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Brennan F
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This is Whitesnake at their absolute peak. They are still staying true to their blues based background and create a truly amazing blues rock album. The opener is "Young Blood" it's fast and heavy. Foot stomping energy all around and Ian Paice's drumming really shines. The song Rough and Ready follows it up perfectly with continued energy and great guitar play. A hard rocking song that is short and to the point, a fun listen.
Songs like Bloody Luxury, Love 'an' Affection and Dancing Girls have both fantastic keyboard play from Jon Lord and fun lyrics and great performances form David Coverdale. They are fun, full of energy and really let the keyboards and lyrics shine. A touch cheesy? Sure, but that is how Coverdale's lyrics are at times, but over all they are catchy and fun to sing a long with.
Excellent Guitar work from Bernie and Micky can be seen on Rock An' Roll Angels, Victim of Love and Saints An' Sinners. In particular Saint's and Sinners has a tremendous riff that his hard driving and chugging. Rock and Roll Angels has a unique riff as well and an even better solo to sink your teeth into.
Here I Go Again is here in it's original form and it is really good. Before it became commercialized this is the song in it's raw blues rock form. I prefer it to the '87 version because of this. David's performance is soulful and impactful. Jon's keyboards are much more in focus and the interplay with the guitar is easier to hear making it all the more enjoyable for me.
The Diamond of the album for me is Crying in the Rain. It is miles better than what we got in the '87 remake. The lyrics deal with love, depression and stress while David's performance is strong and you can really feel the emotion in his voice. It's a serious song with an amazing message and this version of the song doesn't drown that out. That's not to say the rest of band is slacking here though. The Guitars are loud and in your face with some amazing soloing. Jon's Keyboards get there time to shine and he doesn't disappoint. Ian's drums keep everything in line and make the entire song a joy to listen to. Truly a masterpiece of a song on a masterpiece of an album.
My biggest critique of this album is the production. It's not bad, but it does sound a bit dated. A remaster bringing the guitars more in focus and louder. As well as crisper drums would make this absolutely perfect.
This is one of those albums I'd recommend to almost everyone, if you like Whitesnake, Deep Purple, Rock, Blues etc. anything close to those categories give this one a listen you won't be disappointed.
Songs like Bloody Luxury, Love 'an' Affection and Dancing Girls have both fantastic keyboard play from Jon Lord and fun lyrics and great performances form David Coverdale. They are fun, full of energy and really let the keyboards and lyrics shine. A touch cheesy? Sure, but that is how Coverdale's lyrics are at times, but over all they are catchy and fun to sing a long with.
Excellent Guitar work from Bernie and Micky can be seen on Rock An' Roll Angels, Victim of Love and Saints An' Sinners. In particular Saint's and Sinners has a tremendous riff that his hard driving and chugging. Rock and Roll Angels has a unique riff as well and an even better solo to sink your teeth into.
Here I Go Again is here in it's original form and it is really good. Before it became commercialized this is the song in it's raw blues rock form. I prefer it to the '87 version because of this. David's performance is soulful and impactful. Jon's keyboards are much more in focus and the interplay with the guitar is easier to hear making it all the more enjoyable for me.
The Diamond of the album for me is Crying in the Rain. It is miles better than what we got in the '87 remake. The lyrics deal with love, depression and stress while David's performance is strong and you can really feel the emotion in his voice. It's a serious song with an amazing message and this version of the song doesn't drown that out. That's not to say the rest of band is slacking here though. The Guitars are loud and in your face with some amazing soloing. Jon's Keyboards get there time to shine and he doesn't disappoint. Ian's drums keep everything in line and make the entire song a joy to listen to. Truly a masterpiece of a song on a masterpiece of an album.
My biggest critique of this album is the production. It's not bad, but it does sound a bit dated. A remaster bringing the guitars more in focus and louder. As well as crisper drums would make this absolutely perfect.
This is one of those albums I'd recommend to almost everyone, if you like Whitesnake, Deep Purple, Rock, Blues etc. anything close to those categories give this one a listen you won't be disappointed.
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