The Rock Album
Compilation album by
Whitesnake
Released19 June 2020 (2020-06-19)
GenreHard rock, blues rock, heavy metal, glam metal
Length78:10
LabelRhino
Producer
Whitesnake chronology
Flesh & Blood
(2019) 		The Rock Album
(2020) 		Love Songs
(2020)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Classic Rock[1]

The Rock Album is a compilation album by British hard rock band Whitesnake, released on 19 June 2020 through Rhino Records.[2] The album contains "revisited, remixed and remastered" versions of previously released songs, and is the first in a series called Red, White and Blues Trilogy including also red's Love Songs (2020) and blue's The Blues Album (2021).

Content

According to the album's executive producer David Coverdale, some songs "have been musically embellished where my co-producer Michael McIntyre, my new mixer Christopher Collier and I felt it appropriate or necessary to bring out the best in these songs."[2]

The Rock Album includes a new song, "Always the Same", originally recorded for the band's 2019 album Flesh & Blood.[2][3]

Track listing

No.TitleOriginal releaseLength
1."Still of the Night (2020 Remix)"Whitesnake6:49
2."Best Years (2020 Remix)"Good to Be Bad5:16
3."Tell Me How (2020 Remix)"Forevermore5:28
4."Love Ain't No Stranger (2020 Remix)"Slide It In4:15
5."All or Nothing (2020 Remix)"Slide It In3:48
6."Give Me All Your Love (2020 Remix)"Whitesnake3:27
7."Can You Hear the Wind Blow (2020 Remix)"Good to Be Bad5:07
8."Restless Heart (2020 Remix)"Restless Heart4:52
9."Anything You Want (2020 Remix)"Restless Heart4:12
10."Here I Go Again (2020 Remix)"Whitesnake4:32
11."Judgement Day (2020 Remix)"Slip of the Tongue5:19
12."She Give Me (2020 Remix)"Into the Light4:12
13."Crying (2020 Remix)"Restless Heart5:39
14."Can't Stop Now (2020 Remix)"Restless Heart3:26
15."Always the Same (2020 Remix)"Previously unreleased-Flesh & Blood4:46
16."Forevermore (2020 Remix)"Forevermore7:07

Charts

The vinyl LP charted on the UK Official Vinyl Albums Chart at the 39th position.[4]

Chart performance for The Rock Album
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[5] 89
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 40
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[7] 11
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[8] 28
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[9] 36
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[10] 44
Scottish Albums (OCC)[11] 11
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 36
UK Albums (OCC)[13] 81
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[14] 2

Credits

Credits are adapted from the complication album's liner notes. For original album credits, see Slide It In, 1987, Slip of the Tongue, Restless Heart, Into the Light, Good to Be Bad, Forevermore

Whitesnake (Always the Same)

(see Flesh & Blood credits)

Technical (Always the Same)
  • Michael McIntyre – engineering & recording
  • Christopher 'Muffin Man' Collier – mixing & mastering
  • Scott Hull – mastering (at Masterdisk, New York)[15]
Management
  • David Coverdale — executive producer
  • Michael McIntyre — producer
  • Hugh Gilmour — A&R
Technical
  • Christopher 'Muffin Man' Collier – remixing & mastering
  • Scott Hull — remastering
  • Tom Gordon — 2nd engineer & QC
  • Jeremiah Wynn — 2nd engineer & QC
Design
  • Hugh Gilmour — art direction, design
Other
  • Brian Dodd — product manager
  • Ellys Airey — production & packaging manager

References

  1. ^ Elliot, Paul (19 June 2020). "Whitesnake: The Rock Album - proof that there's life left in brand Coverdale". Classic Rock. Retrieved 4 December 2020 – via Loudersound.
  2. ^ a b c "WHITESNAKE: THE ROCK ALBUM Available June 19th". Rhino Records. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Whitesnake - The Rock Album". Rock Hard. Vol. 398. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Official Vinyl Albums Chart on 26/6/2020". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Ultratop.be – Whitesnake – The Rock Album" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Whitesnake – The Rock Album" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2020. 28. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2020-06-29" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of June 24, 2020". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  10. ^ "Portuguesecharts.com – Whitesnake – The Rock Album". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  12. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Whitesnake – The Rock Album". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  13. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  14. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  15. ^ "Whitesnake Slide It In 35th Anniversary Unboxing". Whitesnake TV. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2023 – via YouTube.
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