Whitesnake
Slide It In


Tracks:

1. Gambler
2. Slide It In
3. Standing in the Shadow
4. Give Me More Time
5. Love Ain't No Stranger
6. Slow An' Easy
7. Spit It Out
8. All or Nothing
9. Hungry for Love
10. Guilty of Love
11. Need Your Love So Bad (Japanese Bonus Track)

Line up:

David Coverdale – lead vocals
Mel Galley – guitars, backing vocals
Micky Moody – guitars
Colin Hodgkinson – bass
Jon Lord – keyboards
Cozy Powell – drums

Record Label / Year of Release:

EMI / Geffen 1983

Notes:

Slide It In is the sixth studio album by British hard rock band Whitesnake, released in 1984.

It was the first Whitesnake album to be released by Geffen Records in the United States, but was remixed for the release there. Because of this, two different editions of the album exist, each with its own unique qualities. In 1988 the album re-entered the charts due to the success of the self-titled Whitesnake album (1987 in Europe), peaking at #99. It was the final Whitesnake recording to use the band's original "snake" logo.

The European edition of the album contains the original mix. This mix features a stronger presence of keyboards by Jon Lord, and the bass is more noticeable. The track order is also different from the U.S. mix.

The U.S. mix lowers the keyboards and bass in the mix, and is more orientated around the guitars and drums. The U.S. version features some different guitar solos to the European edition, with the addition of John Sykes as a third guitarist layered on top of the original guitar parts recorded by Mel Galley and Micky Moody. The bass guitar parts which were originally recorded by Colin Hodgkinson were replaced by returning member Neil Murray's bass guitar parts. The US version also included new keyboard parts by Bill Cuomo.

There are also other, more subtle differences in the mix. For instance, on the track "Gambler" on the UK version, Coverdale's voice echoes after every line he sings - this does not happen in the U.S. mix. On the track "Slow An' Easy", the U.S. version has more echo.

In 2009, the album was re-issued as a 2-disc digipack to commemorate its 25th anniversary. On the first disc, the CD contains the entire U.S. mix of the album and 8 of the original UK mixes digitally remastered, although the 1987 remixed version of "Need Your Love So Bad" is used on this release instead of the original version. The UK mixes of "Hungry for Love" or "Love Ain't No Stranger" are not included, but the acoustic version of "Love Ain't No Stranger" is featured (taken from Starkers in Tokyo). A DVD containing promo videos and live performances is also included.