Whitesnake (album)
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First edition of the album with new logo
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| Studio album by Whitesnake | ||||
| Released | 7 April 1987 | |||
| Recorded | September 1985 – April 1986 | |||
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Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, and Phase One Studios, Toronto, Canada, Compass Point Studios, Bahamas, Cherokee Studios and One on One Recording, Los Angeles |
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| Genre |
Hard rock, heavy metal, glam metal |
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| Length | 53:00 | |||
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Geffen/Warner Bros. (North America) CBS/Sony (Japan) EMI (Rest of the world) |
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| Producer | Mike Stone & Keith Olsen | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Robert Christgau | (D+) |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10 |
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| Rolling Stone | (favourable) |
Whitesnake is the self-titled seventh studio album by British rock band of the same name, released in 1987. The album produced a major power ballad hit, "Is This Love", along with the number one hit "Here I Go Again". The album was a major crossover hit eventually selling over eight million copies in the US (and thus going eight times platinum). The album peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard 200 and No. 8 on the UK Albums Chart. Its success in the US boosted its predecessor, Slide It In, from gold to double platinum status. Its success would see the band receive a nomination for the Brit Award for Best British Group in 1988.
This album was released in Europe and Australia as 1987 (with a different track listing – see below) and as Serpens Albus in Japan. A remastered reissue of this album, featuring a DVD with video clips and live performances, was released in 2007 as the 20th anniversary special edition.
During the supporting tour for the band's previous album Slide It In, singer David Coverdale and drummer Cozy Powell's relationship had started to strain. In 1985, after the band's performance at the Rock in Rio festival in Brazil, the last show of the Slide It In tour, Powell left the group. Prior to his leaving, Coverdale was actually about to fold the band, but executives at Geffen Records (with whom Whitesnake had recently signed with in the US and Canada only, while outside North America they remained with EMI) asked Coverdale to continue working with guitarist John Sykes, as they saw potential in the two.
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