Product Description

'The Best Of Whitesnake' is a collection of songs from the band's most formative years. Gathers together the cream of their 80's efforts such as their two top ten singles 'Here WeGo Again' and 'Is This Love'. Heavy rock tracks sit alongside power ballads and soft metal. Influenced by Led Zeppelin and Dave Coverdale's former band Deep Purple.

Track Listing

1. Fool for Your Loving
2. Don't Break My Heart Again
3. Love Ain't No Stranger
4. Is This Love
5. Now You're Gone (US remix)
6. Give Me All Your Love
7. Ready an' Willing
8. Guilty of Love
9. Would I Lie to You
10. Long Way from Home
11. The Deeper the Love
12. Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City
13. Too Many Tears
14. Give Me More Time
15. Standing in the Shadow
16. Here I Go Again
17. Still of the Night

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7364 in Music
• Released on: 2003-03-24
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
An album of two distinct halves, The Best of Whitesnake inevitably but annoyingly jumbles up honest, workmanlike tracks from the pre-1984 blues-rock outfit with transatlantic poodle-rock from a late-80s band that had the same name and same frontman but little in common musically with their previous incarnation. The only track from their first proper studio album Trouble is the subsequent live standard "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" and there's also just one cut from 1978's Lovehunter ("Long Way from Home"). Other highs include "Fool for Your Loving" (Ready an' Willing, 1980) and the sassy boogie of "Would I Lie to You" (Come an' Get It)--exactly what Whitesnake did best. Poodle-power-chord tracks to avoid include "Is This Love" from 1987 and "Now You're Gone" from 1989's even more dire Slip of the Tongue. Significantly, by the time of "Too Many Tears" from 1997's Restless Heart, Coverdale is nostalgically harking back to the band's blues roots: "All I'm asking is where did I go wrong?" he sings. Just listen to this album, David mate, and you'll find out. --Mark Walker

Customer Reviews

good best of
a great selection of songs by a great band, buy this along with the 1994 greatest hits and the 2004 early years compilation then you would truly have the very best of whitesnake!

Great selection of songs!
In my opinion there are soooooooooooooo many good whitesnake songs and this album is a good example!

Its definatly a good starter album for the new fans.

Snake Rattle An' Roll
The first thing I would advise you to do is...Ignore the above Amazon review..anyone would think they didn't want you to order the album, that guy needs to be fired..NOW...Anyway, onto the album, I agree that Whitesnake were a band of 2 styles, the blues/rock of the 1st few albums, and the American sounding pomp rock of later years..but this Cd has the very best of both styles, and i think it's a worthy addition to the collection of anyone who calls their self a fan of Whitesnake..buy it.