Audio CD review:
White Lion - The Definitive Rock Collection (2CD)

White Lion - The Definitive Rock Collection (2CD)

Band: White Lion Title: The Definitive Rock Collection (2CD) Rating: Release Date: 2007-01-23 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Fight to Survive 2: El Salvador 3: Wait 4: Tell Me 5: When the Children Cry 6: Lonely Nights 7: Don't Give Up 8: Sweet Little Loving 9: Little Fighter 10: Radar Love - White Lion, Kooymans, George 11: Goin' Home Tonight 12: Let's Get Crazy 13: Don't Say It's Over 14: Cry for Freedom 15: Love Don't Come Easy 16: Broken Heart 17: Lights and Thunder 18: Farewell to You 19: Hungry 20: Don't Give Up 21: Lonely Night 22: Sweet Little Loving 23: Broken Heart 24: Fight to Survive 25: Tell Me 26: All Joing Our Hands 27: Wait 28: Lady of the Valley 29: The Road to Valhalla 30: All You Need Is Rock N Roll

Remastered, Absolute Rock I sat and listened to it, and I can only describe it as watching a string of old Mike Tyson fights (before he turned ear-biting psychotic) and watching him demolish one guy after another after another and getting better and stronger and fiercer with each punch. After many years of not listening to White Lion, this cd, bought on a whim, is what turned me into a fan all over again. This cd is nothing but fifteen absolute rock-n-roll hits from the studio and another fifteen live, high-octane hard-rock epics. Each one will having you thinking it just can't get better. And then it will. And it's amazing how many hits these guys had. I'd forgotten half of them and started singing along in my head with every single one once I heard just the first few notes. They're up-beat but rock solid songs that deserve a lot more attention than they get. Granted these were all MTV Top 40, high-ranking hits, but few people remember White Lion today. They were much, much more than a flash in the pan. Mike Tramp had a genius stroke for writing hits, and Vito Bratta's guitar musicianship is unparalleled, and he's one of the few guys who sounds just as good if not better live. In the era of Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Poison, Warrant, and Bon Jovi, White Lion carved out a niche all their own, part die-hard heavy metal, part pop, and 100% rock-n-roll greatness. This cd comes with an eleven-song New York concert in which Bratta blisters himself through every song on the set. They say he has nothing to do with music anymore, and this live set will show you how sad and how much of a loss that is. Another highlight here is how much the crow gets involved. I'm telling you: at one point in time, these guys were all over the top of the ladder. Bratta does by-the-way fill riffs that most guys never get to in a career of playing. Mike Tramp's voice was one-of-a-kind memorable, more for being unique than amazing. But, in a good way, no one else has ever had a voice like his. It's tough and gritty and ultra sexy (so the girls I know say) all at the same time. It was nice to see a forgotten, hardrock great, "The Lady of the Valley" on the live set. Rhino had to make some decisions here, and they went for the biggest hits. And no band ever had so many hits in so short a span of time. Do yourself a favor and rediscover them. You get an unbelievable 30 songs, and each one will have you jumping off your chair. The cd also includes very thorough liner notes chronicling White Lion's entire career. This is a necessary addition to any rock or metal collection. . Simply Put.....AWESOME! A remastered best of with a full live show (Mtv Ritz concert) from the 'Pride' tour. . what more could you ask for? Buy this!. A must for white lion die hards Like a greatest hits on the 1st cd but the second is pretty much all live from the 1988 show at the ritz in nyc. You can see a complete list of all White Lion discography, or go back to the White Lion tabs