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Whitesnake – Good To Be Bad - added - April 1st, 2008
Reviewer: Sixxswine

5/5

David Coverdale hasn’t released a quality Whitesnake album since 1987’s self titled multiplatinum record. Over the past few years he’s released solo albums, live Whitesnake live albums and a slew of compilation records, so a new studio album was due. To celebrate Whitesnake’s 30th Anniversary Coverdale and the current incarnation of Whitesnake have recorded Good To Be Bad a collection of tracks lean heavily on Whitesnake’s melodic hard rock style of the 80’s with a hint of the classic blues based sound that we heard from Coverdale in the 70’s.

 

I must admit I was a little concerned when I heard the first two tracks “Best Years” and “Can You Hear The Wind Blow” as they lack the enthusiasm that is featured on the rest of Good To Be Bad.  That said while the two openers might not hit their mark, Coverdale playing modern rock is still much better result than what we’ve heard from his contemporaries. David Coverdale might have lost some of his range but these songs are tailored to his current abilities. The MVP of this album is guitarist Doug Aldrich who plays with passion and a sense of urgency that I haven’t heard from him since his days in Lion. While Doug has taken on the role of lead guitarist they also have Reb Beach who played a key role in making Good To Be Bad a rock solid album. This album could have been the successor to Whitesnake less poppy than Slip Of Tongue and less of the flash. Once you hit song three “Call On Me” it’s all good as Whitesnake blasts their way through potential hit after hit. One missing ingredient is Tommy Aldridge who has been the backbone of this band since 1987. Current drummer Chris Frazier does an adequate job as his successor. The standout tracks on Good To Be Bad and there are a number of them (however I have selected four); “Till The End Of Time” great acoustic based track with a great groove and one of the best Coverdale performances ever,  “All I Want All I Need” this track at one point will bump the highly overrated “Is This Love” from the setlist, “Summer Rain,” this track could compete with current stuff from Nickleback and Daughtry for AOR airplay and “A Fool In Love” great blues based rocker for the fans from way back, one of the greatest riffs of all time so mush so it would make John Sykes jealous.

 

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