The Rock Album

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)

Professional ratings

Review 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

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

No.	Title	Original release	Length
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

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
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

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

References

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. "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.