Whitesnake--Slip of The Tongue

Whitesnake--Slip of the Tongue (1989/Geffen) Rating--4.9

The followup to the huge commercial success (and pretty good overall) 'Whitesnake'. However, think about it. What track on the previous disc was most responsible for the huge album sales? "Still of the Night?" Well, maybe to the headbangers, but headbangers don't buy 10 million copies. Yep, there you go--- It was "Here I Go Again". And that's what this album tries to sound like---a whole bunch of "Here I Go Agains". And the result is a bunch of fluff, sorry to say...
The songwriting is mainly by Coverdale and Adrian Vandenberg, but due to an injury to the latter, Steve Vai fills in to do the axework. Vai, while flashy to the hilt, has never really had enough bass in his Jem777 sound. That musical facet, coupled with some stifling keyboard work splashed throughout, makes this a much lighter release than only two years before.
"Fool For Your Loving" is a good track, and thicker than most of the others, and "Slow Poke Music" is a bit blues-based, ala the 'Slide It In' era. "Cheap An' Nasty," while having a little bite, is still too simplistic.
For a band to go from selling 10 million records to being out of the business in a little over three years should be hard to do. Whitesnake did it. But hey--at least Coverdale got Tawny Kitaen out of the deal...
TRACK LIST: Slip of the Tongue/Cheap An' Nasty/Fool For Your Loving/Now You're Gone/Kittens Got Claws/Wings of the Storm/The Deeper the Love/Judgment Day/Slow Poke Music/Sailing Ships

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