A few years ago, when David Coverdale reignited the flame that was Whitesnake, he freely admitted that he was unsure as to how much life was left in the band and the brand.\u00a0 A new lineup and a batch of fresh material (2008\u2019s Good To Be Bad<\/i>) seemed to breathe new life into the Snake, and more importantly, the main man himself.\u00a0 He needn\u2019t have worried about how far he could take it, though, because since then, the band has gone from strength to strength touring the world, headlining festivals and replenishing their catalogue with new live albums and DVDs and the obligatory compilation releases, too.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
So striking while the iron is hot, Coverdale and his partner in crime Doug Aldrich (guitars) set about writing a new record that they hoped would recall the glory days of the Snake as well as keeping the current band in the headlines for all the right reasons.\u00a0 In this I can tell you they have succeeded completely, and along with Michael McIntyre, they have produced one of the best albums in the Whitesnake cannon.\u00a0 Filling out the lineup is Reb Beach (guitars), Michael Devin (bass) and Brian Tichy (drums) with some additional help from Timothy Drury (keys) and Jasper Coverdale on some nice harmony vocals with his old man.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
This small gathering of old and new heads has clearly inspired all involved, as Forevermore<\/i> is one cracking heavy-hitting album.\u00a0 Dave\u2019s voice is still powerful enough to handle anything here, whether it\u2019s the frenetic rocker \u201cDogs In The Street\u201d or the melancholic love song \u201cFare Thee Well.\u201d\u00a0 Highlights are a-plenty, beginning with opener \u201cSteal Your Heart Away,\u201d which instantly becomes a stone cold Snake classic due to the massive, shredding riffs and Coverdale\u2019s vital delivery (which is perfectly mixed here and throughout the record).\u00a0 <\/p>\n
The laidback groove of \u201cEasier Said Than Done\u201d hits the right spot, as does the wicked sleaze-rock of \u201cWhipping Boy Blues.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cTell Me How\u201d is big, bad and bombastic (just the way we fans like it) and it reminds me that the Whitesnake of the \u201880s was better than most would care to admit.\u00a0 The acoustically based \u201cOne Of These Days\u201d is a nice change of pace, and it\u2019s another chance for Coverdale to prove he can still cut it with the best of them.\u00a0 A couple of personal favorites of mine, \u201cAll Out Of Luck\u201d and \u201cLove Will Set You Free,\u201d add some heart and soul to the proceedings and keep the whole thing honest. <\/p>\n
\u201cLove & Treat Me Right\u201d is full of swagger and although its not one of the standouts, it is still a solid song that holds up to repeated plays.\u00a0 The most bluesy (or should I say, the most \u201870s sounding track) song on the album, \u201cI Need You (Shine A Light),\u201d is a fine example of powerful blues rock, even if the lyrics are riddled with clich\u00e9s of yesteryear.\u00a0 The album closes out with the bad-boy boogie of \u201cMy Evil Ways\u201d and the beautiful and epic \u201cForevermore\u201d that really is Coverdale\u2019s crowning glory on this fantastic collection of songs.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Yes, the nod to Led Zep is notable a few times, and the occasional dip into the hair-rock of the 1980s is unavoidable, but none of this must take away from the fact the Forevermore<\/i> is a completely satisfying experience and a grand statement from one of rock\u2019s grandest men.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":30778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[5777],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-42452","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-whitesnake","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42452"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=42452"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=42452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}