Whitesnake "The Blues Album (USA, Rhino Records, 0190295156169)"

The Blues Album is a compilation album by British hard rock band Whitesnake, released on 19 February 2021 by Rhino Records. It reached Top 10 in Switzerland and Top 15 in Germany album charts.

The album contains "revisited, remixed and remastered" versions of previously released blues-hard rock songs, and is the third in a series called Red, White and Blues Trilogy following white's The Rock Album and red's Love Songs (2020).

According to the album's executive producer David Coverdale, some songs "have been musically embellished where my co-producer Michael McIntyre, my new mixer Christopher Collier and I felt it appropriate or necessary to bring out the best in these songs".

According to Coverdale "it's hard to find the words to show how profoundly they connected with my soul. But 'blues' to me is a beautiful word that describes emotional expression... feelings, be it feelings of sadness, loneliness, emptiness... but, also those that express great joy, celebration and dance, sexiness and Love!".

The Blues Album includes a more blues version of "Too Many Tears" (originally from Restless Heart) compared to Love Songs (which has a remix of Into the Light version), a song "If You Want Me" which was released in 2006 as a bonus track on live album Live... in the Shadow of the Blues, and "The River Song" originally intended by Coverdale for Coverdale–Page (1993) and released for David Coverdale's 2000 solo album Into the Light.

On band's official YouTube channel were released music videos for "Give Me All Your Love", Whipping Boy Blues", "Lay Down Your Love", "Steal Your Heart Away", and "Slow An' Easy".

Track listing

1. "Steal Your Heart Away (2020 Remix)" Forevermore 5:19
2. "Good To Be Bad (2020 Remix)" Good to Be Bad 5:14
3. "Give Me All Your Love (2020 Remix)" Whitesnake 3:13
4. "Take Me Back Again (2020 Remix)" Restless Heart 6:23
5. "Slow an' Easy (2020 Remix)" Slide It In 6:09
6. "Too Many Tears (2020 Remix)" Restless Heart 5:45
7. "Lay Down Your Love (2020 Remix)" Good to Be Bad 6:11
8. "The River Song (2020 Remix)" Into the Light 6:37
9. "Whipping Boy Blues (2020 Remix)" Forevermore 5:39
10. "If You Want Me (2020 Remix)" Live... in the Shadow of the Blues 4:07
11. "A Fool In Love (2020 Remix)" Good to Be Bad 5:48
12. "Woman Trouble Blues (2020 Remix)" Restless Heart 5:42
13. "Looking For Love (2020 Remix)" Whitesnake 6:22
14. "Crying In The Rain (2020 Remix)" Whitesnake 5:48

Third part of Whitesnake's "Red, White & Blues" trilogy

Includes track-by-track Liner Notes from David Coverdale.

Recording information:

Executive Producer – David Coverdale

Mastered By – Chris Collier

Producer – Michael McIntyre

Remix – Chris Collier

Whitesnake "The Rock Album (Remastered, USA, Rhino Records, 190295273255)"

The Rock Album is a compilation album by British hard rock band Whitesnake, released on 19 June 2020 through Rhino Records. The album contains "revisited, remixed and remastered" versions of previously released songs, and is the first in a series called Red, White and Blues Trilogy including also red's Love Songs (2020) and blue's The Blues Album (2021).

According to the album's executive producer David Coverdale, some songs "have been musically embellished where my co-producer Michael McIntyre, my new mixer Christopher Collier and I felt it appropriate or necessary to bring out the best in these songs."

The Rock Album includes a new song, "Always the Same", originally recorded for the band's 2019 album Flesh & Blood.

Track listing

1. "Still of the Night (2020 Remix)" Whitesnake 6:49
2. "Best Years (2020 Remix)" Good to Be Bad 5:16
3. "Tell Me How (2020 Remix)" Forevermore 5:28
4. "Love Ain't No Stranger (2020 Remix)" Slide It In 4:15
5. "All or Nothing (2020 Remix)" Slide It In 3:48
6. "Give Me All Your Love (2020 Remix)" Whitesnake 3:27
7. "Can You Hear the Wind Blow (2020 Remix)" Good to Be Bad 5:07
8. "Restless Heart (2020 Remix)" Restless Heart 4:52
9. "Anything You Want (2020 Remix)" Restless Heart 4:12
10. "Here I Go Again (2020 Remix)" Whitesnake 4:32
11. "Judgement Day (2020 Remix)" Slip of the Tongue 5:19
12. "She Give Me (2020 Remix)" Into the Light 4:12
13. "Crying (2020 Remix)" Restless Heart 5:39
14. "Can't Stop Now (2020 Remix)" Restless Heart 3:26
15. "Always the Same (2020 Remix)" Previously unreleased-Flesh & Blood 4:46
16. "Forevermore (2020 Remix)" Forevermore 7:07

Total Running Time: 78:18

Gatefold, sticker.

Part One of the Red, White, & Blues Trilogy: All New 2020 Mixes.

Always The Same, track 15 is the only Unreleased new song. All other songs have been Revisited, Remixed, and Remastered.

Recording information:

Producer – Michael McIntyre

Product Manager – Brian Dodd

Production Manager – Ellys Airey

Remix, Mastered By – Chris Collier

Executive Producer – David Coverdale

A&R, Art Direction, Design – Hugh Gilmour

Engineer – Jeremiah Wynn, Tom Gordon

Whitesnake "Come An' Get It (2007 Reissue, Remastered, EU, EMI, 0946 381958 2 5)"

Come an' Get It is the fourth studio album by English hard rock band Whitesnake, released in 1981. It was, at the time, Whitesnake's highest-charting release in the UK, hitting No. 2 and being kept off the top spot by Adam and the Ants' Kings of the Wild Frontier.

"Don't Break My Heart Again" and "Would I Lie to You" were released as singles, the former making the UK Top 20.

EMI remastered the CD in 2007, adding six bonus tracks, mainly rough mixes.

Come an' Get It's cover art was designed and created by British artist Malcolm Horton. Horton had been contacted by an old friend John Ward, who was at the time road manager for Whitesnake. He explained that the band did not like any of the ideas for the album cover their record label EMI had come up with, so he suggested getting Horton involved. The final artwork shows a white snake trapped inside a glass apple on the front cover; on the reverse, the glass apple is shown shattered, which represents the power of seduction/temptation becoming too strong. The snake's open mouth shows its tongue, which is painted to look like a vulva. Horton has addressed the album's "explicit" cover, saying:

One thing I always get asked about is the snake's mouth. At the time it just felt right to give it, how should I say, “a sexual element”. I felt some apprehension at first to how it would be received and if it would be acceptable. I felt that in the context of all the elements “Come An' Get It," apple, temptation, seduction it all seemed to work. Thankfully it worked and gave the piece an edge. The American market though thought differently and apparently, the mouth was airbrushed out!!

However, it did not stir as much controversy as the infamous cover of the band's second album, Lovehunter (1979). The 2007 EMI reissue redesigned the mouth to more closely resemble a regular snake's tongue.

At its debut, Come an' Get It debuted at No. 2 in the UK chart, the highest debut in the band's discography ever in their native country, but was prevented from the top spot over Adam and the Ants' Kings of the Wild Frontier. It eventually stayed 23 weeks up in the charts. The album charted on 7 countries, with Finland charting on No. 3, Germany on No. 20, Japan on No. 41, Norway on No. 26, and Sweden on No. 24. In the US, it only debuted on the Billboard 200 chart at No. 151 and kept showing for 6 weeks, unlike the moderate successes of their previous album 'Ready an' Willing' that formerly stayed for a total of 16 weeks at that time in 1980. Although the album charted poorly there, it became certified platinum by the RIAA eventually, selling over 1,000,000 copies.

The album was certified by BPI within silver status on 27 April 1981, then gold on 16 September 1981, eventually reaching platinum (300,000 copies). The album also received a gold award by RIAJ in 1981.

The band first embarked on a promotional supporting tour on 14 April 1981. The act headlined Billy Squier's 1981 "Don't Say No" album at that time. They were then joined by headlining British heavy metal band Judas Priest, "World Wide Blitz Tour" alongside other acts with Iron Maiden and Foghat in July through August, respectively. The tour also included their very first appearance in Monsters of Rock performance at Castle Donington on 22 August 1981 headlined by AC/DC. The tour would come to an end on 12 December 1981 at Stadthalle Freiburg located at Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, lasting for an approximate five months.

Track listing

1. "Come an' Get It" David Coverdale 3:59
2. "Hot Stuff" Coverdale, Micky Moody 3:22
3. "Don't Break My Heart Again" Coverdale 4:03
4. "Lonely Days, Lonely Nights" Coverdale 4:16
5. "Wine, Women an' Song" Coverdale, Moody, Bernie Marsden, Neil Murray, Jon Lord, Ian Paice 3:45
6. "Child of Babylon" Coverdale, Marsden 4:48
7. "Would I Lie to You" Coverdale, Moody, Marsden 4:29
8. "Girl" Coverdale, Marsden, Murray 3:55
9. "Hit an' Run" Coverdale, Moody, Marsden 3:23
10. "Till the Day I Die" Coverdale 4:23

2007 remastered bonus tracks

1. "Child of Babylon" (Alternate rough mix) Coverdale, Marsden 4:28
2. "Girl" (Alternate version/rough mix) Coverdale, Marsden, Murray 4:07
3. "Come an' Get It" (Rough mix) Coverdale 3:59
4. "Lonely Days, Lonely Nights" (Alternate version/rough mix) Coverdale 4:13
5. "Till the Day I Die" (Rough mix) Coverdale 4:44
6. "Hit an' Run" (Backing track) Coverdale, Moody, Marsden 3:18

Tracks 1-10 Originally ℗ 1981 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Sunburst Records Ltd. under exclusive license to EMI Records Ltd.

Digital remasters ℗ 2007 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Sunburst Records Ltd. under exclusive license to EMI Records Ltd.

Tracks 11-16 ℗ 2007 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Sunburst Records Ltd. under exclusive license to EMI Records Ltd.

℗ 2007 The copyright in this compilation is owned by EMI Records Ltd.

© 2007 Sunburst Records Ltd.

This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. © 2007 EMI Records Ltd.

Original album recorded and mixed at Startling Studios, Tittenhurst Park, Ascot, England - July '80, September '80 and January '81

Track 1: CC Songs/Warner Chappell Music Ltd.

Track 2: Birchwood Music/EMI/CC Songs/Warner Chappell Music Ltd.

Track 3: Warner Chappell Music Ltd.

Track 4: CC Songs/Warner Chappell Music Ltd.

Track 5: EMI Music Publishing (WP) Ltd./ EMI Music Publishing Ltd./ Warner Chappell Music Ltd.

Track 6: Warner Chappell Music Ltd./Bernie Marsden

Track 7: EMI Music Publishing (WP) Ltd./ EMI Music Publishing Ltd./ Warner Chappell Music Ltd.

Track 8: Warner Chappell Music Ltd./Bernie Marsden

Track 9: EMI Music Publishing Ltd./Bernie Marsden/Warner Chappell Music Ltd.

Track 10: Warner Chappell Music Ltd.

Track 11: Warner Chappell Music Ltd./Bernie Marsden

Track 12: Warner Chappell Music Ltd./Bernie Marsden

Track 13: CC Songs/Warner Chappell Music Ltd.

Track 14: CC Songs/Warner Chappell Music Ltd.

Track 15: Warner Chappell Music Ltd.

Track 16: EMI Music Publishing Ltd./Bernie Marsden/Warner Chappell Music Ltd.