Whitesnake - Good To Be Bad

It took eleven years of waiting to have a new studio album from the legendary hard rockers, Whitesnake. The question of every one of us is if this album is worth for eleven years of waiting. So this is what I m going to analyze below.
\r\nFirst of all, any of you that have believed that Whitesnake will return to their primitive 70’s sound, unfortunately you will be disappointed. As for the others that have believed that the new album would sound closer to the “1987” and “Slip of the Tongue” are so close to what the “Good To Be Bad” album is.
\r\nSo, in the new album you will find mid tempo songs, with a more American essence, but not the 80’s American essence. The album features some catchy riffs that sometimes will sound familiar to you. (For example, the intro riff of “Call on me” reminds me so intensively the “Still Of The Night” riff) The strongest point of this release in my opinion is the guitar work and the solos made by Doug Aldrich. He might no be Steve Vai, but his playing steals the show for true. The album features eleven tracks, eight hard rock tracks and three ballads. But all of the tracks own the classic Whitesnake element, the voice of David Coverdale.
\r\nSome of the best tracks of this release is of course the same titled track, which is a groovy track that reminds of the “1987” era, with very good riffage and the classic melodic lines of Coverdale’s vocals, but in my opinion the guitar solo of Aldrich steals the show once again. The single of the album “All For Love” is a classic Whitesnake track that can easily be described as the best song of the album. This is a classic Whitesnake song with sharp riffs, double guitar lines during the lead break, harmonics and a more up tempo chorus that stick in your mind and of course a great solo by Aldrich.
\r\nVery good tracks is also the “Lay Down Your Love” track that I cant avoid the comparison with the “In The Still Of The Night” at least in this track Coverdale seems to wake up and performing great. I feel that in the most of the album Coverdale sounds too apathetic, and his “high pitched notes are colorless. Another very interesting song is the track “A Fool In Love” that is a rockier blues track very catchy and groovy. At last, it’s worthy to mention is the AC DC – a like track of the album, “Got What You Need” in which Coverdale performing his best.
\r\nIn Conclusion, I think that the eleven years of waiting is worthy of this release, but once again, time will tell.
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