The Rock Album

2020 compilation album by Whitesnake

The Rock Album

Compilation album by

Whitesnake

Released| 19 June 2020 (2020-06-19)
Genre| Hard rock, blues rock, heavy metal, glam metal
Length| 78:10
Label| Rhino
Producer|

* Michael McIntyre
* David Coverdale (exec.)

Whitesnake chronology
| Flesh & Blood
(2019)  | The Rock Album
(2020)  | Love Songs
(2020)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
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

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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

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No.| Title| Original release| Length

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1.| "Still of the Night (2020 Remix)"| Whitesnake| 6:49
2.| "Best Years (2020 Remix)"| Good to Be Bad| 5:16
3.| "Tell Me How (2020 Remix)"| Forevermore| 5:28
4.| "Love Ain't No Stranger (2020 Remix)"| Slide It In| 4:15
5.| "All or Nothing (2020 Remix)"| Slide It In| 3:48
6.| "Give Me All Your Love (2020 Remix)"| Whitesnake| 3:27
7.| "Can You Hear the Wind Blow (2020 Remix)"| Good to Be Bad| 5:07
8.| "Restless Heart (2020 Remix)"| Restless Heart| 4:52
9.| "Anything You Want (2020 Remix)"| Restless Heart| 4:12
10.| "Here I Go Again (2020 Remix)"| Whitesnake| 4:32
11.| "Judgement Day (2020 Remix)"| Slip of the Tongue| 5:19
12.| "She Give Me (2020 Remix)"| Into the Light| 4:12
13.| "Crying (2020 Remix)"| Restless Heart| 5:39
14.| "Can't Stop Now (2020 Remix)"| Restless Heart| 3:26
15.| "Always the Same (2020 Remix)"| Previously unreleased-Flesh & Blood| 4:46
16.| "Forevermore (2020 Remix)"| Forevermore| 7:07

## Charts

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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

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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

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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)

* David Coverdale – vocals
* Reb Beach – guitar
* Joel Hoekstra – guitar
* Michael Devin – bass guitar
* Tommy Aldridge – drums
* Michele Luppi – keyboards, backing vocals

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

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## References

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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.

* v
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* e

Whitesnake

* David Coverdale
* Tommy Aldridge
* Reb Beach
* Tanya O'Callaghan
* Joel Hoekstra
* Michele Luppi
* Dino Jelusick

* Micky Moody
* Bernie Marsden
* Mel Galley
* John Sykes
* Vivian Campbell
* Adrian Vandenberg
* Steve Vai
* Warren DeMartini
* Doug Aldrich
* Neil Murray
* Colin Hodgkinson
* Rudy Sarzo
* Guy Pratt
* Tony Franklin
* Steve Farris
* Marco Mendoza
* Derek Hilland
* Uriah Duffy
* Michael Devin
* Peter Solley
* Jon Lord
* Paul Mirkovich
* Brett Tuggle
* Timothy Drury
* Dave Dowle
* Ian Paice
* Cozy Powell
* Aynsley Dunbar
* Denny Carmassi
* Chris Frazier
* Brian Tichy

Studio albums|

* Trouble
* Lovehunter
* Ready an' Willing
* Come an' Get It
* Saints & Sinners
* Slide It In
* Whitesnake
* Slip of the Tongue
* Restless Heart
* Good to Be Bad
* Forevermore
* The Purple Album
* Flesh & Blood

Live albums|

* Live... in the Heart of the City
* Starkers in Tokyo
* Live... In the Still of the Night
* Live... in the Shadow of the Blues
* Live at Donington 1990
* Made in Japan

Compilations|

* Greatest Hits
* The Best of Whitesnake: The Millennium Collection
* The Silver Anniversary Collection
* Best of Whitesnake
* The Early Years
* The Definitive Collection
* The Rock Album
* Love Songs
* The Blues Album
* Greatest Hits: Revisited, Remixed, Remastered

Boxsets|

* 30th Anniversary Collection
* Into the Light: The Solo Albums

Extended plays|

* Snakebite
* Long Way from Home

Singles|

* "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City"
* "Day Tripper"
* "Long Way from Home"
* "Fool for Your Loving"
* "Ready an' Willing"
* "Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City (Live)"
* "Don't Break My Heart Again"
* "Here I Go Again"
* "Guilty of Love"
* "Give Me More Time"
* "Standing in the Shadow"
* "Love Ain't No Stranger"
* "Slow an' Easy”
* “Slide It In”
* "Still of the Night"
* "Here I Go Again '87"
* "Is This Love"
* "Give Me All Your Love"
* "Crying in the Rain '87"
* "Fool For Your Loving '89"
* "The Deeper the Love"
* "Now You're Gone"
* "Is This Love (reissue)"
* "All I Want Is You"
* "Lay Down Your Love"
* "All for Love"
* "Summer Rain"
* "Can You Hear the Wind Blow"
* "Stormbringer"
* "Burn"
* "Soldier of Fortune"

Videos albums|

* Starkers in Tokyo
* Live... in the Still of the Night
* Live at Donington 1990
* Made in Japan
* Greatest Hits: The Videos

David Coverdale solo albums|

* White Snake
* Northwinds
* Into the Light

Related articles|

* Band members
* Discography
* Coverdale–Page
* Deep Purple
* Blue Murder
* Manic Eden
* The Snakes
* The Company of Snakes

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