“Trouble is Your Middle Name”
(Official Audio)
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?
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. “Flesh & Blood” will be released via Frontiers Music Srl in multiple formats. See below for full details.
CD (Jewel Case)
CD+DVD Deluxe Edition (Digipak) – Includes two studio bonus tracks on CD.
DVD includes
“Shut Up & Kiss Me” (classic jag version) (VIDEOCLIP),
“Shut Up & Kiss Me” (club mix version) (VIDEOCLIP),
Behind the Scenes of ‘Flesh & Blood’ VIDEO + 3 DVD Audio Tracks (Remixes of album tracks)
Super Luxury Boxset – Includes CD+DVD Deluxe Edition,
2xLP,
Poster,
Numbered Lithograph2xLP – Black, 180g, Gatefold
Tracklist CD / 2xLP:
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
Bonus Tracks Appearing on CD+DVD Deluxe Edition and Digital Version:
14. Can’t Do Right For Doing Wrong (Bonus Track – New Studio Song)
15. If I Can’t Have You (Bonus Track – New Studio Song)
16. Gonna Be Alright (X-Tendo Mix) – DVD Audio Track
17. Sands Of Time (Radio Mix) – DVD Audio Track
18. Shut Up And Kiss Me (Video Mix) – DVD Audio Track
]]>The same can be said about Robert Mason. He will forever be trying to get out the shadow of former and sadly diseased vocalist Jani Lane. I can tell you he is more than holding his own on Louder Harder Faster, and so is the rest of the band. The line-up features the four original members along with Robert Mason, and the result is a very respectable hard rock album, with strong roots in the late 80s and early 90s.
Just take a look at the cool album cover and you’ll immediately notice the reference back to the days when we bought our music on vinyl, and had to flip the record once it had finished, something most buyers these days have no idea about!
If I had to highlight a few songs then I would pick the cool opening title track, as well as ‘Devil Dancer’ with its strange Queensrÿche vibe, and ‘New Rebellion,’ but all of the songs are equally strong.
The brilliant production by Jeff Pilson oozes of style, and is clearly dedicated to the heydays of hard rock. Warrant proves all doubters wrong through twelve strong songs, and delivers an album that can almost measure up against their two masterpieces. I rank this album just behind those hard rock milestones, and find it very refreshing to hear them kick ass once more.
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