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List Price: $11.98 | | Label: Geffen Records
Salesrank: 60416
Released: October 25, 1990 |
| Our Price: $4.76 |
| Used Price: $1.78 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Slide It In Track Listing:
1. Slide It In
2. Slow an' Easy
3. Love Ain't No Stranger
4. All or Nothing
5. Gambler
6. Guilty of Love
7. Hungry for Love
8. Give Me More Time
9. Spit It Out
10. Standing in the Shadow
Editorial Review:
Originally dismissed as a Led Zeppelin knockoff, Whitesnake, fronted by ex-Deep Purple singer David Coverdale, clattered around their hometown of Yorkshire, England for about six years before being discovered in the U.S. Their U.S. debut (fourth album) Slide It In (1984) captured the libidinous, restless spirit of frustrated youth, and climbed to No. 40 on the Billboard album chart. Eventually, it went double platinum on the back of the stealthy, pulsing "Slow An' Easy" and the propulsive title track. Shortly before recording the album, Coverdale recruited former Thin Lizzy guitarist John Sykes, who provided the band with the flair and technical wizardry it needed to become a contender in the big-hair, pop metal sweepstakes. --Jon Wiederhorn
Slide It In Reviews:
The LAST Whitesnake Album 
2009-04-18 - This is really good, solid British blues rock! This album and its predecessors brought a lot of good musicians to the table, some well known and others relatively unknown. Coverdale really was a unique and talented songwriter and singer and oh, how I love what Jon Lord brings to any band he is a part of! Although this album is a little more polished than their earlier work, you will still find slide guitar and fun, sexy lyrics instead of the sappy 80's anthems and ballads that Coverdale started dredging out later - what a tragic waste of talent in my opinion!
It would be nice if we could rewrite history just a little so that this would really be the last Whitesnake album. As a young teenager who loved this album and therefore, ran out and bought all of their older albums and learned an entirely new outlook on music, it was heartbreaking to see what they later became. I could no longer even tell anyone they were my favorite band because no one else around me knew about their TRUE music and I didn't want to be misunderstood! Eventually it actually became a stigma to be known as a Whitesnake fan (after all the people who loved the 80's "hair bands" finally turned against them - I never liked that whole scene to begin with!). Thus, what was once a great band never had a chance to be recognized for their past accomplishments, which were truly noteworthy.
If you want to find out what Whitesnake was REALLY all about, listen to Slide It In, Love Hunter, Come An' Get It, etc. They are well worth a listen!
Play it Loud
2009-02-11 - The sound quality of this CD is phenomenal. I always play it loud. It is a classic that never gets old. Straight ahead rock and roll. Brings back lots of memories.
Child of the 80s
2008-12-12 - What is not to like about this classic rock albumn? I bought this CD to replace the cassette that has seen better days.
Whitesnake sliding from bluesy hard rock to flashy hair metal 
2008-04-24 - This album forms the transition between the early, bluesy, Bad Co./Paul Rogers sounding Whitesnake that came before, and the flashy-guitar, Led Zeppish hair metal we all heard on the radio in America in the late 80's. The overall effect is a solid, somewhat bluesy mid 80's British hard rock. I've found this CD grew on me over time - it's a little more solid rockin' than the early days (which I now prefer, though) and a little more feeling and bluesy than the flashy later albums.
I have found out recently that there was a different version released in Britain first, with original guitarist Micky Moody and more organ (by the best organist in rock, Jon Lord - who, however, kind of sits back in his days w/ Whitesnake), which might be preferred by the fans of the earlier era of the band.
A note on the lyrics - whereas some bands (e.g. Aerosmith) are known for a bit of sexual-innuendo, Whitesnake really goes over the top, such as song titles like "Slide It In" and "Spit It Out" should indicate. But then, we're talking about a band whose name is a euphemism for "wang", so what should we expect :) That being said, Coverdale has a rich, bluesy voice with a lot of feeling and there is a fair amount of emotion in these songs (as well as horniness), and this is the last we hear of him before he goes for that screaming Robert Plant metal style.
A classic rock album with John Sykes
2007-06-28 - You can listen for the first time John Sykes with whitesnake, but you can hear the first led zeppelin influences of David Coverdale!
This cd is one of my favorite!
