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Whitesnake's Greatest Hits

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I personally have never heard of anybody who loves the "Hard Rock/Heavy Metal" genre that does not like Whitesnake. This album showcases all of the best of Whitesnake plus a few new killer tunes. We also get treated to the radio mix of "Here I Go Again". If you love Whitesnake or "Metal" in general you will not be disappointed by this album. "Still Of The Night" and "Here I Go Again" will always be two songs by which all other songs will be judged in my opinion. This album is truly Whitesnake at their best! As for other albums you may like if you like this band, well, starting in 1998 and moving forward into early this year there has been a phenomenal amount of activity within bands of this genre. Being incredibly curious I started cross referencing and came up with some great news! A lot of bands bailed out because of all the "grunge" (obviously that isn't the great news). Three that came up frequently in cross referencing that are out of commission are Skid Row, White Lion and Winger. White Lion's last release was 1992. Winger gave up and Kip Winger has released a new album but it sort of has a Bruce Springsteen flavor to it. Skid Row booted their vocalist Sebastian Bach and that was the end of that. I am happy to report that Sebastian Bach has released his first solo album, and to date it is one I personally would rate as a five star album. Sleeze Beez (sort of a Skid Row meets Warrant sound) has re-released a killer album. Unfortunately, for those of us who love this genre, they have split into two bands, neither of which would fall into this category. I would still say that their singer, Andrew Elt, has vocals worth checking out in his half of the split (with fellow Beez member Don van Spall) in a band called The Moon. Lizzy Borden's last release was 1995, Poison's and Quiet Riot's were 1996, and Whitesnake "broke up" again only to re-release a title in 1999. I wouldn't count any of these folks out yet. As for the rest...prepare to be surprised. The rest of these bands have new or re-released titles between 1998 and early 1999. AC/DC, Accept, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Bang Tango, Baton Rouge, Bon Jovi, Cinderella, Danger Danger, Dangerous Toys, Def Leppard, Dokken, FireHouse, Great White, Guns 'N Roses, Heavens Edge, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Kane Roberts, Kiss, Kix, L.A. Guns, Metallica, Motley Crue, Mr. Big, Ozzy Osbourne, Ratt, Saigon Kick, Scorpions, Slaughter, Steelheart, Twisted Sister, Tyketto, Van Halen, and Warrant. I personally haven't heard all of these records yet, so I have to admit that it's possible some of these folks, like Kip Winger, have gone much more "Pop" than "Rock". I will say that of those I've heard that hasn't been the case. So, to quote Quiet Riot, "Cum on Feel the Noize". (For those who are unfamiliar, that's how they spelled it on the album!) You can start right here with this album, "Whitesnake's Greatest Hits"!

After the dust settled from the fallout of hairbands and hard rockers in the early 90's, many of them punched out greatest hits discs in hopes to snag a few more dollars from a sagging genre. Whitesnake wasn't one of those bands. When Whitesnake released "Greatest Hits" in '94, it was a legitimate catalogue of good songs, unlike other bands who cranked out one or two Top 40 songs and slid in some unreleased versions of other songs they had recorded and called it a greatest hits album.

Whitesnake was David Coverdale and whoever he handpicked to be on each album. That's one of the things that make this band unique. Just listening to the selections on this album, you can hear the different stylings that John Sykes, Mel Galley, Steve Vai, Cozy Powell, Tom Aldridge and others brought to each song. Though Whitesnake had one constant, Coverdale, the rest of the band brought it's own influences and melded together to make some of the best rock songs and ballads of the 80's and early 90's.
Start your listening with "Still of the Night," "Here I Go Again" and "Is This Love." From there, the songs remain solid. "Fool For Your Loving" is a blues rocker that really stands out. Another good song is "Now You're Gone." The heaviest song on this album is "Judgement Day," which will leave you weak in the knees. Although "Is This Love" is probably the biggest commercial ballad for Whitesnake, "The Deeper the Love" stands on its own as a solid love song that fits well on this album.
Many folks blow off bands like Poison, Bon Jovi and Def Leppard as glitzy hairbands, but it's bands like Whitesnake that give this genre some weight. How many other bands can you name that had as much success as Whitesnake using the "new members on every album concept?" I think you'll find that number quite small.

WHITESNAKE'S GREATEST HITS IS THE ULTIMATE GREATEST HITS ALBUM THEIR' NO FILLER ALL HITS WHITESNAKE IS ONE OF THE BEST METAL OUTFITS OF THE 80'S IPLAY THIS DISC ALL THE TIME HELL THESE SONG'S SOUND BETTER THAN EVER IF YOU A WHITESNAKE FAN THIS IS YOUR ALBUM WHITESNAKE IS KILLER!!!! LONG LIV THE SNAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I must admit, when these guys were hot, I was listening to other things, but I'm glad I eventually checked them out. This is a good collection for the casual fan. It's actually missing alot, but it does include the big hits from the "Whitesnake" album, plus a number of others. What's here is "Still Of The Night", "Slide It In", "Here I Go Again", and the hit ballad "Is This Love". It also includes a few choice album cuts like "Crying In The Rain" and "Looking For Love". Overall it's a great disc, and will go well with "White Lion" and "Great White", (to complete your "White" metal trilogy of course).

This CD rock's, I head bang all the way to work listening to David Coverdale.

This disc kicks off with Still of the Night - a towering masterpiece that every hard rock fan should be familiar with. Some gruops never have a song anywhere near this good in careers as equally long as Whitesnake. The real issues with this release start once this opening statement of intent fades away.

The issue with this album is the gutlessness of it all. From the insipid pandering liner notes waffling on about 'hard rock romantics' to the cover again featuring a familiar motif in it's design this whole album is a wimpout.

Take for example Here I Go Again, a wonderful tune, but hter they've put on some soft radio edit version. This is a travesty, was the record company afraid that all of Coverdales fans were now too old to handle the proper version?

And so the album continues with ballad after ballad - Is This Love, Now Your Gone and The Deeper the Love - only the first named being worthy of being on a 'Greatest Hits' album to start with. Love Aint No Stranger is a welcome addition however and is at least a cursory nod to pre '1987' material. Elsewhere we're treated - if the word can be used - to Judgement Day and a raft of 'previously unavailable on LP' ballad style songs.

Of course any time a band puts out a best of fans will queue up to moan about which was and wasn't included. But seriously the track listing here is so much a product of a jaded, cynical marketing exercise that it's not really a good representation of the band that produced a raft of good albums over the years. Seriously, no Slip of the Tongue, no Bad Boys or even a Children of the Night for a bit of a rockier and less predictable choice. Or what about Kittens Got Claws for some tongue in cheek Vai era fun. Or Ready & Willing form an earlier incarnation of the white megabeast?

Don't fall for this cash in. And newcomers should get an established fan to show them the way, not buy this. If you can't do that then get 1987 and then Ready & Willing if you want the earlier and more sedate blues version of this band. Or Slip of the Tongue for a paler version of 1987.

David and his band rocks in this classic CD for the fans with Ultimate Collections heard from the yester years. A nice collection to be obtained by a Whitesnake fan member.

Though not obvious on tracks such as "Here I Go Again" and "Now You're Gone", Whitesnake is a band that was hugely influenced by Led Zeppelin. Listen to "Judgement Day" and "Still of the Night" and you will understand what I mean. Though Whitesnake has been much maligned for their sometimes corny lyrics and too-slick sound, they are still a solid band. And though too many sound alike ballads are included on this greatest hits album, this is still a solid disc.

David Coverdale, Whitesnake's singer and main songwriter, is an excellent vocalist. The guitarists on this album (most notably John Sykes and Steve Vai) are excellent so you can't go wrong there. Good performances all around.

If you like Led Zeppelin influenced hair metal, buy this disc!

It's been said that Whitesnake is much classier than most 'other' hair bands that emerged in the '80's.Isn't that just ANOTHER way of saying they're more mainstream?I've always been a fair weather Whitesnake fan.I mean,ever since they released 'Slide It In'(their best ever lp),they've proved to be the most mainstream,commercial and straight ahead band in rock&roll.Keep in mind that if vocalist David Coverdale didn't look as good as he did,Whitesnake wouldn't have made it AS big as they did.I think a lot of people will agree with me on that.Don't get me wrong,their music is good,not great but good.As for the good songs,they're all here,like "Still Of The Night",the rather bluesy "Love Ain't No Stranger",the unreleased "Lookin' For Love","Slide It In"(my personal Whitesnake favorite),"The Deeper The Love","Slow And Easy","Judgement Day" and "Fool For Your Loving".Finally got to see them headline awhile back and in concert,they still kick some serious ass.

OK - I am by no means a fanatical supporter of whitesnake, having only brought my first albums 3 months ago, but this compilation is missing some of the best songs Whitesnake released.
If you do buy this album then you HAVE to buy Snakebite (1978). The reason is that this compilation does not include any of the following songs from that album (which are well made and sound great)
-Come on, Bloody Mary, AIN'T NO LOVE IN THE HEART OF THE CITY(cover).
Also the one catchy tune from slip of the tounge is missing (cheap and nasty).

You might want to consider listening to PSYCHO CITY (great white) for blue's based rock, and they are also the best led zeppelin tribute band on earth.