Good To Be Bad

Having read a few of the reviews about the album I thought I'd add my bit. This album is one of the best I have bought in a long time - it hasn't left my CD player for several weeks. What you get is what you'd expect, unless you are deluded. Whitesnake are a hard rock act that produce great music to be played loud. If you are looking for experimental jazz fusion in 12/19 time, cutting-edge grimy dubstep or Shakespearian eloquence then you should be looking elsewhere, a fact that some of the 1-star reviewers seem to have overlooked. On the other hand, if you are a fan of 80s rock, heavy riffs, fist-pumping choruses and outstanding guitar-playing, and want an album to stick on in the car at maximum volume on a sunny day, then get this album, fast. As a guitarist myself I would like to add that the solo-work is really impressive. Doug Aldrich is one of the few players who can play lightning fast, but equally well at a slower pace. Furthermore, the solos actually sound really bluesy, melodic and heartfelt, unlike some offerings of other shred guitarists, which often seem to be self-indulgent excercises in musical theory (Vai, Malmsteen etc.). So, all round hard rocking sweetness! Buy it and don't look back!

An excellent return by DC and company. Have just given this it's first spin at high volume and this is my initial reaction. The first three tracks smash your eardrums to pieces before a let up in the pace with "All I want All I need". I can see "Can you hear the wind blow" becoming a firm favorite with the whitesnake faithful. The record gets more whitesnake in the mid and later sections, "All for love" sounds like it could well have been taken straight from "1987" and "A fool for love" smacks heavily of crying in the rain. Anyone who knows about Doug Aldrich will quickly realise from the opening track that this record has got his fingerprints all over it. DC is on fine form and the band sound great. All in all a mighty fine effort, I reckon after few spins we will love it almost as much as 1987. If this is to be DC's last record he has definitely gone out all guns a blazing. But if he can still produce stuff this good I hope (and I won't be alone in saying this) that he can find enough snake venom left in the tank for one last hurrah.

There are some great tracks here Best Years is a good opener, Can You Hear The Wind Blow and Got What You Need are superb and there are some decent ballads with Summer Rain and All I Want,All I Need which is exactly what you would expect from this band. David Coverdale has a distinctive voice and although he may not belt out heavy tunes like he did 25/30 years ago it is by no means a dud. The album is littered with references to songs from the band's history within the lyrics, Lay Down your Love and Got What You Need are prime examples. Please buy the album for the music and not for the ephemera - stickers, postcards and posters the plural is a little artistic licence and obviously refers to the fact that there is one of each in each box, one sticker etc. The bonus CD is pretty decent including an acoustic version of Summer Rain and a live version of Take Me With You although with a back catalogue as impressive as Whitesnake has no doubt we would all have a favourite track we would like to have heard live in its place. The music I would give 5 stars to but I personally bought this for the extra goodies and although it looks great I would have liked a few extra freebies so this rating is purely for the package as a whole. So many of the 1970's and 1980's bands are still going strong and it's nice to see that Whitesnake are among them and I'm looking forward to seeing them at the MEN Arena soon.

I am a fan of both Whitesnake periods (the original British blues-hard rock and US sounding later years) but I had no intention of buying this album. By and large I find most albums by artists near the end of their career to be OK but not worth repeated listens, adding nothing to their legacy. I was only tempted to buy this album after reading the excellent Sail Away by Martin Popoff. He stated it would be considered one of their best if you ignored the year it was recorded. He also identified Whitesnake as one of a few heritage acts who have made cogent modern day records. Whilst it is a modern sounding record it has the unmistakable Whitesnake sound and I think sits in between Slide It In and 1987 in the evolution of their sound. It is a crunching hard rock album with great melodies. If it had been released when Whitesnake were at their commercial peak it would have been a worthy hit album spawning hit singles. Highly recommended album.

I gave up on Whitesnake in the early/mid eighties when Coverdale went all MTV/big hair and even Sykes & Vandenberg couldn't convince me to give them another try. So, it was with some surprise about 2 years ago when I heard a track on a freebie Classic Rock CD that blew me away and made me shell out for this gem. There are plenty of reviews previously that detail the quality of each song so I'll stick to the basic facts. He still has a great voice, he has found 2 superb guitarists in Reb Beach and Doug Aldrich (who is easily the best guitarist I've heard in years), and the material is at least as good as the Lovehunter/Ready and Willing era. If you are a rock dinosuar or a newer convert to Whitesnake then this should be in your CD collection. Buy it and I guarantee it will not be off your iPod or CD player. Then get yourself a ticket to catch them live this summer.

It was close, giving this five stars. I almost put it down for four but then I had another couple of listens to the album in the gym and came to the conclusion that it really is a top notch Whitesnake record. Now, I don't for a moment think that this is a classic record, because it's not. Certainly it would never hold up to say, Back in Black which is also a five star record, but if you like Whitesnake then this is one of the better ones. Clearly like many here, I grew up listening to Whitesnake, so being a fan I was a tad concerned that DC would punt out another middling record and at first I had that feeling when I heard it. However this does grow on one, and by time I'd heard it three times I really got into it. I don't think that there is a duff song on the whole album and even the slow numbers have a sense of blusey power that harks back to the 80's heyday. I also suspect that many of us have bought the new Def Leppard record as well, and I think that this just shades it to be honest. So to round up, if you like Whitesnake, then buy this because it is a good solid effort. If you don't like Whitesnake then after 25 years I don't think that this record is going to make you into a fan.

My finger won't go any lower than 4 stars for whitesnake and the reason being I've been in love with this band for 30 years. My problem with this album is that it is everything that whitesnake never was! I don't think I would remember alot about this album if it were to disappear. Well it's a bit of a racket ain't it..? Favourite track? All I want all I need. I just don't get the direction D.C is going anymore! It's like he woke up 1 day and thought I know lets scream songs from now on! Why! The best rock blues singer of the last 30 odd years, decides in his twilight years to go n thrash it out! I remember when he sang " I love the blues they tell my story". Anyway sorry I can't be positive about this album. Maybe I need locking in a room and playing this all day long. Maybe I will come back and it's grown on me.

Well, I was waiting to hear "Good to Bad" on Sunday but I misses it so only yesterday I could put my hands on it. I was thrilled and surprised. It sounded different and fresh and still ther are picks from the old purple and whitesnake days. The guitar work is unbelievable. The rhythm of the drums and the bass guitar are groovy and well tight. Above all the master & legend the voice Mr. Coverdale. I am amazed how good and powerful it sounds. I heard it four times and every time I think to myself this is the best song. The others one is the best song. What can I say-"Good to Bad", best years, summer rain, all for love , and til the end of time are masterpieces of rock & roll it was good to wait to new snake. I have already pre- ordered 2 cds limited edition.