Whitesnake (also known as Serpens Albus in Japan and 1987 in the UK and Eur… Read Full Bio ↴Whitesnake (also known as Serpens Albus in Japan and 1987 in the UK and Europe) is the eighth studio album by British hard rock band of the same name (Whitesnake), released in 1987. The album was a major crossover hit and one of the top-selling albums in the glam metal genre, eventually selling over eight million copies in the United States alone (and thus going eight times platinum). The album peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 chart. Its success even boosted its predecessor, Slide It In, from gold to double platinum status.
In Europe the album was called 1987 which featured a different running order and two extra tracks, "Looking for Love" and "You're Gonna Break My Heart Again"; and in Japan the album was "titled" / "catch phrased" on the obi strips as Serpens Albus because of the text on the albums artwork which, in Latin, means "Whitesnake"). The two extra European tracks would be released in America in the 90s on Whitesnake's Greatest Hits.
After the album was recorded, lead singer David Coverdale fired the band members who had played on the recordings: John Sykes (guitar), who went on to found Blue Murder; Neil Murray (bass); and Aynsley Dunbar (drums). Adrian Vandenberg, who played on the solo to "Here I Go Again," joined the band on a full-time basis after the other members were gone.
The album produced three major crossover hit singles: the Led Zeppelin-influenced "Still of the Night", "Here I Go Again", the band's only #1 single in the U.S. and the power ballad "Is This Love", which reached #2 on the U.S. singles chart. They also had hits in Britain with the aforementioned three singles, as well as "Give Me All Your Love", which reached #18.
"Here I Go Again" and "Crying In The Rain" originally appeared on the Saints & Sinners album. These songs were rerecorded for the new release here. An alternate radio version of "Here I Go Again" of this album's recording did not appear on the album but was later included as a bonus track on Whitesnake's Greatest Hits.
All videos from the album earned substantial airplay on MTV in part due to appearances by Tawny Kitaen, then the wife of Whitesnake lead singer David Coverdale.
The album's success paved the way for other Zeppelin-derived acts, such as Kingdom Come, to find commercial success in the U.S.
A remastered reissue of the album featuring a DVD with videoclips and live performances was released as a 20th anniversary edition.
Track listing
All songs written by David Coverdale and John Sykes except where noted.
North American version
"Crying in the Rain 87" (Coverdale) – 5:37
"Bad Boys" – 4:09
"Still of the Night" – 6:41
"Here I Go Again 87" (Coverdale, Bernie Marsden) – 4:35
"Give Me All Your Love" – 3:30
"Is This Love" – 4:45
"Children of the Night" – 4:24
"Straight for the Heart" – 3:40
"Don't Turn Away" – 5:11
European version (1987)
"Still of the Night" – 6:36
"Bad Boys" – 4:06
"Give Me All Your Love" – 3:31
"Looking for Love" – 6:33 (not on US release)
"Crying in the Rain 87" (Coverdale) – 5:37
"Is This Love" – 4:43
"Straight for the Heart" – 3:39
"Don't Turn Away" – 5:10
"Children of the Night" – 4:24
"Here I Go Again 87" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 4:34
"You're Gonna Break My Heart Again" – 4:11 (not on US release)
"Here I Go Again" (Radio Mix, Bonus track) - 3:53
The two tracks not on the US release were eventually given an American release on Whitesnake's Greatest Hits.
For Here I Go Again and Crying in the Rain, the "87" is not actually part of the song title. Rather, it has been included to avoid confusion with the earlier versions of these songs that appeared on older Whitesnake albums.
Track 12 is included in Greatest Hits compilation released in 1994
20th Anniversary Edition
CD Bonus Tracks
Live...In The Shadow Of The Blues
Give Me All Your Love
Is This Love
Here I Go Again
Still Of The Night
DVD
The Videos "Trilogy"
Still Of The Night
Here I Go Again
Is This Love
Give Me All Your Love
Live...In The Still Of The Night
Give Me All Your Love
Is This Love
Here I Go Again
Still Of The Night
Singles
"Here I Go Again 87"
"Is This Love"
"Still of the Night"
"Give Me All Your Love"
Personnel
David Coverdale – lead vocals
John Sykes – guitar, backing vocals
Neil Murray – bass
Aynsley Dunbar – drums
Special guests
Don Airey – keyboards
Bill Cuomo – keyboards
Adrian Vandenberg – guitar solo ("Here I Go Again 87")
Dann Huff - guitar ("Here I Go Again 87" - Radio Mix/Edit version)
Denny Carmassi - drums ("Here I Go Again 87" - Radio Mix/Edit version)
Vivian Campbell - guitar solo ("Give Me All Your Love" - Radio Mix/Edit version)
Additional
Produced by Mike Stone & Keith Olsen
Mixed by Keith Olsen at Goodnight LA
Mastered by Greg Fulginiti at Artisan Sound Recorders
John Kalodner - A&R
Cover by Hugh Syme
Chart positions
Album
Year Chart Position
1987 The Billboard 200 2
1987 U.K. Albums Chart 8
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1987 "Still of the Night" The Billboard Hot 100 79
1987 "Still of the Night" Mainstream Rock Tracks 18
1987 "Here I Go Again" The Billboard Hot 100 1
1987 "Here I Go Again" Mainstrean Rock Tracks 3
1987 "Is This Love" The Billboard Hot 100 2
1987 "Is This Love" Mainstrean Rock Tracks 13
1988 "Give Me All of Your Love" The Billboard Hot 100 48
1987 "Give Me All of Your Love" Mainstrean Rock Tracks 22
Trivia
Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (October 2007)
In the video for "Still of the Night", part of the instrumental string interlude is visualized using a bow on an electric guitar but the strings were recorded by Don Airey using either a synthesizer or a sampler.
The videos for "Still of the Night","Here I Go Again", "Is This Love" and "Give Me All Your Love", apart of David Coverdale himself, feature the touring line-up of Vivian Campbell, Adrian Vandenberg, Rudy Sarzo, and Tommy Aldridge, though they never took part on the recordings, except for Vandenberg, who played on the solo for "Here I Go Again", and Campbell who re-recorded the solo for the video and single version of "Give Me All Your Love".
In Europe the album was called 1987 which featured a different running order and two extra tracks, "Looking for Love" and "You're Gonna Break My Heart Again"; and in Japan the album was "titled" / "catch phrased" on the obi strips as Serpens Albus because of the text on the albums artwork which, in Latin, means "Whitesnake"). The two extra European tracks would be released in America in the 90s on Whitesnake's Greatest Hits.
After the album was recorded, lead singer David Coverdale fired the band members who had played on the recordings: John Sykes (guitar), who went on to found Blue Murder; Neil Murray (bass); and Aynsley Dunbar (drums). Adrian Vandenberg, who played on the solo to "Here I Go Again," joined the band on a full-time basis after the other members were gone.
The album produced three major crossover hit singles: the Led Zeppelin-influenced "Still of the Night", "Here I Go Again", the band's only #1 single in the U.S. and the power ballad "Is This Love", which reached #2 on the U.S. singles chart. They also had hits in Britain with the aforementioned three singles, as well as "Give Me All Your Love", which reached #18.
"Here I Go Again" and "Crying In The Rain" originally appeared on the Saints & Sinners album. These songs were rerecorded for the new release here. An alternate radio version of "Here I Go Again" of this album's recording did not appear on the album but was later included as a bonus track on Whitesnake's Greatest Hits.
All videos from the album earned substantial airplay on MTV in part due to appearances by Tawny Kitaen, then the wife of Whitesnake lead singer David Coverdale.
The album's success paved the way for other Zeppelin-derived acts, such as Kingdom Come, to find commercial success in the U.S.
A remastered reissue of the album featuring a DVD with videoclips and live performances was released as a 20th anniversary edition.
Track listing
All songs written by David Coverdale and John Sykes except where noted.
North American version
"Crying in the Rain 87" (Coverdale) – 5:37
"Bad Boys" – 4:09
"Still of the Night" – 6:41
"Here I Go Again 87" (Coverdale, Bernie Marsden) – 4:35
"Give Me All Your Love" – 3:30
"Is This Love" – 4:45
"Children of the Night" – 4:24
"Straight for the Heart" – 3:40
"Don't Turn Away" – 5:11
European version (1987)
"Still of the Night" – 6:36
"Bad Boys" – 4:06
"Give Me All Your Love" – 3:31
"Looking for Love" – 6:33 (not on US release)
"Crying in the Rain 87" (Coverdale) – 5:37
"Is This Love" – 4:43
"Straight for the Heart" – 3:39
"Don't Turn Away" – 5:10
"Children of the Night" – 4:24
"Here I Go Again 87" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 4:34
"You're Gonna Break My Heart Again" – 4:11 (not on US release)
"Here I Go Again" (Radio Mix, Bonus track) - 3:53
The two tracks not on the US release were eventually given an American release on Whitesnake's Greatest Hits.
For Here I Go Again and Crying in the Rain, the "87" is not actually part of the song title. Rather, it has been included to avoid confusion with the earlier versions of these songs that appeared on older Whitesnake albums.
Track 12 is included in Greatest Hits compilation released in 1994
20th Anniversary Edition
CD Bonus Tracks
Live...In The Shadow Of The Blues
Give Me All Your Love
Is This Love
Here I Go Again
Still Of The Night
DVD
The Videos "Trilogy"
Still Of The Night
Here I Go Again
Is This Love
Give Me All Your Love
Live...In The Still Of The Night
Give Me All Your Love
Is This Love
Here I Go Again
Still Of The Night
Singles
"Here I Go Again 87"
"Is This Love"
"Still of the Night"
"Give Me All Your Love"
Personnel
David Coverdale – lead vocals
John Sykes – guitar, backing vocals
Neil Murray – bass
Aynsley Dunbar – drums
Special guests
Don Airey – keyboards
Bill Cuomo – keyboards
Adrian Vandenberg – guitar solo ("Here I Go Again 87")
Dann Huff - guitar ("Here I Go Again 87" - Radio Mix/Edit version)
Denny Carmassi - drums ("Here I Go Again 87" - Radio Mix/Edit version)
Vivian Campbell - guitar solo ("Give Me All Your Love" - Radio Mix/Edit version)
Additional
Produced by Mike Stone & Keith Olsen
Mixed by Keith Olsen at Goodnight LA
Mastered by Greg Fulginiti at Artisan Sound Recorders
John Kalodner - A&R
Cover by Hugh Syme
Chart positions
Album
Year Chart Position
1987 The Billboard 200 2
1987 U.K. Albums Chart 8
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1987 "Still of the Night" The Billboard Hot 100 79
1987 "Still of the Night" Mainstream Rock Tracks 18
1987 "Here I Go Again" The Billboard Hot 100 1
1987 "Here I Go Again" Mainstrean Rock Tracks 3
1987 "Is This Love" The Billboard Hot 100 2
1987 "Is This Love" Mainstrean Rock Tracks 13
1988 "Give Me All of Your Love" The Billboard Hot 100 48
1987 "Give Me All of Your Love" Mainstrean Rock Tracks 22
Trivia
Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (October 2007)
In the video for "Still of the Night", part of the instrumental string interlude is visualized using a bow on an electric guitar but the strings were recorded by Don Airey using either a synthesizer or a sampler.
The videos for "Still of the Night","Here I Go Again", "Is This Love" and "Give Me All Your Love", apart of David Coverdale himself, feature the touring line-up of Vivian Campbell, Adrian Vandenberg, Rudy Sarzo, and Tommy Aldridge, though they never took part on the recordings, except for Vandenberg, who played on the solo for "Here I Go Again", and Campbell who re-recorded the solo for the video and single version of "Give Me All Your Love".
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Whitesnake Lyrics
Bad Boys I know you, you know me I'm the black sheep of…
Children of the Night I'm getting ready I'm in the mood to fool around It's time…
Crying In The Rain A black cat moans When he's burning with the fever A stray…
Don't Turn Away You say your dreams are burned to ashes And your smiles…
Give Me All Your Love When I first saw you, baby You took my breath away I…
Here I Go Again I don't know where I'm going But I sure know where…
Is This Love I should have known better Than to let you go alone It's…
Looking for Love I'm tired of waiting An' closing my eyes I'm asking myself W…
Still of the Night In the still of the night I hear the wolf…
Straight for the Heart I'm coming round to see you, Kicking down your door I've got…
You're Gonna Break My Heart Again Now I know I've seen that look On your face before When you…
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on Slide It In
You talk too much
Never saying what's on your mind
It's written on your face
And in the words you hide behind
I know what you want
I can see what you're looking for
I know what you want from me
And I'm gonna give you more
I'm gonna slide it in, right to the top
Slide it in, I ain't never gonna stop
Slide it in, right to the top
I'm gonna slide it in, slide it in, slide it in, in baby
Sometimes you seem
Just like a stranger to me
But all the games you play
Make it so easy to see
You're looking for love
Though you try to deny
The things you put me through
Tell me what I've got to do to you
I'm gonna slide it in right to the top
Slide it in, I ain't never gonna stop
Slide it in, right to the top
I'm gonna slide it in, slide it in
You talk too much
Always treating me so unkind
I know what I've got to do
To get me some peace of mind
I'm gonna slide it in, right to the top
Slide it in, I ain't never gonna stop
Slide it in, right to the top
I'm gonna slide it in, slide it in
Slide it in, right to the top
Slide it in, I ain't never gonna stop
Slide it in, right to the top
I'm gonna slide it in, slide it in, slide it
Slide it in, slide it in
Right to the top, baby