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Whitesnake - Flesh & Blood coming 10th May 2019


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The new Whitesnake cd titled Flesh & Blood is due to be released on 10th May 2019 and the first single dropped today...

 

Fresh off celebrating their 40th anniversary, rock legends Whitesnake return with their latest studio album, “Flesh & Blood”. This album follows the 2011 critically acclaimed studio album “Forevermore” and 2015’s “The Purple Album”, a reimagining of Deep Purple classics from Whitesnake mastermind’s David Coverdale’s time in that band. The 13 original, visceral tracks on “Flesh & Blood”, the band’s 13th studio album, are, luckily for you dear reader, “all killer, no filler”, as the saying goes.

But would you expect anything less from the ’Snakes?

David Coverdale, the mastermind behind Whitesnake & co-composer of 'Shut Up & Kiss Me' with guitarist Reb Beach, commenting on the forthcoming release said "that after the intense darkness of our last video BURN If anything, it’s ‘light’ snake, you know? We’ve got some really dark energy going on in the world right now, so we’re gonna write & record a fun, knees up, song about falling in love with a fabulous babe. You’re over-talking, over-compensating & she just looks at you, takes the reins & says, 'Shut Up and Kiss Me!' and that’s it!! My video director and creative partner Tyler Bourns and I discussed a great storyline for the video, which involves a surprise guest: my fabulous old white Jaguar. We ended up cleaning and detailing it, as it has been in storage since I moved to Lake Tahoe, then we dusted off my old turquoise silk jacket from the original ‘Here I Go Again’ video and I was thinking, "man, this is going to be fun!" It’s a respectful acknowledgment and positive nod to the past, just fun stuff.”

Joining Coverdale on Flesh & Blood is the powerhouse band comprised of Reb Beach and Joel Hoekstra on guitar, Michael Devin on bass, Tommy Aldridge on drums, and Michele Luppi on keyboards.

The current incarnation of the band carries on the long and unwavering tradition of main man David Coverdale being surrounded by cream of the crop players who go all in to bring fans the best hard rock humanly possible. 40+ years into their existence, the ‘Snakes fangs have only grown sharper and are ready to inject fans with more of that rock ‘n roll venom they crave.
 

Tracklist
1. Good To See You Again
2. Gonna Be Alright
3. Shut Up & Kiss Me
4. Hey You (You Make Me Rock)
5. Always & Forever
6. When I Think Of You (Color Me Blue)
7. Trouble Is Your Middle Name
8. Flesh & Blood
9. Well I Never
10. Heart Of Stone
11. Get Up
12. After All
13. Sands Of Time

Like this a lot, it has that old Whitesnake swagger about it.will look forward to this one.

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Honestly, I haven't been a huge Whitesnake fan over the years for whatever reason.  I dug them a bit back in the late 80's but they've mostly been off my radar.

That said, kinda like this tune.  Fun song and agree it has a classic Whitesnake vibe to it.

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33 minutes ago, tts42572 said:

Honestly, I haven't been a huge Whitesnake fan over the years for whatever reason.  I dug them a bit back in the late 80's but they've mostly been off my radar.

That said, kinda like this tune.  Fun song and agree it has a classic Whitesnake vibe to it.

I'm right there with you, only this song does nothing to make me want to listen to them. Nice guitar work though.

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2 hours ago, Dead Planet said:

Definite pickup for me....

Yep

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I actually don't mind that at all. Never was a gigantic Whitesnake fan, but this reminds me of the two albums from them I did like. Good stuff. 

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A fun song that musically sounds good, but David's vocals put me off a bit, he sounded a bit strained on the last few albums, which is understandable with age, but he sounds almost unlistenable at times on this new track

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On 2/19/2019 at 4:12 AM, Crazysam said:

A fun song that musically sounds good, but David's vocals put me off a bit, he sounded a bit strained on the last few albums, which is understandable with age, but he sounds almost unlistenable at times on this new track

he sounds more like the guy from Moonkings ! 

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New track is OK, as with the prior single musically this sounds really good and reminds of the band's late 80's sound, for me though Dave's voice still sounds rough, albeit not as distracting, and the chorus gets a bit too repetitive

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So after the first listen, not too bad at all. Will be giving this a good go. 

It's well known his voice is not what it was. Lord Coversale's 67 though. No huge surprise. There seems to be a fair amount of electronic jiggery pokery going on to help him but even that's not always covering up some of the problems.  Respect for putting out a strong record at that age. 

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