Flesh & Blood
Studio album by
Whitesnake
Released10 May 2019 (2019-05-10)
GenreHard rock
Length59:22
LabelFrontiers
Producer
Whitesnake chronology
The Purple Album
(2015)		 Flesh & Blood
(2019)		 The Rock Album
(2020)
Singles from Flesh & Blood
  1. "Shut Up & Kiss Me"
    Released: 14 February 2019
  2. "Trouble Is Your Middle Name"
    Released: 13 March 2019
  3. "Hey You (You Make Me Rock)"
    Released: 5 April 2019
  4. "Always & Forever"
    Released: 14 February 2020

Flesh & Blood is the thirteenth studio album by British hard 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 Top 10 on the UK Albums Chart and topped the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart.

Background

Whitesnake performing at Hellfest in Clisson, France, June 2019.

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 song "Gonna Be Alright" was one of Coverdale's unused ideas during the recording of Coverdale–Page (1993).[2]

Touring

The band embarked on a supporting tour in April with dates in North America, followed by a European tour over the summer.[3] However, part of the world tour including Australia, New Zealand and Japan was delayed due to band members health issues and the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5][6][7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Classic Rock[8]
Metal.de6/10[9]
Metal Hammer (Germany)6/7[10]
Rock Hard8/10[11]
The Rockpit(favorable)[12]

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".[8] 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".[11] Mark Diggins of The Rockpit considered it is possibly the band's best album in decades.[12]

Loudwire named it one of the 50 best rock albums of 2019.[13]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Good to See You Again"David Coverdale, Reb Beach, Joel Hoekstra3:42
2."Gonna Be Alright"Coverdale, Hoekstra3:51
3."Shut Up & Kiss Me"Coverdale, Beach3:37
4."Hey You (You Make Me Rock)"Coverdale, Beach, Hoekstra5:29
5."Always & Forever"Coverdale3:53
6."When I Think of You (Color Me Blue)"Coverdale3:52
7."Trouble Is Your Middle Name"Coverdale, Hoekstra4:17
8."Flesh & Blood"Coverdale5:18
9."Well I Never"Coverdale, Hoekstra4:01
10."Heart of Stone"Coverdale6:42
11."Get Up"Coverdale, Beach4:45
12."After All"Coverdale, Hoekstra3:47
13."Sands of Time"Coverdale, Beach6:08
Total length:59:22
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Can't Do Right for Doing Wrong"Coverdale, Beach4:58
15."If I Can't Have You"Coverdale, Hoekstra4:23
16."Gonna Be Alright" (X-Tendo Mix)Coverdale, Hoekstra4:12
17."Sands of Time" (radio mix)Coverdale, Beach6:20
18."Shut Up & Kiss Me" (video mix)Coverdale, Beach3:43
Total length:82:58

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[14][1]

Whitesnake
Technical
  • Michael McIntyre – engineering & recording
  • Christopher 'Muffin Man' Collier – mixing & mastering
  • Scott Hull – mastering (at Masterdisk, New York)[15]
Design
  • Hugh Gilmour – artwork & design
Management
  • David Coverdale – executive producer
  • Reb Beach, Joel Hoekstra, Michael McIntyre – producer
  • Tom Gordon & Jeremiah Wynn – assisted producer

Charts

The vinyl LP charted on the UK Official Vinyl Albums Chart at the 5th position.[16]

Chart (2019) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[17] 86
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[18] 13
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[19] 22
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[20] 26
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[21] 51
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[22] 4
French Albums (SNEP)[23] 64
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[24] 3
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[25] 12
Italian Albums (FIMI)[26] 61
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[27] 11
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[28] 20
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[29] 13
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[30] 31
Scottish Albums (OCC)[31] 2
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[32] 20
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[33] 9
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[34] 2
UK Albums (OCC)[35] 7
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[36] 1
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[37] 1
US Billboard 200[38] 131
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[39] 6
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[40] 5
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[41] 22
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[42] 5

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Whitesnake Release New Album, 'Flesh & Blood'". Guitar World. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Whitesnake - Flesh & Blood - Track by Track - Gonna Be Alright". Whitesnake TV. 21 March 2019. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021 – via YouTube.
  3. ↑ "Whitesnake Kicks Off 'Flesh & Blood' World Tour In Newkirk, Oklahoma (Video)". Blabbermouth.net. 13 April 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  4. ↑ Jenke, Tyler (23 February 2020). "Scorpions & Whitesnake Cancel Brisbane Performance Due to Medical Emergency". Rolling Stone Australia. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Scorpions And Whitesnake Reschedule Sydney Concert, Cancel Auckland Show". Blabbermouth.net. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "Whitesnake, Slipknot Postpone Tours Due to Coronavirus Outbreak". 5 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "Whitesnake Postpones Japanese Tour Due To Ongoing Threat Of Coronavirus". Blabbermouth.net. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  8. 1 2 Wilding, Philip (10 May 2019). "Whitesnake: Flesh & Blood album review". Classic Rock. Retrieved 15 May 2019 – via Loudersound.
  9. ↑ Rothe, Dominik (13 May 2019). "Whitesnake - Flesh & Blood". Metal.de. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
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  11. 1 2 Kupfer, Thomas (22 May 2019). "Whitesnake - Flesh & Blood". Rock Hard. Vol. 385. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  12. 1 2 Diggins, Mark (23 April 2019). "Album Review: Whitesnake - Flesh & Blood". The Rockpit. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  13. ↑ "The 50 Best Rock Albums of 2019". Loudwire. Townsquare Media. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  14. ↑ Flesh & Blood (booklet). Whitesnake. Frontiers Music. 2019. FR LP 950.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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  17. ↑ "ARIA Chart Watch #526". auspOp. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
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  19. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Whitesnake – Flesh & Blood" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  20. ↑ "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 20.Týden 2019 on the field besides the words "CZ – ALBUMS – TOP 100" to retrieve the correct chart. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
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  22. ↑ "Whitesnake: Flesh & Blood" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
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  27. ↑ "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2019-05-20" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
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  30. ↑ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
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  36. ↑ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  37. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
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  39. ↑ "Whitesnake Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  40. ↑ "Whitesnake Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  41. ↑ "Whitesnake Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  42. ↑ "Whitesnake Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
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