Whitesnake (UK) - Slide It In (25th Anniversary Special Edition, Deluxe Edition) (1984/2009) (★★★★★)

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Style:

Hard Rock

Label :

Geffen Records

# :

B001 3069-00

Made In :

US

Release Date :

1984

Reissue Date :

2009

Tracklist :

CD-1 Gambler 4:02
CD-2 Slide It In 3:19
CD-3 Slow & Easy 6:00
CD-4 Love Ain't No Stranger 4:14
CD-5 Give Me More Time 3:42
CD-6 Standing In The Shadow 3:38
CD-7 Hungry For Love 3:29
CD-8 All Or Nothing 3:40
CD-9 Spit It Out 4:28
CD-10 Guilty Of Love 3:24
Bonus Tracks
CD-11 Need Your Love So Bad (45 B Side) 3:16
CD-12 Gambler (UK Mix) 3:50
CD-13 Slide It In (UK Mix) 3:17
CD-14 Standing In The Shadow (UK Mix) 3:29
CD-15 Give Me More Time (UK Mix) 3:39
CD-16 Slow & Easy (UK Mix) 6:02
CD-17 Spit It Out (UK Mix) 4:10
CD-18 All Or Nothing (UK Mix) 3:31
CD-19 Guilty Of Love (UK Mix) 3:18
CD-20 Love Ain't No Stranger (Starkers In Tokyo) 3:16
DVD-1 Guilty Of Love (Promo Video)
Film Director – Lindsey Clennell
DVD-2 Slow & Easy (Promo Video)
DVD-3 Love Ain't No Stranger (Promo Video)
Film Director – Mark Rezyka
DVD-4 Guilty Of Love (Donnington 1983)
Film Director – Geoff Kempin, Lindsey Clennell
DVD-5 Love Ain't No Stranger (Starkers In Tokyo)
DVD-6 Give Me More Time (Top Of The Pops 19th January 1984)
Film Producer – Michael Hurll
DVD-7 Love Ain't No Stranger (Live...In The Still Of The Night)
Film Director – Hamish Hamilton

Lineup :

Bass – Colin Hodgkinson (tracks: CD-12 to CD-19), Marco Mendoza (tracks: DVD-7), Neil Murray (tracks: CD-1 to CD-11)
Coordinator [Project Coordinated For Whitesnake] – David Coverdale, Michael McIntyre
Drums – Cozy Powell (tracks: CD-12 to CD-19), Tommy Aldridge (tracks: DVD-7)
Executive Producer – David Coverdale
Guitar – Adrian Vandenburg* (tracks: CD-20, DVD-5), Doug Aldrich (tracks: DVD-7), John Sykes (tracks: CD-1 to CD-11), Reb Beach (tracks: DVD-7)
Guitar, Vocals – Mel Galley (tracks: CD-12 to CD-19), Micky Moody (tracks: CD-12 to CD-19)
Keyboards – Bill Cuomo (tracks: CD-1 to CD-11), Jon Lord (tracks: CD-12 to CD-19), Timothy Drury (tracks: DVD-7)

Review :

Whitesnake big updated their sound since this album, great hooks, great songwriting and great instruments playing. The US mix sound better for these songs to me, and John Sykes guitar playing was perfect fit to these songs.