The Rock Album
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Rock Album
| type = compilation
| artist = Whitesnake
| cover = The Rock Album.jpg|border=yes
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2020|06|19|df=y}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Hard rock, blues rock, heavy metal, glam metal
| length = 78:10
| label = Rhino
| producer = {{hlist|Michael McIntyre|David Coverdale (exec.)}}
| prev_title = Flesh & Blood
| prev_year = 2019
| next_title = Love Songs
| next_year = 2020
| misc =
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Classic Rock
| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/whitesnake-the-rock-album-proof-that-theres-life-left-in-brand-coverdale|title=Whitesnake: The Rock Album - proof that there's life left in brand Coverdale|work=Classic Rock|via=Loudersound|last=Elliot|first=Paul|date=19 June 2020|access-date=4 December 2020}}
}}
The Rock Album is a compilation album by British hard rock band Whitesnake, released on 19 June 2020 through Rhino Records.{{cite web |title=WHITESNAKE: THE ROCK ALBUM Available June 19th |url=https://www.rhino.com/article/whitesnake-the-rock-album-available-june-19th |publisher=Rhino Records |access-date=29 May 2020 |date=17 April 2020}} The album contains "revisited, remixed and remastered" versions of previously released songs, and is the first in a series called Red, White and Blues Trilogy including also red's Love Songs (2020) and blue's The Blues Album (2021).
Content
According to the album's executive producer David Coverdale, some songs "have been musically embellished where my co-producer Michael McIntyre, my new mixer Christopher Collier and I felt it appropriate or necessary to bring out the best in these songs."
The Rock Album includes a new song, "Always the Same", originally recorded for the band's 2019 album Flesh & Blood.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/whitesnake-the-rock-album-mmxx |title= Whitesnake - The Rock Album |date=1 July 2020 |website=Rock Hard |volume=398 |access-date=16 November 2023}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline =
|extra_column = Original release
| title1 = Still of the Night (2020 Remix)
| note1 =
| writer1 =
|extra1 = Whitesnake
| length1 = 6:49
| title2 = Best Years (2020 Remix)
| note2 =
| writer2 =
|extra2 = Good to Be Bad
| length2 = 5:16
| title3 = Tell Me How (2020 Remix)
| note3 =
| writer3 =
| extra3 = Forevermore
| length3 = 5:28
| title4 = Love Ain't No Stranger (2020 Remix)
| note4 =
| writer4 =
|extra4 = Slide It In
| length4 = 4:15
| title5 = All or Nothing (2020 Remix)
| note5 =
| writer5 =
|extra5 = Slide It In
| length5 = 3:48
| title6 = Give Me All Your Love (2020 Remix)
| note6 =
| writer6 =
|extra6 = Whitesnake
| length6 = 3:27
| title7 = Can You Hear the Wind Blow (2020 Remix)
| note7 =
| writer7 =
|extra7 = Good to Be Bad
| length7 = 5:07
| title8 = Restless Heart (2020 Remix)
| note8 =
| writer8 =
|extra8 = Restless Heart
| length8 = 4:52
| title9 = Anything You Want (2020 Remix)
| note9 =
| writer9 =
|extra9 = Restless Heart
| length9 = 4:12
| title10 = Here I Go Again (2020 Remix)
| note10 =
| writer10 =
|extra10 = Whitesnake
| length10 = 4:32
| title11 = Judgement Day (2020 Remix)
| note11 =
| writer11 =
|extra11 = Slip of the Tongue
| length11 = 5:19
| title12 = She Give Me (2020 Remix)
| note12 =
| writer12 =
|extra12 = Into the Light
| length12 = 4:12
| title13 = Crying (2020 Remix)
| note13 =
| writer13 =
|extra13 = Restless Heart
| length13 = 5:39
| title14 = Can't Stop Now (2020 Remix)
| note14 =
| writer14 =
|extra14 = Restless Heart
| length14 = 3:26
| title15 = Always the Same (2020 Remix)
| note15 =
| writer15 =
| extra15 = Previously unreleased-Flesh & Blood
| length15 = 4:46
| title16 = Forevermore (2020 Remix)
| note16 =
| writer16 =
|extra16 = Forevermore
| length16 = 7:07
}}
Charts
The vinyl LP charted on the UK Official Vinyl Albums Chart at the 39th position.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/vinyl-albums-chart/20200626/9/|title=Official Vinyl Albums Chart on 26/6/2020|website=Official Charts Company|access-date=15 November 2023}}
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|+Chart performance for The Rock Album |
| scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Wallonia|89|artist=Whitesnake|album=The Rock Album|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2020}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|40|id=416272|artist=Whitesnake|album=The Rock Album|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2020}} |
| {{album chart|Hungary|11|year=2020|week=28|artist=Whitesnake|album=The Rock Album|rowheader=true|access-date=17 July 2020}} |
| {{album chart|Oricon|28|date=2020-06-29|rowheader=true|accessdate=15 November 2023}} |
| scope="row"| Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums&year=2020&month=06&day=29|title=Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of June 24, 2020|website=Billboard Japan|language=ja|access-date=15 November 2023}}
| 36 |
| {{album chart|Portugal|44|artist=Whitesnake|album=The Rock Album|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2020}} |
| {{album chart|Scotland|11|date=20200626|rowheader=true|access-date=15 November 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|36|artist=Whitesnake|album=The Rock Album|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2020}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|81|date=20200626|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2020}} |
| {{album chart|UKRock|2|date=20200626|rowheader=true|access-date=15 November 2023}} |
Credits
Credits are adapted from the complication album's liner notes. For original album credits, see Slide It In, 1987, Slip of the Tongue, Restless Heart, Into the Light, Good to Be Bad, Forevermore
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;Whitesnake (Always the Same) (see Flesh & Blood credits)
;Technical (Always the Same)
|valign=top| ;Management
;Technical
;Design
;Other
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References
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