Thursday, February 26, 2015

New Whitesnake Album Full of Coverdale's Era of Deep Purple Covers


Before singer David Coverdale started Whitesnake in 1978 he rose to prominence in another well known rock n' roll band in 1974: Deep Purple. Now over 40 years later Coverdale is returning to his roots in a sense and paying homage to the band that gave him his break by having Whitesnake cover songs from each of the three albums he did with them in the first new album they have put out since 2011's  Forevermore.

This new album is aptly named The Purple Album. It is all Deep Purple covers and will have choice cuts from the three studio albums Coverdale did with the band: Burn, Stormbringer, and Come Taste the Band. These tracks will be Whitesnake's own reimagining of the classic songs and will be made heavier.

Such was the case for the single Whitesnake just released today (February 25th) Stormbringer, which was the title track of Coverdale's second album with Deep Purple released in 1975. The video is available on YouTube and features the band's newest member: guitarist Joel Hoekstra.

The Purple Album is set to be released on May 19th of this year. Personally I'm looking forward to hearing this album, but it had better have former Deep Purple secondary vocalist and bassist Glenn Hughes. Many of those tracks would not come alive as much as they do without his soulful acrobatic singing. I am a little disappointed that after four years of waiting all we are getting from Whitesnake is a covers album; especially since there is a new guitarist in the band. However, I'm sure it won't be all that long before they are actually writing again.

The video for Stormbringer can be watched below.

Whitesnake The Purple Album Track Listing:

1. Burn
2. You Fool No One
3. Love Child
4. Sail Away
5. The Gypsy
6. Lady Double Dealer
7. Mistreated
8. Holy Man
9. Might Just Take Your Life
10. You Keep on Moving
11. Soldier of Fortune
12. Lay Down Stay Down
13. Stormbringer

Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks:

14. Lady Luck
15. Comin’ Home

DVD Extras:

Lady Double Dealer (music video)
Sail Away (mix music video)
Stormbringer (music video)
Soldier of Fortune (music video)
Purple Album Behind the Scenes
Purple Album EPK

Video for Stormbringer, by Whitesnake
 

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