Whitesnake
Good To Be Bad

THE REVIEW

Here is the official return of Whitesnake in a new studio album after "Restless Heart" (1997) and after the live "In still of the night" from 2007 with a David Coverdale in great shape, and with an astonishing voice.

This "GOOD TO BE BAD", has all the potential to become a classic of the genre.

An album that does not spare the ears from a great and refined Rock/Hard Rock of high class, as in the years when Coverdale gifted us, from "Ready an' Willing" (1980) "Come an' Get It" (1981) "Saint And Sinners" (1982) "Slide It In" (1984) to "Whitesnake" (1987) but also especially "Coverdale Page" (1993).

In front of the "King David" we have Doug Aldrich, guitarist among others for Ronnie James Dio and House of Lords (in the times of "Sahara"); Reb Beach guitarist of Winger, collaborates with Alice Cooper and Dokken; Timothy Drury here as a keyboardist but was also a guitarist and singer, collaborated with Brian Adams, Eagles and Stevie Nicks; Uriah Duffy R&B, Rock and Metal bassist; Chris Frazier, famous for having been Steve Vai's drummer for about a decade.

The CD starts with "Best Years" more than an appropriate opener, with heavy guitars, which makes it clear that the sound is modern, given by Doug but the David Coverdale’s Whitesnake brand never lets go. Doug's unmistakable guitar can be heard and the track could easily come out from "Into the Light" or "Coverdale Page," an engaging piece, and just as you catch your breath, there comes "Can You Hear the Wind Blow" next, and Aldrich's guitar here is a heavy and almost hypnotic riff (a Ronnie Dio could easily interpret this song), in my opinion, a great hard piece. "Call On Me" another vocal reference especially to "Coverdale Page," up to here the CD quality is exceptional, does not disappoint, the music "hits" and the voice is more than excellent. "All I Want All I Need", here is the first ballad, here the references to 1987 are all there, a nice mid-tempo. The title track brings us back to a great hard rock, and the guitarist brings a fresh sound to the CD, always respecting the style that made Whitesnake and Coverdale great.

"All For Love" is the sixth song, homage to the times of "Saint and Sinner" or "Slide It In". Now you dream with your eyes open with the Country/Blues ballad "Summer Rain". Here again you can hear that Plant had a great influence on Coverdale: the great "Lay Down Your Love" is the new "Still Of The Night". A heartfelt Blues/Rock for "A Fool in Love" (vaguely "River Song"), a magnificent interpretation. Great Hard/Rock'n Roll instead for "Got What You Need"...and the concluding "Til The End Of Time": a beautiful Country/Rock ballad that seems written specifically for a modern western film.

The sound, as mentioned is fresh and modern, even though nothing new has been "invented", but surely we are in front of a GENTLEMAN CD, which all lovers of the White Snake should have, and also for those who want to spend an hour listening to a great Hard Rock CD, with vague seventies nuances, well produced and superbly performed.