Whitesnake The Blues Album (CD)

(Rhino) 14 tracks, digipack, all tracks remixed by chris collier, 2020

Whitesnake celebrate the blues sound that inspired their multi-platinum career with a new collection. The Blues Album features remixed and remastered versions of the British band's best blues rock tracks and marks the third and final release in their Red, White and Blues Trilogy, a compilation series organized by musical theme that began last year with Love Songs (red) and The Rock Album (white).

The Blues Album is released as a CD as well as a double LP pressed on blue 180g vinyl. Like The Rock Album and Love Songs, all tracks on The Blues Album have been re-recorded, remixed and remastered.

Whitesnake singer-songwriter David Coverdale says the music reflects how blues artists of the ilk of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and the Three Kings (Albert, B.B. and Freddie) have been a continuing inspiration to him. In the album's liner notes, he writes, "It's hard to put into words how deeply they penetrated my soul. But 'blues' to me is a beautiful word that describes emotional expression.... Emotions, be they sadness, loneliness, emptiness.... but equally those that express great joy, celebration and dancing, sensuality and love!!!"

The new compilation features a top-notch mix of hits and profound tracks originally released between 1984 and 2011 on six Whitesnake studio albums and Coverdale's solo album Into the Light.