Whitesnake

 Today in 1989 Whitesnake released the album Slip Of The Toungue

Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England Hard rock blues rock heavy metal
Status:Active
Years active 1978–1990, 1994, 1997, 2002–present
After recording two solo albums, former Deep Purple vocalist David Coverdale formed Whitesnake around 1977. In the glut of hard rock and heavy metal bands of the late '70s, their first albums got somewhat lost in the shuffle, although they were fairly popular in Europe and Japan. During 1982, Coverdale took some time off so he could take care of his sick daughter. When he re-emerged with a new version of Whitesnake in 1984, the band sounded revitalized and energetic. Slide It In may have relied on Led Zeppelin's and Deep Purple's old tricks, but the band had a knack for writing hooks; the record became their first platinum album. Three years later, Whitesnake released an eponymous album (titled 1987 in Europe) that was even better. Portions of the album were blatantly derivative -- "Still of the Night" was a dead ringer for early Zeppelin -- but the group could write powerful, heavy rockers like "Here I Go Again" that were driven as much by melody as riffs, as well as hit power ballads like "Is This Love." Whitesnake was an enormous international success, selling over six million copies in the U.S. alone.
Geffen/Warner Bros
David Coverdale – vocals
Steve Vai – guitar
Adrian Vandenberg – guitar (credited but not recorded)
Rudy Sarzo – bass
Tommy Aldridge – drums
Guest musicians[edit]
Don Airey, David Rosenthal, Claude Gaudette – keyboards
Glenn Hughes, Tommy Funderburk, Richard Page – backing vocals
All tracks written by David Coverdale and Adrian Vandenberg, except where noted.
No. Title Length
1. "Slip of the Tongue" 5:20
2. "Cheap an' Nasty" 3:28
3. "Fool for Your Loving '89" (Coverdale, Bernie Marsden, Micky Moody) 4:10
4. "Now You're Gone" 4:11
5. "Kittens Got Claws" 5:00
6. "Wings of the Storm" 5:00
7. "The Deeper the Love" 4:22
8. "Judgement Day" 5:15
9. "Slow Poke Music" 3:59
10. "Sailing Ships" 6:02
20th Anniversary Edition bonus tracks
No. Title Length
11. "Sweet Lady Luck" (Single B-side) 4:37
12. "Now You're Gone" (US Single Remix) 4:07
13. "Fool for Your Loving" (Vai Voltage Mix) 4:17
14. "Judgement Day" (from Live: In the Shadow of the Blues) 5:38
15. "Slip of the Tongue" (from Live at Donington 1990) 5:41
16. "Kittens Got Claws" (from Live at Donington 1990) 4:58
20th Anniversary Edition DVD
No. Title Length
1. "Fool for Your Loving '89" (Music video) 4:27
2. "Now You're Gone" (Music video) 4:09
3. "The Deeper the Love" (Music video) 4:17
4. "The Deeper the Love" (live, from Starkers in Tokyo) 4:02
5. "Sailing Ships" (live, from Starkers in Tokyo) 4:06
6. "Judgement Day" (from Live... In the Still of the Night) 5:22
7. "Slip of the Tongue" (from Live at Donington 1990) 5:54
8. "Kittens Got Claws" (from Live at Donington 1990) 5:01
Slip of the Tongue is the eighth studio album by the British hard rock band Whitesnake, released in 1989. The album peaked at number 10 on both the UK Album Chart and US Billboard 200. Four singles were released from the album: "Fool for Your Loving", "The Deeper the Love", "Now You're Gone" and "Judgement Day". All the singles hit the US Mainstream Rock Tracks top 40, and "The Deeper the Love" and "Fool For Your Loving" were top 5. Slip of the Tongue has sold over one million copies in the US, reaching platinum state.
"Fool for Your Loving" originally appeared on the album Ready an' Willing, but it was re-recorded for this album.