Good To Be Bad | 
| Artist: Whitesnake
Label: Steamhammer / SPV
List Price: $17.98
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Rating:  112 reviews
Sales Rank: 564
Format: Cd
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 98132
UPC: 693723981321
EAN: 0693723981321
ASIN: B000VL9XBU
Release Date: April 22, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Still factory-sealed, case has lots of cracks/damage; CD guaranteed
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| Tracks:
| • | Best Years | | • | Can You Hear The Wind Blow | | • | Call On Me | | • | All I Want All I Need | | • | Good To Be Bad | | • | All For Love | | • | Summer Rain | | • | Lay Down Your Love | | • | A Fool In Love | | • | Got What You Need | | • | `Til The End Of Time |
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Product Description
The premier household name in melodic hard rock returns with a vengeance! Whitesnake is back with "Good To Be Bad", their 10th studio album and first in over a decade. This brand new album features a slew of instant-classic Whitesnake songs that are destined to stand side by side with such favorites as "Here I Go Again", "Still Of The Night" and "Fool For Your Love." Led by world-renown vocalist extraordinaire David Coverdale, "Good To Be Bad" is truly classic Whitensake, displaying that rare combination of high class and kick ass that has made them what they are today... the absolute best!
Album Description
The brand-new Whitesnake album "Good To Be Bad", a masterpiece consisting of eleven songs & featuring all the important trademarks of the band, as well as a fresh breeze courtesy of Coverdale's fantastic voice & current line-up. Good To Be Bad is pure & unadulterated Whitesnake, a classy recording that really doesn't require a more detailed description. The new album sounds so unmistakably, typically Whitesnake says David Coverdale: "For me, the heart & soul of Whitesnake remains the same."
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| Customer Reviews: Read 107 more reviews...
 I was prepared to be disappointed...what a blast of refreshing air...uh..make that sound!! April 23, 2008
JP (Macon, GA)
27 out of 34 found this review helpful
Being a hardcore Deep Purple fan for 35+ years I knew who Whitesnake was WAY before mainstream America discovered them complements of shallow MTV posing. And by that statement you can tell I was a little disappointed in the hair metal poser direction Coverdale took the band after the late 70s - early 80s line-up broke up; when they changed from a pretty good blues-rock band to just another Led Zep/Sabbath clone band. While I'd never say it wasn't fun to listen to, I really got tired of his shallow posing vanity show and it got to the point where I simply couldn't watch him and preferred just to listen to the CDs instead!
And, after hearing the first track on "Good to be Bad" I was even more disappointed...heck, it's such a BLATANT rip-off of the Allman Bro's classic "Whipping Post", with a different chorus, it's nothing less than disgusting!! The verse phrasing, even the organ itself is such an exact copy I expected to hear David sing "sometimes I feel, sometimes I FEEL..." at any moment!! While I do think it's a catchy tune and definitely listenable I thought, wow...here he goes ripping other bands off again, not an original idea in his head!!
But, as the other tracks played I became more and more impressed and track #5, the title track, sunk its hook in me on the very first listen!! So now I have to say that I am impressed and heartily agree with my fellow reviewers...Coverdale and the boys have produced a heck of a come back album!! In fact I wouldn't hesitate to say it's one of the best comebacks I have ever heard!!! And I'm telling everyone I know about it too!
As mentioned above, track #5 "Good to be Bad" is nothing less than one of the GREATEST Whitesnake songs I have ever heard and "Best years" (the Whipping Post clone), "Call On Me", "Lay Down Your Love", "A Fool In Love" and "Got What You Need" are also already on my MP3 player!
Bottom line: if you are a Whitesnake fan, GET THIS! Get it immediately!! And if you like good rock in any form, even if you were never a snake fan, get it anyway!! And crank it up!!!
 HEEEEERE'S A GREAT ALBUM FER YA..... April 22, 2008
Tom Melnyk (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)
23 out of 26 found this review helpful
This album is exactly what you would expect from Whitesnake. Great vocals, ripping/wailing guitars, pounding drums. There are eight rockers and three power ballads. All thriller and no fillers at all.
The album has a fresh energy to it that brings Whitesnake into 2008 with a kick.
I highly recommend this album to all who love to rock.
CRANK UP YOUR SOUND SYSTEM and enjoy......
Excellent New Material May 23, 2008
JASON (Hazard, Kentucky USA)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
WHITESNAKE'S Good To Be Bad includes some of their best new material in quite a while, of course American release of new material has been somewhat sparse of late. Coverdale and the current lineup featuring the guitar duo of Doug Aldrich and Reb Beach are solid, slick, and polished. The songs are tight and include all of the classic "Snake" influences of hard rock, blues, ballads, and all in between. Very good lyrics, melodies, and musicianship throughout, whether it be the hard rockers or ballads. I am a Whitesnake fan and have been for quite a while and admit to some bias, but I highly recommend this CD for anyone who loves great heavy duty rock played in a very polished and professional way, yet still fun and exciting to listen to. Keep it up guys.
 Average new album from Whitesnake. April 23, 2008
S. Chandraiah (Chicago,IL)
12 out of 29 found this review helpful
I hate to be the party pooper with all the glowing reviews here already, especially since Whitesnake is one of my favorite bands, but I have to say this an average album from Whiteskake. The guitar riffs are great, and David Coverdale sounds pretty good. However there is just some kind of soul lacking, which makes it just pretty good, and not some of their best work. The songs are not the epitome of the bluesy rock sound of the Ready and Willing era, and lack the bluesy sound mixed with the glam metal sound of the mid 80's as well. If the album was as good as everyone is raving, it would be selling as big as their 1987 album. I don't see that happening with this album. Certainly not a disappointment, but it's certainly not going to replace Ready and Willing as one of my favorite bluesy rock albums. Please David, if there is one more album in you within the next 5 years, get back Mickey Moody and see if you can recreate that magic. THAT was Whitesnake's best work and best line up. At the same time, this effort is certainly respectable.
Sam Chandra
Chicagoland
I am gradually warming up to this CD April 27, 2008
ESVK (Atlanta, GA)
11 out of 21 found this review helpful
I cannot honestly say that this CD is in the same league as Slip of the Tongue, Whitesnake, and Slide It In. So if you are expecting something similar to the past magic and production, you will be disappointed. I am not saying don't buy it, but I am saying that it may take some time for the new style to grown on ya.
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