#93
April 16 1984
Whitesnake
Slide it In
4 out of 5
Highlights:
Give Me More Time
Love Ain’t No Stranger
Slow an’ Easy
Guilty of Love
Yeas ago, while diving deep into Sabbath and Deep Purple I took a bunch of tangents to listen to bands that had come out of those granddads of Metal. When I learned that Coverdale was once a lead singer for Purple I decided that I had to listen to Whitesnake. I’m really glad I did. To be fair, I only covered 3 Whitesnake records at that time and this one was the weakest of the three. Back then that meant that I thought this record was an A-.
I wonder what 10 years will do to my thoughts on this record…
The promoter in me wants to go back in time and put together a Kiss/Whitesnake “Slide it In, Spit it Out then Lick it Up” tour. Cuz, that’s what Coverdale sounds like on the title track (And, especially, “Spit it Out”). If Sammy Hagar Fronted Kiss it would sound just like this.
The production is great and the performance is top notch but I can’t help feel like Coverdale, if he thought it would sell more records, would gladly turn himself into Michael Bolton.
But, for big, radio friendly, blues based rock and roll, this is excellent. My opinion hasn’t changed. And Jon Lord's keyboards are in fine form here.
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