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Great White - Great White Audio CD

A fair review of the Great White "Great White" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Great White reviews here, or go back to the Great White tabs.

Great White Band: Great White
Title: Great White
Rating:
Release Date: 1990-10-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Out of the Night 2: Stick It 3: Substitute 4: Bad Boys 5: On Your Knees 6: Streetkiller 7: No Better Than Hell 8: Hold On 9: Nightmares 10: Dead End

A lost early 80's hard rock gem


It's the only Great White album I own, and ever will, and the only one I really cared for. What a pleasant surprise to pull this out of my old record collection, after buying a USB turntable, and find it in almost mint condition, complete with original shrink wrap and sticker still intact, the original release from 1984. This album has a different sound than their future releases, it's raw and hard rockin', a little grungy, and produced by "Double Trouble's" Mark Wegener.

They are sort of a "Ratt" type of 80's hair band, in that they have classic hard rock roots and don't wear make-up (just bad hair). Their future releases became a bit too "Warrant-esque" for me, but I always liked listening to this album repeatedly in high school back in the mid-80's.

I am surprised there are only 9 reviews here of it, proving it's a lost or forgotten gem of 80's hair metal. In fact this album has more in common with 70's hard rock than glam metal, it's not going to please the cheese whiz girls and big hair fans of annoying bands such as post-Devil Motley Crue, Warrant, Poison, Winger etc. . . ,

Highlights are The Who's "Substitute" cover (worth it for that song alone), "Out Of The Night," "Stick It," "Hold On" and "Streetkiller. " The rest of the tunes are all solid and fit well into the rest of the album (very consistent).

It's a little raw and under-produced, but that gives the album it's charm. It's harder and more edgy than their semi-bubble gum releases to come afterwards, and just an underappreciated 80's pop/hair metal album all-around.

Definitely check this one out.


THEIR BEST ALBUM EVER
Every track on this album rocks, no filler. Bar none, their debut was their very best output ever, especially during the mid 80's when they toured with JUDAS PRIEST for their DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH tour.

What also upsets me is that this album is way under represented in their live appearances or their greatest hits/best of stuff.


Great White's shinning moment!A shark Attack on 1984!
They capture the 80's metal in it's prime with this album. Great White is the kind of band that has various sounds as they became older,but this is the cd by them that rocks. Being their first album they had some great talent to show off. (also in 1984 great white did a reworking of a Frank Sinatara song called witchcraft for a Joe Piscopo video special, it's worth hunting down if you like this cd. It's had to find though it was only released on The Joe Piscopo video).
1. Out of the night(10/10)This is a great song, the chorus is catchy. Good guitar work to.
2. Stick It(8/10)A good standard track.
3. Substitute(7/10)I love the guitar work on this one!I remember seeing the music video for, what a guitarist!
4. Bad Boys(8/10)Suberb track,Jack's vocals shine and the guitar licks smoke!
5. On your knees(7/10)Another decent track.
6. Streetkiller(10/10)3rd best song on this cd. Vocals and guitar work are stunning and something fierce. A concert favorite!
7. No better than hell(7/10)Lyrics sound like a Kiss song a bit. Not bad!
8. Hold On(10/10)A great song with a more mellow feel, but still rocks. Good for blasting loud in the car!
9. Nightmares(10/10)Best song on the cd. The guitar intro is very cool and vocals are perfect. I just love the guitar sound though!
10. Dead End(6/10)Least favorite song on the cd. Not Bad if you liked the previous songs.
To put it plain and simple thre is only 2 more good Great White cd's. Shot in the Dark and Once Bitten is the cut off point for this band.
All three of these albums are great, but this and Shot in the Dark are the TRue GREAT WHITE!.


TWO THUMBS UP!!!
If you like the sound of Motley crue's Too Fast For Love album then you'll love this! It's a totally different sound then Once Bitten or Twice Shy but it still kicks ass!!!. An excellent raw metal garage album.


Great album, but not the best version
It's very consistent, gets good sound, and has some variety. This is a very good hard rock album. However, you're probably better off buying it as Stick It+5 import, which is this same album, but remastered in 1999 with bonus tracks.


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