Whitesnake

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Whitesnake
Studio album by Whitesnake
Released	7 April 1987
Recorded	September 1985 - October 1986
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	53:00
Label	Geffen (USA) EMI (rest of world)
Producer	Mike Stone & Keith Olsen
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Rolling Stone
Whitesnake chronology
Slide It In (1984) Whitesnake (1987) Slip Of The Tongue (1989)
Singles from Whitesnake
"Still of the Night" Released: 1987 "Here I Go Again" Released: 1987 "Is This Love" Released: 1987 "Give Me All Your Love" Released: 1988

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 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 in reference of the illustrated text on the album's 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.

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

1. "Crying in the Rain '87" (Coverdale) – 5:37
2. "Bad Boys" – 4:09
3. "Still of the Night" – 6:41
4. "Here I Go Again '87" (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

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 '87" (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

The two tracks not on the US release were eventually given an American release on Whitesnake's Greatest Hits.

20th Anniversary Edition

1. Still of the Night
2. Give Me All Your Love
3. Bad Boys
4. Is This Love
5. Here I Go Again 87
6. Straight for the Heart
7. Looking for Love
8. Children of the Night
9. You're Gonna Break My Heart Again
10. Crying In The Rain
11. Don't Turn Away
12. Give Me All Your Love
13. Is This Love
14. Here I Go Again
15. Still Of The Night

Tracks 12-15 bonus tracks from Live: In the Shadow of the Blues

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 (Radio Mix)"
• "Is This Love"
• "Still of the Night"
• "Give Me All Your Love ('88 Mix)"

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 on "Here I Go Again '87"
• Dann Huff - guitar on "Here I Go Again '87 (Radio Mix)"
• Denny Carmassi - drums on "Here I Go Again '87 (Radio Mix)"^[1]
• Vivian Campbell - guitar solo on "Give Me All Your Love ('88 Mix)"

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

Singles

Trivia

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• 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".

References

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