Whitesnake - Here I Go Again The Whitesnake Collection (35 tracks) +Album Reviews

Consider trading in your old 'Snake CD's for this one...

birddogger5150 | Roseville, MN USA | 11/20/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you're the sentimental type who likes to be able to look at original artwork and packaging (and lyrics, which aren't present here) while listening to your favorite CD's, then you may want to hold on to your old `Snake discs. For me, any opportunity to streamline three bulky jewel cases into one slim-line double-disc case containing three albums' worth of material plus six bonus tracks and remastered sound is money well spent. And the requisite liner notes tell a good story. Like most liner notes, you'll probably read it once (if that) and never give it even a passing glance again, but it makes for an interesting package nevertheless. I'm not going to go into much detail on the old material. If you're reading this, you're probably already familiar with Whitesnake and know that the "Slide It In" and "Whitesnake" albums are classics. "Slip Of The Tongue" was a big disappointment, primarily due to the addition of Steve Vai, a fabulous technician on the guitar who unfortunately does not possess enough blues influence to fit in comfortably with this band. But I was pleasantly surprised how good the songs from that disc sounded all these years later, in the context of this package. As for the six bonus tracks - these aren't mere filler! "You're Gonna Break My Heart Again" and "Sweet Lady Luck" are classic WS rockers, and "Looking For Love" and the soulful, gospel-like "Need Your Love So Bad" are excellent ballads. The two "remixes" of "Here I Go Again" and "Give Me All Your Love" are great as well. "Here I Go Again" is actually a full-on remake awash in synthesizers, created solely for mass Top 40 appeal. Most fans of the "Whitesnake" album HATED this version when they heard it on the radio, but I happened to like it better than the album version. Either way, it makes for two discs worth of Whitesnake's entire recorded output from 1984-1989. Highly recommended!"

Upgrade your Whitesnake collection!

birddogger5150 | 03/21/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you love Whitesnake's Geffen catalog and want to hear those classic albums in upgraded 96k/24-bit high resolution sound than this set's for you. When you get it, try this! Open your CD burning program and add tracks in this order: Still Of The Night, Bad Boys, Give Me All Your Love, Looking For Love, Crying In The Rain, Is This Love, Straight For The Heart, Don't Turn Away, Children Of The Night, Here I Go Again, You're Gonna Break My Heart Again. Create the CD and now have the far superior, import version of the 1987 classic. Why they sequenced the tracks differently and chopped two songs off the American release I'll never understand. It's a shame that the Coverdale/Sykes partnership was so short-lived. Had they stuck together, I'm sure this genre of music would have never died."

It is worth your money: three albums (and +) in one package!

I. MUNOZ | Montreal, PQ, Canada | 05/01/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Although not officially a "greatest hits" release, this double CD contains 24-bits remastered (and complete!) versions of three most known and successful Whitesnake albums: "Slide it in", "Whitesnake" (1987) and "Slip of the tongue". So, all their hits you might remember from the eighties are in there: "Here I go again", "Still of the night", "Is This Love", "Fool For Your Loving", "Now You're Gone"... Also, a couple of bonus tracks and B-sides add some more value to it -- being the thunderous "Sweet Lady Luck" one of my preferred ones. All this is complemented with a pretty good booklet containing some pictures, liner notes and information about each song.On the (slightly) negative side, you might complain that it doesn't come with the lyrics. In addition, I think that at least one track with Vivian Campbell on guitars would have been a nice-to-have on it. But had it to be perfect? No way! This release is close to perfection and rocks anyways. It is worth your money and delivers the goods as you expect and deserve. Hats off to the record company!To conclude: if you're just a casual fan (as I am) this is probably all what you need from Whitesnake. However, if you are a true fan and want to collect all their albums this double release would make no sense at all (probably you already own all this, and will hate feeling yourself compelled to buy the same thing once more). But for the rest of us, I think this is of a great value. I'm personally glad they released this. Five stars then!"

Worth the Money even for this die hard!

J. Humphreville | Antioch, TN | 01/05/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Lets start by saying I own all things Whitesnake. So to some I may be a fool for purchasing this collection when I already had the albums contained and most of the B Sides(from greatest hits and others specials). However, the remastered quality of these discs made it worth every penny I plunked down.

Of course this spans the Geffen years of the snake, so it is the American versions and mixes of both Slide It In and Whitesnake 1987. Slide It In is upgraded greatly over the original American release(for any who may be confused, there is an international mix released before Slide It In was put out in America. John Sykes is not on the orig version and keyboards were drastically cut out on the american version.) It is a sonic treat to listen to "Slow n Easy" sound so great. David Coverdale's vice is incredible on the remasters. This collection serves as a better set than the 1 disc Greatest Hits if for no other reason than it has the real 1987 version of "Here I go Again" whereas the Hits cd only had the terrible radio version. And I love "You're Gonna Break My Heart Again" in beautiful 24 bit remastering. The bonus tracks for all three albums as well as just the incredible remastering job make this worth the mney even for a longtime die hard member of the Whitesnake Choir. It is also an affordable way to get these albums for a first time buyer. That is a win/win."

A terrific deal of great music.

Kevin H. Dudley | Roanoke, VA (USA) | 10/19/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This 2 disc collection basically just collects all of the tracks from 1984's Slide It In, 1987's self titled release Whitesnake and 1989's commercial/critical disaster Slip of the Tongue.

In addition to this, you also get the schmaltzy radio arrangement of the massive hit single Here I Go Again (in addition to the far superior album version), 2 tracks that were only available on the import version of the 1987 album (You're Gonna Break My Heart Again, Looking for Love), a B side (Need Your Love So Bad) and an additional track that was available only on the import version of Slip of the Tongue. Also, they included both the album and single versions of Give Me All Your Love as (like Here I Go Again) the album and single versions of this track are quite different in some respects.

The radio version/arrangement of Here I go Again kicks off Disc 1 and then the rest of this collection has the songs in chronological order.

All of the tracks have also been remixed in crystal clear 24 bit style. Add in some excellent liner notes that detail the history of the group up to and mainly including the years of these albums, and this is quite a deal.

I didn't really become that much of a fan of Whitesnake until 1984's Slide It In. In a lot of respects I think that it is their best album. 1987's mainly took what they were doing and adding in more of a commercial sheen that worked in spades. Slip of the Tongue failed because they just tried to duplicate the 1987 album, but even still, it has its moments.

I would recommend someone getting this before getting the 2 disc Gold collection but then again, with the Gold collection you do get 13 or so tracks from their pre 1984 era. If you're wanting more of a complete overview, go with the Gold collection. But if you want to hear the band in their prime (especially the 1984 and 1987 material) and can live with a few tracks that don't work as well as they had hoped off of Slip of the Tongue, this is a terrific double disc set to pick up for people wanting to re-discover Whitesnake or are just wanting to hear what they were about.

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