Great White (album)
1984 studio album by Great White
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Great White is the debut 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.[6] EMI America judged the album a disaster[7] 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.[7]
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| Released | February 17, 1984[1] | |||
| Studio | Total Access Recording (Redondo Beach, California) | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal[2] | |||
| Length | 38:22 | |||
| Label | EMI America | |||
| Producer | Michael Wagener | |||
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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) – 3:57
- "No Better Than Hell" (Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black, Michael Wagener) – 4:06
- "Hold On" (Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black) – 4:13
- "Nightmares" (Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black, Niven) – 3:18
- "Dead End" (Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black) – 3:33
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[8] | 144 |