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Track Listings
| 1. Slip Of The Tongue |
| 2. Cheap An' Nasty |
| 3. Fool For Your Loving |
| 4. Now You're Gone |
| 5. Kittens Got Claws |
| 6. Wings Of The Storm |
| 7. The Deeper The Love |
| 8. Judgement Day |
| 9. Slow Poke Music |
| 10. Sailing Ships |
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Bestriding this album like a behemoth is the guitar of one Steve Vai. Or rather the three hundred and eighty-seven guitars you can hear all at once whilst listening to it. In the same way that DLR's first two albums were pretty much Steve Vai albums with the lyrics sung by somebody famous, this is Vai's triumph more than anyone's, and his guitar playing is fantastic throughout.
Know primarily for his soloing, Vai is in my opinion criminally underrated as a rhythm player, and he underpins these songs with great riffs and chops. Of course he wouldn't be Stevie if he didn't let fly after every middle eight, and the fretwork doesn't disappoint either (the track 'Wings Of The Storm immediately springs to mind).
The songs and lyrics themselves now seem very dated, and listening to it now the album appears to occasionaly slip unknowingly into Spinal Tap style self parody. But these songs were written and recorded before we knew who Kurt Cobain was, and songs like Cheap 'N' Nasty and Kittens Got Claws were accepted by listeners without any thought of a wry smile.
Anyway, If you love Little Stevie, (and who doesn't?) you should own this album.
Know primarily for his soloing, Vai is in my opinion criminally underrated as a rhythm player, and he underpins these songs with great riffs and chops. Of course he wouldn't be Stevie if he didn't let fly after every middle eight, and the fretwork doesn't disappoint either (the track 'Wings Of The Storm immediately springs to mind).
The songs and lyrics themselves now seem very dated, and listening to it now the album appears to occasionaly slip unknowingly into Spinal Tap style self parody. But these songs were written and recorded before we knew who Kurt Cobain was, and songs like Cheap 'N' Nasty and Kittens Got Claws were accepted by listeners without any thought of a wry smile.
Anyway, If you love Little Stevie, (and who doesn't?) you should own this album.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
It was always going to be impossible to follow 1987 & the brilliance of John Sykes with a worthy follow-up,& Dorothy & this version of the 'snake failed miserably.Historically Steve Vai gets blamed for this awful record with his ridiculous & totally out of place ,widdly,diddly over-playing,but that's only half the tale.Vai did'nt pick himself for the band,Dorothy did,& surely Dorothy had heard of Vai's style of playing on the David Lee Roth albums ,so he must've known what he was getting & surely Dorothy would have told Vai what exactly he wanted & where to reign it in a bit & show a bit of restraint.Officially the other guitarist Adrian Vandenburg was injured so Vai had to play all the guitars,yet all the songs are written by Coverdale/Vandenburg,yet Vai plays all the guitars on the album,mmm,how does that work???By the way Vandenburg didnt miss a single gig on the tour!mmm ??To the actual songs then;In fairness to Vai,a great deal of the songs are at best garbage ;the title track,Cheap n Nasty,Slow Poke Music,Kittens got Claws,hopeless,hopeless,stuff which might be why Vai overdid it,to liven the rubbish up.The best songs on here are Now your Gone,Judgement Day & Sailing Ships.The Deeper the love is ok,but the solo on it is plain WRONG no matter how technically skillful it is.Again, as with 1987 there are re-workings of an old song for the american market ,alas,sadly this ploy fails & Fool for your Loving is destroyed,so stick with the original.Unless you are a completist,avoid this album,& download the better tracks.Coverdale & Vai are 2 legendary artists in heavy rock,no question about it.But NOT together!If you like Coverdale then get any of the Whitesnake albums before this,his Deep Purple stuff, or get the recent Forevermore.If Vai's your bees knees,then get Dave Lee Roth's Eat em & Smile,or Vai's own Passion & Warfare.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:MP3 Download
Had it in my teens and I still love it now. Don't over analyse it and it's highly enjoyable music.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Good Heavy Metal album!
Very good rhythm group and Steve Vai on guitar - Heavy Metal Power! Coverdale vocal is to strong! But 1987 is bit better!
Published 3 months ago by Tony
Coverdale at last has the guitar team to take him to the summit
With Steve Vai (and Adrian Vandenburg writing), David Coverdale was finally able to take to the stage with guitarists who can look Ritchie Blackmore in the eye; while Coverdale... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Odysseus Rex
A Brilliant Album
This is an album that me and my husband use to listen to when we were young. Bought it for my husband for Valentine's Day for the last track - Sailing Ships! Read more
Published 14 months ago by Mrs. A. M. Holland
No Slip-Ups
Many view this as one of their weaker efforts, and it may be from the point of view of a hardcore fan or on an academic level, but this album is not about musical integrity and... Read more
Published 19 months ago by ratmonkey
1987 part 2.... another 3.5 stars
I've never understood the love for '1987' and the outright contempt for its follow up 'Slip Of The Tongue',its the same album!!! Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mr Blackwell
Wagging Tounges
This was the follow-up to '1987' - the mega selling, stadium filling album which spawned hit singles and MTV meltdown. Read more
Published on 25 Mar 2010 by Mr. Hugh Harkin
The not so good album.....but again is good enough!
Some people might make you believe that this Whitesnake album is not all that good.....but it really is, just give it a shot! It is definately one of their heavier albums. Read more
Published on 20 July 2009 by Metallography'2007
oh dear!
As I said...oh dear! So DC hit the big time with this one - success in the States. It makes me wince just thinking about it. Read more
Published on 24 Oct 2008 by Mr. B. S. Neighbour
The Best of Whitesnake
From the product description: "While the album wasn't on par with such past releases as 1984's SLIDE IT IN and 1987's smash self-titled release... Read more
Published on 29 Aug 2008 by Passerby
Best Whitesnake Album!
In my opinion, this is the best Whitesnake album! It has my fav ever whitesnake song 'The Deeper the love' on it and the ever so catchy 'Kittens got claws'! Read more
Published on 26 Oct 2007 by Natalie1981
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