{"id":13981,"date":"2014-11-14T01:00:30","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T06:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=13981"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:51:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:51:24","slug":"album-review-whitesnake-back-to-the-bone-live-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=13981","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Whitesnake &#8211; Back to the Bone: Live &#8217;84"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13988 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/whitesnake-backtothebone-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"whitesnake backtothebone\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" \/>Whitesnake &#8211; Back to the Bone: Live &#8217;84<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Release Date: November 10, 2014<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Label: Caroline (Universal)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whitesnake is the last band I expected to see a new album from in 2014. Whitesnake honestly hasn\u2019t put out a truly great album since Slide It In. Yeah, Nevermore was ok and I\u2019m sure if you asked my 15 year old self I would\u2019ve sung the praises of the \u201987 album and the atrocious Slip of the Tongue album but as a grown man, that stuff just sounds absolutely juvenile and ridiculous. If you would have told me at any point in the last 11 months that Whitesnake would put out one of the best fucking albums I\u2019ve heard all year I would\u2019ve seriously laughed in your face but that\u2019s just what happened.<\/p>\n<p>Live in \u201984: Back to the Bone captures Whitesnake on the tour that supported the classic \u201984 album Slide it In and I can barely put to words just how kick ass the band sounds. I mean, nothing about this lineup sucks. John Sykes on guitar, Neil Murray on bass and Cozy Powell on drums on paper alone looks amazing but together with David Coverdale on the mic and on top of his game put on an absolutely amazing performance.<br \/>\nOpening with \u201cGambler\u201d literally had me sitting on edge of my seat and totally feeling it but it was \u201cLove Aint No Stranger\u201d that made the hairs on my arms stand at full attention. Coverdale\u2019s soulful crooning that beautiful organ piece was so beautiful only to have the band kick in and your ass to yourself on a silver platter of kick ass rock and roll. Other notable highlights are the mach speed rendition of \u201cWalking in the Shadow of the Blues\u201d and a \u201cCrying in the Rain\u201d that has guitarist John Sykes solidifying his role and earning the status of guitar god with and epically face melting solo.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JWeDmAguiQI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>In addition to this stellar album is a bonus disc of material featuring legendary keyboardist Jon Lord\u2019s final performance with Whitesnake. It is so fucking cool to hear Lord just ripping shit up on the keys and the version of him playing \u201cLove Ain\u2019t No Stranger\u201d totally gave me chills. Hearing that man at work you can totally tell that Lord had the ability to stand out from the pack of just the average onstage keyboardists. Including this little bonus was a great and much deserved tribute to a rock and roll icon that has since left us.<\/p>\n<p>Back to the Bone is a stellar release and what I love about it more than anything is that it is a truly LIVE album in the truest sense of the word. Back to the Bone captures Whitesnake live, warts and all, in a chapter that for so many years seemed to go sadly ignored and overlooked. This is Whitesnake at their peak and this is the Whitesnake I love. Before they were MTV darlings, Whitesnake was a truly great and magical band and this live set proves that without a doubt. This is a must have for everyone who loves great, passionate, raw hard rock and roll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whitesnake &#8211; Back to the Bone: Live &#8217;84 Release Date: November 10, 2014 Label: Caroline (Universal) Whitesnake is the last band I expected to see a new album from in 2014. Whitesnake honestly hasn\u2019t put out a truly great album since Slide It In. Yeah, Nevermore was ok and I\u2019m sure if you asked my 15 year old self I would\u2019ve sung the praises of the \u201987 album and the atrocious Slip of the Tongue album but as a grown [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,277],"tags":[641],"class_list":["post-13981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-music-news","tag-whitesnake"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19750,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13981\/revisions\/19750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}