Great White (album) explained

Great White
Type:	studio
Artist:	Great White
Cover:	Greatwhite-greatwhitre1.jpg
Released:	1984
Studio:	Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California
Genre:	Heavy metal^[1]
Label:	EMI America
Producer:	Michael Wagener
Prev Title:	Out of the Night
Prev Year:	1983
Next Title:	Shot in the Dark
Next Year:	1986

Great White is the first full-length album by the American rock band Great White. Three tracks are taken from the band's previous EP, albeit in re-recorded versions. The musical style of this album is very different from the following highly successful releases of Great White, as they display here a more hard-driving metal sound as opposed to their later, blues-infused rock sound.^[2] EMI America judged the album a disaster and Great White was dropped. This led to a rethink by the band, and they became less heavy, introducing a tame hard rock sound for later albums.^[3]

The CD reissue of 1999, done under the name Stick It by the French label Axe Killer, features five bonus tracks.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Out of the Night" (Mark Kendall, Jack Russell, Gary Holland, Lorne Black) – 2:56
2. "Stick It" (Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black, Alan Niven) – 3:56
3. "Substitute" (Pete Townshend) – 4:20
4. "Bad Boys" (Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black, Niven) – 4:18
5. "On Your Knees" (Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black, Don Dokken) – 3:50

Side two

6. "Streetkiller" (Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black) – 3:57
7. "No Better Than Hell" (Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black, Michael Wagener) – 4:06
8. "Hold On" (Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black) – 4:13
9. "Nightmares" (Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black, Niven) – 3:18
10. "Dead End" (Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black) – 3:33

Stick It 1999 CD reissue bonus tracks

11. "Down at the Doctor" (Mickey Jupp) – 3:40 (Dr. Feelgood cover)
12. "Train to Nowhere" (Kim Simmonds, Chris Youlden) – 4:27 (Savoy Brown cover)
13. "The Hunter" (Carl Wells, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson, Jr., Booker T. Jones) – 4:12 (Albert King cover)
14. "Red House" (Jimi Hendrix) – 8:46 (Jimi Hendrix cover)
15. "Rock 'n' Roll" (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham) – 3:44 (Led Zeppelin cover)

Personnel

Great White

• Jack Russell – lead and backing vocals
• Mark Kendall – guitar, backing vocals
• Lorne Black – bass, backing vocals
• Gary Holland – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Alan Niven – backing vocals, management
• Gary Gersh, Mark Wesley, Phylis Koch, Tom The Razzman – backing vocals
• Michael Lardie – backing vocals, assistant engineer

Production

• Michael Wagener – producer, engineer, mixing
• Wyn Davis – assistant engineer
• Greg Fulginti – mastering

Notes and References

1. Web site: No Life 'til Metal – CD Gallery – Great White. April 21, 2021. nolifetilmetal.com.
2. Web site: Great White - Great White . February 27, 2011 . Sleaze Roxx . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716083823/http://www.sleazeroxx.com/bands/greatwhite/great.shtml . July 16, 2011.
3. Web site: August 22, 2003. Great White - 1984 Great White. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110711101746/http://www.glorydazemusic.com/articles.php?article_id=883. July 11, 2011. GloryDaze Music.