas in every Whitesnake record, but at the same time being consistent and clear on the sound he wants.

I felt confident to buy this record because I had the opportunity to see them performing live on this tour as opening act for Judas Priest in Mexico City and loved the show.

This is a good summary of the Whitesnake career, Coverdale keeps his great voice, excellent mix of songs between the old records and the 80's-90's era, great musicians line-up... and the band sounds mature and stronger than ever. Like good old wines, getting better with time.

The unreleased songs at the end sound good and fresh,definitely worth to listen, they sound more like a preview of an upcoming Whitesnake record rather than old cut tunes that didn't make it to previous records.

For metal fans that started in the early 80's like me, this record is an oasis, without tags, without molds, without crossovers, just an uncompromised pure rock album from a band that stills enjoys to play. I have really enjoyed listening this record from beginning to end.

Ironic, but good old bands sound fresh these days....