{"id":13481,"date":"2013-07-05T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T00:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=13481"},"modified":"2013-08-05T10:05:17","modified_gmt":"2013-08-05T10:05:17","slug":"album-review-whitesnake-made-in-britain-the-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-whitesnake-made-in-britain-the-world-record\/","title":{"rendered":"WHITESNAKE – Made In Britain \/ The World Record (2013) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

WHITESNAKE
Made In Britain \/ The World Record<\/strong><\/span>
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\nFrontiers (2013)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Other than a few absent years in the mid-90s when most felt that rock was dead, Whitesnake has been out there in some form since 1978, releasing a string of hits along the way ranging in style from hard rock to blues to hair metal.<\/p>\n

Despite all of the reunion hubbub from \u201cclassic\u201d bands over the last decade, few have been as consistent as Whitesnake. Following the release of two superb albums of new material (2008\u2019s Good To Be Bad<\/em> and 2011\u2019s Forevermore<\/em>) the band released Made In Japan<\/em> (2013) and now Made In Britain<\/em> \/ The World Record<\/em>, and all while their contemporaries have struggled to even release new material. <\/p>\n

Made In Britain<\/em> \/ The World Record<\/em> is a two-disc live set that features a wide range of Whitesnake material. It includes a nice chunk of material from the band\u2019s latest albums as well as their biggest hits, a couple of rarer cuts, and, of course, some material from vocalist David Coverdale\u2019s pre-Whitesnake band Deep Purple. The Made In Britain<\/em> disc was recorded on the band\u2019s 2011 tour of the UK and The World Record<\/em> contains bits from shows all over the world.<\/p>\n

Much to my surprise, this set kicks off with my all-time favourite Whitesnake song, \u2018Best Years\u2019 from Good To Be Bad<\/em>. Coverdale and company (including ex-Dio guitarist Doug Aldrich and Winger guitarist Reb Beach) get the crowd pumped by rocking to the \u201cThese are the best years \/ Truly the best years of my life\u201d<\/em> lyric. Just like the band, the fans are aging and it becomes an anthemic lyric for the collective hard rock scene. <\/p>\n

\u2018Fool For Your Loving\u2019, \u2018Forevermore\u2019 and \u2018Still Of The Night\u2019 bring out the rock god side of the band, each getting a hefty lift from Aldrich\u2019s metal background in my opinion. The set is balanced out by the boogie woogie blues of \u2018My Evil Ways\u2019 and the soaring hair metal anthems \u2018Is This Love\u2019 and \u2018Here I Go Again\u2019, a song that is hijacked early on by the audience. There really isn\u2019t much cooler than hearing a huge audience sing along to a classic hit. It almost makes the song a little less cheesy knowing how it still resonates with so many people so many years later. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s \u2018Love Ain\u2019t No Stranger\u2019 that highlights this disc though. The bluesy swagger of the verses combined with the arena-tinged choruses and soloing really makes this song as potent today as it was when Slide It In<\/em> (1984) first hit my record player. The 2013 version of Whitesnake don\u2019t always handle the classics as faithfully as they do this one, but this take is a certain shining moment.<\/p>\n

The World Record<\/em> disc doesn\u2019t quite pack the punch of Made In Britain<\/em> (in part due to most of the big hits being on Made In Britain<\/em>) but does have some cool moments on it. \u2018Slide It In\u2019 remains as hokey as it always has been, but the crowd gives it lots of love here. I always have found this song to be like Warrant\u2019s \u2018Cherry Pie\u2019 in that it\u2019s a guilty pleasure. \u2018Snake Dance\u2019 is its polar opposite, with deep, chunky, blues-inspired riffing that leads perfectly into Good To Be Bad<\/em>\u2019s \u2018Can You Hear The Wind Blow?\u2019 bringing a heavier element to this disc that it largely lacks. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s the ballads that rule on this disc to be honest. The powerful version of \u2018Fare Thee Well\u2019 reminds me of Tesla\u2019s acoustic albums and maybe even early Black Crowes with a different style of vocal. Coverdale sounds like he\u2019s struggling on this one, but the band is tight as hell and carry it wonderfully. \u2018Deeper The Love\u2019 sounds a little hollow but Coverdale\u2019s vocal is at its best on the set on this one and when the guy is on, he\u2019s on. This disc is rounded out by some Deep Purple that sounds pretty paint-by-numbers (\u2018Soldier Of Fortune\u2019 and a medley of \u2018Burn \/ Stormbringer\u2019) but is probably hard not to include at this point.<\/p>\n

Overall, this is a solid set. It\u2019s not Whitesnake\u2019s best sounding record but it\u2019s fair to middling as far as live albums go. Made In Britain<\/em> is much better overall than The World Record<\/em> but both edge out the recently released Made In Japan<\/em> by a solid margin. If you are a fan of Whitesnake\u2019s entire career or dig their new stuff like I do then there\u2019s plenty of fat to chew on this one. The band do a good job of covering everybody\u2019s favourite era on this double disc set. <\/p>\n

Mark Fisher<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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