CORPORATE LINE: The Definitive Collection spans nearly every studio album issued by Whitesnake, including its pre-U.S. fame LPs Snakebite (1978, with the band’s first hit, “Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City”), Lovehunter (1979, with “Walking In The Shadow Of The Blues” and “We Wish You Well”), Ready An’ Willing (1980, with the title track) and Come An’ Get It (1981, with “Don’t Break My Heart Again”). Also heard are hit tracks from Slide It In (1984, double platinum), Whitesnake (1987, eight times platinum) and Slip Of The Tongue (1989, platinum).
From Slide It In are the rockin’ blues “Slow An’ Easy” and the title track, and the modern slickness of “Love Ain’t No Stranger.” Whitesnake provided a timeless rock anthem in the #1 “Here I Go Again” and a classic power ballad in the #2 “Is This Love” as well as the majestic “Still Of The Night” and “Give Me All Your Love.” Slip Of The Tongue spun off the Top 40 pop hits “Fool For Your Loving” and the ballad “The Deeper The Love” plus “Judgment Day” and “Now You’re Gone.” “Looking For Love” was first heard on 1994’s platinum Greatest Hits album.
THE TRACKS:
After one agonizing listen it didn’t seem realistic to do the usual set up of reviewing the good, the average, and the bad. Nothing hit my ears from The Definitive Collection that sounded very good. There is the rare instance where a song such as “Still Of The Night,” “Fool For Your Loving,” and “Here I Go Again” stuck me as being good in a Michael Bolton sort of way.
There are some absolutely atrocious songs; “Slide It In” an awful Kiss retread.
FRANKLY: The Definitive Collection of Whitesnake is an oxymoron. Three good songs out of eighteen mathematically equates to roughly a 1.5 out of 10.
+ Rae Gun
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