Great White (album)
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| Released | 1984 | |||
| Studio | Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal[1] | |||
| Length | 38:22 | |||
| Label | EMI America Records | |||
| Producer | Michael Wagener | |||
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| Singles from Great White | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10[3] |
| Kerrang! | (favorable)[4] |
Great White is the first full-length album by the American rock band Great White. Three tracks are taken from the band's previous EP, albeit in re-recorded versions. The musical style of this album is very different from the following highly successful releases of Great White, as they display here a more hard-driving metal sound as opposed to their later, blues-infused rock sound.[5] EMI America judged the album a disaster[6] and Great White was dropped. This led to a rethink by the band, and they became less heavy, introducing a tame hard rock sound for later albums.[6]
The CD reissue of 1999, done under the name Stick It by the French label Axe Killer, features five bonus tracks.
Track listing
- Side one
- "Out of the Night" (Mark Kendall, Jack Russell, Gary Holland, Lorne Black) – 2:56
- "Stick It" (Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black, Alan Niven) – 3:56
- "Substitute" (Pete Townshend) – 4:20
- "Bad Boys" (Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black, Niven) – 4:18
- "On Your Knees" (Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black, Don Dokken) – 3:50
- Side two
- "Streetkiller" (Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black) – 3:55
- "No Better Than Hell" (Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black, Michael Wagener) – 4:05
- "Hold On" (Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black) – 4:10
- "Nightmares" (Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black, Niven) – 3:20
- "Dead End" (Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black) – 3:32
Stick It 1999 CD reissue bonus tracks
- "Down at the Doctor" (Mickey Jupp) – 3:40 (Dr. Feelgood cover)
- "Train to Nowhere" (Kim Simmonds, Chris Youlden) – 4:27 (Savoy Brown cover)
- "The Hunter" (Carl Wells, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson, Jr., Booker T. Jones) – 4:12 (Albert King cover)
- "Red House" (Jimi Hendrix) – 8:46 (Jimi Hendrix cover)
- "Rock 'n' Roll" (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham) – 3:44 (Led Zeppelin cover)
Personnel
Great White
- Jack Russell – lead and backing vocals
- Mark Kendall – guitar, backing vocals
- Lorne Black – bass, backing vocals
- Gary Holland – drums, backing vocals
Additional musicians
- Alan Niven – backing vocals, management
- Gary Gersh, Mark Wesley, Phylis Koch, Tom The Razzman – backing vocals
- Michael Lardie – backing vocals, assistant engineer
Production
- Michael Wagener – producer, engineer, mixing
- Wyn Davis – assistant engineer
- Greg Fulginti – mastering
Charts
| Chart (1984) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[7] | 144 |
References
- ^ "No Life 'til Metal – CD Gallery – Great White". nolifetilmetal.com. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Great white Great White review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
- ^ Johnson, Howard (February 23, 1984). "Great White 'Great White'". Kerrang!. Vol. 62. London, UK: Spotlight Publications Ltd. pp. 10, 45.
- ^ "Great White - Great White". Sleaze Roxx. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
- ^ a b "Great White - 1984 Great White". GloryDaze Music. August 22, 2003. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011.
- ^ "Great White – Charts & Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
