Flesh & Blood (Whitesnake album)
2019 studio album by Whitesnake
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Flesh & Blood is the thirteenth and final studio album by English rock band Whitesnake, released on 10 May 2019 through Frontiers Records. A music video was released for the lead single "Shut Up & Kiss Me".[1] The album reached number 7 on the UK Albums Chart and topped the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart, selling 4,894 copies on its first release.[2]
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| Released | 10 May 2019 | |||
| Genres | Hard rock, glam metal | |||
| Length | 59:22 | |||
| Label | Frontiers | |||
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Background
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David Coverdale stated that the band "put everything we had and more into making this album". U.S. musician Joel Hoekstra, who joined Whitesnake in 2015, co-wrote six of the album's tracks with Coverdale. As well, U.S. musician Reb Beach co-wrote five of the tracks.[1] The riff of the song "Gonna Be Alright" was one of Coverdale's unused ideas during the recording of Coverdale–Page (1993).[3]
Touring
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Classic Rock |    [9] |
| Metal.de | 6/10[10] |
| Metal Hammer (Germany) | 6/7[11] |
| Rock Hard | 8/10[12] |
| The Rockpit | (favorable)[13] |
Philip Wilding of Classic Rock felt that listeners "hoping that the new Whitesnake album record will recall Coverdale's smoky, Lovehunter past should look away now", but for those that "want something to listen to while driving with the top down in some steamy Californian clime, then this Whitesnake is hard to beat".[9] Thomas Kupfer for Rock Hard argued "although it doesn't belong in the ranks of the really great classics in the band's canon, it is a very good hard rock album that certainly knows how to set a tone".[12] Mark Diggins of The Rockpit considered it is possibly the band's best album in decades.[13]
Loudwire named it one of the 50 best rock albums of 2019.[14]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Good to See You Again" | David Coverdale, Reb Beach, Joel Hoekstra | 3:42 |
| 2. | "Gonna Be Alright" | Coverdale, Hoekstra | 3:51 |
| 3. | "Shut Up & Kiss Me" | Coverdale, Beach | 3:37 |
| 4. | "Hey You (You Make Me Rock)" | Coverdale, Beach, Hoekstra | 5:29 |
| 5. | "Always & Forever" | Coverdale | 3:53 |
| 6. | "When I Think of You (Color Me Blue)" | Coverdale | 3:52 |
| 7. | "Trouble Is Your Middle Name" | Coverdale, Hoekstra | 4:17 |
| 8. | "Flesh & Blood" | Coverdale | 5:18 |
| 9. | "Well I Never" | Coverdale, Hoekstra | 4:01 |
| 10. | "Heart of Stone" | Coverdale | 6:42 |
| 11. | "Get Up" | Coverdale, Beach | 4:45 |
| 12. | "After All" | Coverdale, Hoekstra | 3:47 |
| 13. | "Sands of Time" | Coverdale, Beach | 6:08 |
| Total length: | 59:22 | ||
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| 14. | "Can't Do Right for Doing Wrong" | Coverdale, Beach | 4:58 |
| 15. | "If I Can't Have You" | Coverdale, Hoekstra | 4:23 |
| 16. | "Gonna Be Alright" (X-Tendo Mix) | Coverdale, Hoekstra | 4:12 |
| 17. | "Sands of Time" (radio mix) | Coverdale, Beach | 6:20 |
| 18. | "Shut Up & Kiss Me" (video mix) | Coverdale, Beach | 3:43 |
| Total length: | 82:58 | ||
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[15][1]
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Charts
The vinyl LP charted on the UK Official Vinyl Albums Chart at the 5th position.[17]
| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[18] | 86 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[19] | 13 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[20] | 22 |
| Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[21] | 26 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[22] | 51 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[23] | 4 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[24] | 64 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[25] | 3 |
| Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[26] | 12 |
| Italian Albums (FIMI)[27] | 61 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[28] | 11 |
| Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[29] | 20 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[30] | 13 |
| Polish Albums (ZPAV)[31] | 31 |
| Scottish Albums (Official Charts)[32] | 2 |
| Spanish Albums (Promusicae)[33] | 20 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[34] | 9 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[35] | 2 |
| UK Albums (Official Charts)[36] | 7 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums (Official Charts)[37] | 1 |
| UK Independent Albums (Official Charts)[38] | 1 |
| US Billboard 200[39] | 131 |
| US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[40] | 6 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[41] | 5 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[42] | 22 |
| US Indie Store Album Sales (Billboard)[43] | 5 |
Release history
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| Various | 10 May 2019 | Frontiers | Standard | [44] | |
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Deluxe Collector's Edition | [47] | |
| 11-12 November 2024 |
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Standard | [48][49] |