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| Slide It In | 
 enlarge | Artist: Whitesnake
Label: Geffen Records
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 9496
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 4018
UPC: 720642401828
EAN: 0720642401828
ASIN: B000000OMP
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | Slide It In | | • | Slow An' Easy | | • | Love Ain't No Stranger | | • | All or Nothing | | • | Gambler | | • | Guilty of Love | | • | Hungry for Love | | • | Give Me More Time | | • | Spit It Out | | • | Standing in the Shadow |
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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
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 The peak of Whitesnake. October 26, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Slide It In represents (to me at least) David Coverdale and Whitesnake at their peak. While this album didn't quite set any sales records when it initially came out back in 1984, word of mouth spread about it and it reached respectable gold status here in the states. After the self titled 1987 album blew things wide open, people would go back and check out Slide It In and push it's overall sales to double platinum.
As a few other reviewers have already mentioned, this album was originally recorded back in 1983 and came out in Britain first. On the advice however of Whitesnake's new A&R rep with their new lable Geffen, David Coverdale would re-mix the album, add some flashier guitar parts on the tracks and re-sequence the song listing.
I have never heard the original British version, but most Whitesnake fans seem to agree that it's the superior version compared to the American version.
Even if you end up getting the more widely available American version, you'll end up getting one of the best hard rock albums to ever be made.
While David Coverdale's sexist at times lyrics can get kind of goofy here and there, his surefire delivery and amazing range manages to sell every single line with the utmost sincerity and authority.
The backing band is amazing as usual with keyboards by ex-Deep Purple member Jon Lord, seering guitar leads by John Sykes (on the American verion only) and thundering drum work by Cozy Powell. The bass work is a little lower in the mix compared to their prior albums to this, but it still is rumbling and moves things along quite nicely.
Slide It In represents to me a perfect balance between their blues/rock past and the much more commercial direction that they would go in with their next release.
Any discerning hard rock or 80's metal fan would do wise to snatch up this album as I feel that it greatly represents this band at the height of their musical prowess.
AWESOME! First Class British rock! May 22, 2003
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This album is one of my all time Favorites! If I was stranded on a desert island, and could have only five albums with me this would definitely be one of them!! I had to replace it on vinyl at least three times, I played it that much, before I got it on cd. I saw the band on this tour (in 1984) as a special guest to Quiet Riot. I was Blown Away!!!(So was QR-right off of the stage!) From the title track on, it rocks! Mind you, I am reviewing the AMERICAN version of the album. I am still looking for the UK version on Cd.(The UK version has the songs in a different order.) This is the last really true Whitesnake album (recorded as a six piece band). With the AWESOME rhythm section of the Late GREAT (RIP)Cozy Powell on drums-Check out the way he thunders into Slow An' Easy, and also into the last segment of Guilty Of Love! (My absolutely FAVORITE song!) And the HUGELY underrated Neil Murray on bass (Colin Hodgkinson is the bassist on the UK version.) holding down the backline the rest of the musicians can go all out. With Mel Galley and John Sykes (it's MG and Micky Moody on the UK version) on guitars and Deep Purple's Jon Lord on keyboards to fill out the rest of the sound, David Coverdale can truly sing his best! My favorite songs are Slow An' Easy, Guilty Of Love, Love Ain't No Stranger and Standing In The Shadow. This is an album I can really rock out to! Okay, so maybe some of the lyrics are sexist, but I don't care! (What do you expect from somebody who named their band WHITESNAKE? Think about it folks!) This is truly Classic British Rock. This is in no way a hair band. If you see any band photos or videos from this era you can see this is before DC started to do up the glam/glitzy/bleached hair thing!
 The best before the quick slide down. May 18, 2000
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Whitesnake, to me, never put out great music. But, this album kicks. The title track opens things up and it sounds just like the old Whitesnake. "Love Ain't No Straner" and "Slow And Easy" are also good, but point to things to come. The rest of the album is solid. After this, they went video and really started sounding like all the other hair metal bands of the 80's.
Great rock of highest quality February 27, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
When I first heard "Slide it in" back in 1984 I was unfamiliar with Whitesnake, but as the opening song "Gambler" (European release) hit my ears I was hooked! Whitesnake gave me exactly what I had been looking for - great songs with excellent vocals. Many of the bands that were around at the time seemed to be more or less amateurs in comparison to David Coverdale's Whitesnake. The music is melodic and catchy - it's traditional blues based hard rock. "Slide it in" can be seen as the bridge between the earlier rhythm & blues approach to the later heavy metal direction. As a dedicated Whitesnake fan I think "Slide it in" is the best album alongside with "Ready an' willing".Let yourself be blown away by songs like "Gambler", "Guilty of love", "Love ain't no stranger", "Standing in the shadow"!
3 1/2 stars. A transition album July 6, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
"Slide it In" was originally released in 1984, and shortly afterwards frontman David Coverdale was the only original member of the band, surrounding himself with young, pretty faces (and huge hairdos) so as to better conquer America. He even re-recorded some of the band's best songs in poodle-haired pop-metal fashion (ew!).
"Slide it In" is the last album before the big change for the worse, and it does show signs of thing to come. Original guitarist Bernie Marsden was no longer with the band, but Mickey Moody is still there, even if he only gets one songwriting credit. And while songs like "Gambler", "Spit it Out" and the title track are sort of lightweight and a bit more pop metal than I would have liked, there are still some big, muscular riffs to be found, and some really good hooks.
"Love Ain't No Stranger" is a pretty good power ballad, and "All Or Nothing" and the catchy "Guilty Of Love" provide som genuine hard rock.
The mid-tempo rockers "Standing In The Shadow" and "Give Me More Time" with its AC/DC-like stop-start-riff are also among the highlights, and the tough "Hungry For Love" packs a really good wallop. Ands then there is "Slow an' Easy", probably the best and most recognizable song on the album, a huge hook and a great, tough rhythm section laying down a heavy beat.
All in all, "Slide it In" is not as good or indeed as bluesy as Whitesnake circa 1980, but there should be something for both fans of pre- and post-1987 Whitesnake to enjoy. A good, solid album with few misses.
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