Whitesnake – S/T (Release Year – 1987)
Very few discs today can install such a passion for music, as the one generated in me by Whitesnake’s self titled disc from 1987. This disc was released the year I graduated high school. The fondness and memories that accompany this disc are like none other that I own today.
This is a disc that turned David Coverdale into a superstar, and made Whitesnake a household name amongst rock fans. Sure Whitesnake had been around for years, but this disc was a career maker for this group, and the strength of the songs on this disc has certainly kept the fans clamoring for more. Over Eight Million Copies sold, and four big hits spawned from this disc, Still of the Night, Here I Go Again, Give Me All Your Love, and Is This Love! This band had it all at the time. Killer Songs, kick ass music videos and awesome tours to go along with it.
Sadly, there is always a back story with every disc. By the time this disc was released, all of the members in the band were gone besides David Coverdale. There are tons of rumors out there as to what happened. Nonetheless, the guitar player that reenergized this band was none other than John Sykes. His awesome guitar playing and song writing are all over this disc. Sadly, David and John were trading barbs at each other when this disc came out, and it is highly doubtful that they will ever work together again.
How much do I like this disc? Let me put it this way, I have Still of the Night as a ringtone on my cellphone. In my opinion, this disc is absolutely killer. There are no filler tracks, and is disc that I consider a must own. This disc has made me a huge Whitesnake fan, as well as a huge John Sykes fan (his material after Whitesnake is well worth seeking out, more on that later).
If you have not picked this disc up, you need to run to the music store and pick this up!
You will not be disappointed! Stroll down memory lane and check out the videos below from this disc, and then stop over and check out the reviews by the other March Metal Madness Knights, Heavy Metal Time Machine , Heavy Metal Addiction , and Pulses, Verses and other Flotsam
RATING: 
Out of 10
Still of the Night
Is this Love
Here I Go Again
Crying in the Rain
Track Listing:
- Crying In the Rain
- Bad Boys
- Still of the Night
- Here I Go Again
- Give Me All Your Love
- Is This Love
- Children of the Night
- Staight For the Heart
- Don’t Turn Away
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Not my fave WHITESNAKE album but i like it more then back in the day. I remember i also bought a video tape with those video clips.
Good review and hail.
Oh man, I love you guys for posting this review! A true classic. Chuck Klosterman would wholeheartedly agree.
-Vince Neilstein
MetalSucks.net
Yep, one of my all-time favorite rock albums.
I also have “Still of the Night” as a ringtone on my cell!
Great review.
Cheers-
Allyson
http://www.bringbackglam.com
It’s a good album. It’s holds up pretty well too. Now remember Sykes didn’t play on Slide it in, he came in for the tour. I think that album is the one that started them in this musical direction. However, this is the one that had the hits and took them to another level.
As I’ve posted on other sites – a great album 10/10 is the only score for it!! There is an interview where DC explains the line up changes. Apparently after the majority of the instrumental work was finished he suffered voice problems and needed lengthy rest and couldn’t afford to pay the band, he claimed. Dunbar was only involved in the studio anyway as Cozy Powell had moved on but I guess Sykes and Murray were pissed at being laid off – especially as Murray had been there since ’78 and Sykes had co-written much of the album!
I remember even my non-rock mates at college liking this album!!
My number one album of all time.
Definitely one of the best albums of the ’80s and one that helped me get thru my sophomore year of high school. This was one of those albums that everyone could agree on at parties or parking lots. A classic!