REVIEW: DAVID COVERDALE - INTO THE LIGHT

 

DAVID COVERDALE - INTO THE LIGHT (EMI, 2000)

Produced by David Coverdale

Artwork by Stylorouge

Tracks: 1- Into the Light, 2- River Song, 3- She Give Me, 4- Don´t You Cry, 5- Love is Blind, 6- Slave; 7- Cry for Love, 8- Living on Love, 9- Midnight Blue, 10- Too Many Tears; 11- Don´t Lie To Me, 12- Wherever You May Go

After the disolution of Whitesnake David Coverdale started a solo career focused on songs that sound more bluesy than the one of his previous band. The tracks contained here are more related to the "Northwinds" album or to the Page/Coverdale one than to the last albums that Whitesnake did. This is mostly because of the guitar sound: Earl Slick is a really bluesy guitar with a lot of early blues influence (and Led Zeppelin ones too). In Fact, I must say that I prefer Adrian Vanderberg, John Sykes or any of the other latest Whitesnake guitarist (Steve Vai obviously!) that used to give a more modern sound to the tracks (listen here "Too Many Tears" that despite being a ballad has this element and it is composed by Coverdale and Vandenberg). One step more on Coverdale´s career.

Favorite tracks: "She Give Me"; "Too Many Tears" and "Slave".

Contact: www.davidcoverdale.com