Greatest Hits (Whitesnake album) explained

Whitesnake's Greatest Hits
Type:Greatest
Artist:Whitesnake
Cover:WhitesnakeGreatestHits.jpg
Released:4 July 1994 (Europe)[1]
19 July 1994 (North America)[2]
Recorded:1983–1989
1983–2011 (2022 reissue)
Genre:
Length:68:02
Producer:Martin Birch, Mike Stone, Keith Olsen, Mike Clink
Prev Title:Slip of the Tongue
Prev Year:1989
Next Title:Restless Heart
Next Year:1997

Whitesnake's Greatest Hits is a compilation of Whitesnake's most well-known hits from the 1980s during the Geffen years. It features hit singles from their albums Slide It In, Whitesnake and Slip of the Tongue. The album also contains three tracks previously unavailable in the USA. It sold over million copies. The compilation was reissued, remixed and remastered in 2022.

Commercial performance

The compilation charted in 9 countries, with one charted well at No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart staying for 12 consecutive weeks,[3] but however did minimal on the US Billboard 200 charting at No. 161.[4] The album was certified Platinum (1,000,000 sold) in the U.S. in September 1998,[5] and Gold in the UK.[6]

The single "Is This Love" was reissued to promote Whitesnake's Greatest Hits, and featured the song "Sweet Lady Luck" (a B-side from the previous album Slip of the Tongue). This version reached number 25 on the UK Singles Chart.[3]

Reissue

On 6 May 2022, vocalist David Coverdale and RHINO Entertainment released the new remix for the Greatest Hits album (under the alias, Greatest Hits: Revisited, Remixed, Remastered), remixed by Chris Collier. It featured three new tracks in the tracklist: "Give Me All Your Love", "Guilty of Love", and the band's 2011 album title track, "Forevermore", with the only track "Looking for Love" removed from the remixed version.[7]

The reissue charted on sub-genres of the UK Albums Chart, peaking at No. 7 on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart running for a consecutive 7 weeks, No. 39 on Physical Albums, No. 47 on Album Sales, No. 98 on Album Downloads, and No. 33 on the Scottish Albums chart.[8]

Greatest Hits: Revisited, Remixed, Remastered (2022)

The tracklist of the 2022 remix has a different setlist of songs from the preceding 1994 Greatest Hits album.[7]

CD and Blu-ray Track listing

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the complication album's liner notes.[9] For original song album credits, see Slide It In, Whitesnake and Slip of the Tongue.

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Management
  • John KalodnerA&R
  • Debra Shallman – A&R Coordination
  • Jeff Magid – project coordination
  • Howard Kaufman – management
Design
  • Hugh Syme – art direction, emblem design, cover concept development
  • Bernard Boudreau – photography
  • Sal Manna – liner notes
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Technical
  • George Marino – remastering
  • David J. Donnelly – mastering supervisor

Charts

Album

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Finland (The Official Finnish Charts)[10] 6
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[11] 26
Scottish Albums Chart[12] 5

Singles

Release History

Release formats for Whitesnake's Greatest Hits
RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogEditionRef.
4 July 1994EMD 1065Standard
19 July 1994GEFD 24620
21 July 1994SRCS 7440
Revisited, Remixed, Remastered Edition[14]

Notes and References

  1. 21 May 1994 . Ratt Man for the 'Snake?! . . 495 . London, England . United Newspapers.
  2. Bridenthal . Bryn . Hamm . Roy . 1994 . Whitesnake - You can't keep the 'Snake down . Geffen Records . Los Angeles, California, United States.
  3. Web site: Whitesnake - Official Charts . . 25 April 2015 .
  4. Web site: Whitesnake's Greatest Hits Billboard Albums . . . 2015-06-06 .
  5. Web site: RIAA searchable certification database. https://archive.today/20130201090119/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Whitesnake&format=&sort=Artist&perPage=25. dead. 2013-02-01. Recording Industry Association of America. 2010-08-30.
  6. Web site: Search for Artist Whitenake . 26 April 2015 . . 24 January 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130124005813/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx . dead .
  7. Web site: Whitesnake's 'Greatest Hits' Have Been Revisited, Remixed and Remastered for 2022 Collection . 9 May 2022 . . 10 February 2021 .
  8. Web site: Whitesnake - Greatest Hits . . 17 November 2023.
  9. Whitesnake's Greatest Hits . 1994 . booklet . . 720642462027.
  10. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972. 1st. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. 2006. 978-951-1-21053-5 . 166 . fi.
  11. Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9. ja.
  12. Web site: Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company. Officialcharts.com. 18 May 2021.
  13. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of August 3, 2022. Billboard Japan. ja. 15 November 2023.
  14. Web site: Whitesnake Detail New GREATEST HITS Collection . . 2 August 2024 . 6 May 2022.