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Whitesnake - Ready an' Willing Audio CD

A fair review of the Whitesnake "Ready an' Willing" 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 Whitesnake reviews here, or go back to the Whitesnake tabs.

Whitesnake Band: Whitesnake
Title: Ready an' Willing
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Release Date: 1998-06-30
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Fool for Your Loving 2: Sweet Talker 3: Ready an' Willing 4: Carry Your Load 5: Blindman 6: Ain't Gonna Cry No More 7: Love Man 8: Black and Blue 9: She's a Woman

One Of Whitesnake's Best!
The arrival of Paice on the drum kit gave the group the tight drumming that they needed! The previous drummer Dowle was more of a jazz-fusion player. Between the period of December '79 and February '80, the definite line-up of the group (David Coverdale on vocals, Brenie Marsden/Mocky Moody on guitars, Neil Murray on bass, Jon Lord on keyboards, and Ian Paice on drums) gathered at Ridge Farm, Central Recorders Studio with producer Martin Birch and recorded ten amazing compositions that continue with their trademark R&B/hard rock style with juvenile lyrics. This is one of their best albums for sure!

The original version of "Fool For Your Loving" (written by Coverdale/Moody/Marsden) launches the album, a song that Coverdale would later re-record in 1989 for the "Slip Of The Tongue" LP but this is the superior version with an excellent solo from Marsden! And so it continues with many highlights of bluesy hard rock. "Sweet Talker" has a catchy, harmonized intro riff, the title track (written by all members except for Marsden) shows the good backing vocals of Moody/Marsden, stomping bass lines from Murray, and Paice's tight drumming while the ballads "Carry Your Load" and the remake from Coverdale's first solo album "Blindman" showcases the powerful singing from Coverdale. Listen carefully to the first ballad I mentioned. . . You'll notice that some of the notes used in its pre-chorus are similar to an older song that Coverdale wrote with bassist Glenn Hughes: "Holy Man" from Deep Purple's "Stormbringer" album!
Completing the set is the acoustic zeppelinesque number "Ain't Gonna Cry No More" with some killer slide guitar from Moody after the drums come in and the pure blues-rock of "Love Man". Last but not least, in "Black And Blue" Lord delivers some cool classic rock and roll piano and the up-tempo "She's A Woman" is a high key exit with great moog synth work from Lord playing a descending pattern that sounds like the music from one of those old video games!

If you are into bluesy hard rock, check out this great album, one of their best if not THE BEST!
Thanks for taking the time to read!
Later.


I get this crazy feelin'..... can you feel me baby........
SWEET SATISFACTION, READY AND WILLING. . . . . . A classic album of a classic rock band, symply great with John Lord, Ian Paice. . . . . This is the cd for you.


Good honest rock music
Along with David Coverdale, Ian Paice and Jon Lord from Deep Purple joined up with British guitarist Bernie Marsden and Mickey Moodey to produce the finest blues-rock album of 1980. Ready An' Willing" is a blues rock record performed with the Whitesnake's best lineup. This is their best album!

Highlights: Fool for your loving, Ready & Willing, Blindman and Carry your load.

If you like the MK III version of Deep Purple, you will probably like this disc as well.


Whitesnake on top of their game


Back in 1980 original Whitesnake guitarists Bernie Marsden and Mick Moody played big, bluesy guitar riffs and short, sparse solos, Coverdale didn't yet bleach his hair, and the music was raw and powerful, more Deep Purple than poodle-pop. This classic album was recorded seven years before Whitesnake broke through in America, having changed their sound from hard, bluesy rock n' roll to big-haired pop metal, so the version of "Fool For Your Loving" that kicks off "Ready An' Willing" is the original gritty rocker, not the slick, keyboard-laden and slightly evil one from the 1989 MTV video.
"Ready an' Willing" goes from highlight to highlight:
"Fool For Your Loving", the hard-rocking "Sweet Talker", the superbly groovy "Ready An' Willing", the dirty, swaggering blues-rock of "Love Man", and the ballads "Carry Your Load", the Zeppelin-like "Blindman" and the acoustic "Ain't Gonna Cry No More". And one of the band's unknown gems is also here, the funky, piano-driven R&B of "Black And Blue" which can only be found on this album.

It's not great art, sure, but it's really great fun, and there is certainly no need to program anything out here. To me "Ready An' Willing" is Whitesnake's strongest studio album by far, and it's also the last one with the original line-up of Moody, Marsden, Murray, and former Purple members Lord and Paice intact. Never again did the Snake make an album of such consistently entertaining songs.


Definitive Blues Rock
I can't think of a more defining release of the 1000+ rock releases, I have heard that defines the term "Blues Rock". The cast of this CD is the true blue whitesnake. This is top of the line Rock Blues. Great melodies, perfected instrumentation and Coverdale at peak performance. Don't delay if you don't have this recording in your rock collection.


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