Saints & Sinners (Whitesnake album)
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| Studio album by Whitesnake | ||||
| Released | 20 November 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1981-1982 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, blues-rock, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 39:16 | |||
| Label | Geffen/Warner Bros. (USA/Canada) Polydor (Japan) Liberty Records (Rest Of World) |
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| Producer | Martin Birch | |||
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Saints & Sinners is the 1982 album by the British hard rock band Whitesnake. It is the fifth studio album from the band and peaked at number 9 on the UK Albums Chart.[2]
Two of the tracks, "Crying in the Rain" and "Here I Go Again", were later re-recorded on their 1987 album Whitesnake.
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[edit] Problems during the album's recording
The recording process began in 1981, just after the end of the Come an' Get It tour. However, tension within the band was beginning to appear. Micky Moody stated in a 1997 interview [3] that "By '81 people were becoming tired. We had too many late nights, too much partying. We weren't making nowhere near the kind of money we should have been making. Whitesnake always seemed to be in debt, and I thought 'what is this?, we're playing in some of the biggest places and we're still being told we're in debt, where is all the money going?'. We hadn't got much money out of it and to be told you're 200,000 pounds in debt, when you just had six golden albums. It wasn't just me, cause everybody was getting tired, pissed off and losing their sense of identity. It was over by then, we couldn't get any further. It's difficult for a band to go more than three or four years without getting tired of each other and losing ideas. Nothing lasts forever. Everybody wanted to do something different after a few years, a solo album or write with someone else."
[edit] Micky Moody's departure
Micky Moody quit the band in December 1981, and soon afterwards David Coverdale called a meeting with all Whitesnake members[4] and put the band on hold.
[edit] David Coverdale parts ways with John Coletta
David Coverdale was also worried about the lack of financial reward the band were having, and decided to put the whole band on hold in order to dissociate Whitesnake from their manager John Coletta[5] (who had also been Deep Purple's manager from 1968 to 1976). After this parting of ways, David took over Whitesnake's business side.
[edit] Other members leave Whitesnake
During 1982 the news began to filter through the music newspapers and magazines: guitarist Bernie Marsden also quit Whitesnake, as well as bassist Neil Murray and drummer Ian Paice.[6] Only Jon Lord stuck with David Coverdale.
[edit] The return of Micky Moody and the new members
In August 1982 David Coverdale called Micky Moody and asked him to return to the band. According to Micky Moody,[7] "Towards the end of 82, David rang me up and said 'we wanna finish the Saints & Sinners album and we need to do some backing vocals etc'." There were also three new members in the band, namely former Trapeze guitarist Mel Galley, former Rainbow drummer Cozy Powell and Colin Hodgkinson on bass guitar.
As the album was almost finished, the only contribution of the new lineup to Saints & Sinners were the backing vocals recorded by Mel Galley along with Micky Moody; Ian Paice's drum parts and Neil Murray's bass-work were left untouched.
[edit] Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Young Blood" | David Coverdale, Bernie Marsden | 3:30 |
| 2. | "Rough an' Ready" | Coverdale, Micky Moody | 2:52 |
| 3. | "Bloody Luxury" | Coverdale | 3:23 |
| 4. | "Victim of Love" | Coverdale | 3:33 |
| 5. | "Crying in the Rain" | Coverdale | 6:00 |
| 6. | "Here I Go Again" | Coverdale, Marsden | 5:08 |
| 7. | "Love an' Affection" | Coverdale, Moody | 3:09 |
| 8. | "Rock an' Roll Angels" | Coverdale, Moody | 4:07 |
| 9. | "Dancing Girls" | Coverdale | 3:10 |
| 10. | "Saints an' Sinners" | Coverdale, Moody, Marsden, Neil Murray, Jon Lord, Ian Paice | 4:25 |
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| 11. | "Young Blood" (monitor mix/early vocals) | Coverdale, Marsden | 3:30 | ||||||
| 12. | "Saints an' Sinners" (monitor mix/early vocals) | Coverdale, Moody, Marsden, Murray, Lord, Paice | 4:24 | ||||||
| 13. | "Soul Survivor" (unfinished, unreleased song) | Coverdale, Moody, Marsden | 3:08 | ||||||
[edit] Personnel
- David Coverdale – Lead Vocals
- Micky Moody - Guitars
- Bernie Marsden – Guitars, Backing vocals
- Jon Lord - Keyboards
- Neil Murray – Bass
- Ian Paice – Drums
- Mel Galley – Backing vocals
[edit] Production notes
- The backing trax recorded at Rock City, Shepperton, The Truck Mobile at Clearwell Castle, Gloucestershire and Britannia Row, London by Guy Bidmead
- The vocal trax recorded at Battery Studios, London by Martin Birch assisted by Bryan New
- Mixed at Battery Studios by Martin Birch, September/October 1982
- Remastered by Peter Mew at Abbey Road Studios, London, 2007
[edit] References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "Whitesnake chart stats". http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=3221.
- ^ Micky Moody Interview', David Coverdale & Whitesnake Web Site, 1997, http://www.whitesnake.f9.co.uk/Moody.html
- ^ Deep Purple Appreciation Society Magazine, Issue 25', The Deep Purple Appreciation Society, July 1982, http://www.deep-purple.net/DPASmags/stargazer25r.htm#lin
- ^ Mel Galley feature on David Coverdale & Whitesnake Web Site', David Coverdale & Whitesnake Web Site, 2008, http://www.whitesnake.f9.co.uk/Galley.html
- ^ Deep Purple Appreciation Society Magazine, Issue 26', The Deep Purple Appreciation Society, November 1982, http://www.deep-purple.net/DPASmags/stargazer26.htm#new
- ^ Micky Moody Interview', David Coverdale & Whitesnake Web Site, 1997, http://www.whitesnake.f9.co.uk/Moody.html
