Whitesnake- Slip Of The Tongue (CD) warehousesaleDeluxe two CD edition includes a bonus CD of monitor mixes. A couple years back, Whitesnake's 1987 eponymous smash received the lavish 30th anniversary treatment. Now, 1989's Slip of the Tongue get the same royal reception, as it should; after all, this was their third straight platinum seller, thanks to two Top 40 hits ("Fool for Your Loving" and "The Deeper the Love") that propelled the album into the U. S. and UK Top 10. Shop online 24 7 at
the album is crammed with crowd pleasers
It includes production from frequent collaborators Louis Bell and Frank Dukes
The album title comes from Neil introducing the opening song with that title
highlighted by the singles "Born This Way" and "Judas"
Darnielle armed his band with new songs and reunited with producer Matt Ross-Spang who engineered last year's In League with Dragons
what an embarrassment of riches
But the idea of making a beat felt like math homework
conveys in the albums liner notes: "The lack of electric guitar opens songs up to their own contrivance
and often changing their instruments while offering only bare-bones arrangements for them to follow (in a similar style to Tonight's The Night)
and "Everlong"
" Young stated in the album's liner notes
This septet features Jazz heavyweights John Coltrane