Into The Light

David Coverdale - Into The Light

Into The Light
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Artist: David Coverdale
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2000-11-21
Music Label: Dragonshead
Soundtracks:
  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

Free Music Notes for Into The Light

Free Music Review: Coverdale's return ranks up there with his finest albums
Hit: 5 Stars

Into The Light is just the album many have been waiting for, the return of one of rock's finest singers, whose career in America has suffered the past ten years owing to the decline of the genre in general. Here he puts out an album with a wonderful array of styles, the diversity of which has not been seen since his late '70s solo albums. If one only knows him from late '80s Whitesnake, be prepared for a surprise. Track by track:

1. Into the Light--a brief, moody instrumental which leads the listener into believing this will be just a metal album. Coverdale plays guitar on this track!

2. River Song--a great tune for fans of Hendrix/Trower-style guitar (Coverdale even mentions the "Bridge of Sighs.") If there are any complaints, it is that it meanders a bit, but the singer is in top voice.

3. She Give Me--this one sounds like a mixture of many different Coverdale/Page songs, especially "Pride and Joy" and "Feelin' Hot." The beginning sounds like some old blues 78 record! A lot of good fun.

4. Don't You Cry--a wonderful, almost Motown soulish ballad. The slide guitar motif gets into your veins instantly.

5. Love Is Blind--my personal favorite tune on the album at the moment, an acoustic ballad with straightforward lyrics about learning to love again. This one deserves a lot of airplay but of course will not get it.

6. Slave--somewhat like Coverdale/Page meets Whitesnake, this one is slow and hard.

7. Cry For Love--an uptempo, Rolling Stones tune with great harmonica playing and good Coverdale harmonies. The feel is loose and casual but rocking.

8. Living On Love--the most Zeppelin like track on the album, one which many '80s fans may like. The vocals are strong, matching the guitar riffs pound for pound.

9. Midnight Blue--a piano/acoustic ballad, slightly more uptempo than "Love Is Blind." Another melody hook that gets under your skin.

10. Too Many Tears--this one is much more stripped down and moody than its original appearance. Perhaps the finest vocal performance on the album, Coverdale explores the lower ranges of his voice and comes up with an eerie winner. Another "should be a hit."

11. Don't Lie To Me--the hardest rocker on the album, the one that late '80s fans will hear and say, "There's the David 'I' know!" The pre-chorus "Where were you when I needed you..." seems to inject a harmelodic sophistication not usually seen in the emotional/feel-oriented style of Coverdale, yet more proof that he is one of the most underrated singers of all time.

12. Wherever You May Go--the last song is a gentle ballad, one which the singer shares with a female singer, their duet reminding me a bit of Eric Clapton's work with Yvonne Eliman in the mid-70s. The lyrics end the album on a note of hope.

In summary, those who like only one era of Coverdale's career (Purple, early solo albums, early Whitesnake, later "glam"-era Whitesnake, or Coverdale/Page) may not find every song to their liking, but those who have followed his career since the beginning will most likely rate it one of the best--if not the best--release of 2000.

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Latest from the legendary voice of Whitesnake and Deep Purple. 'Into The Light' blends rock, soul, and blues into an album that Coverdale describes as, 'the most complete record I've ever made. You can hear every cigarette I've smoked, every drink I've had and every tear I've cried'. Standard jewel case. 2000 release.
As former screecher with Deep Purple and Whitesnake, David Coverdale has more to live down than most aging hard-rock vocalists trying to age gracefully, but he makes a game stab at it on Into the Light. The only photo of him on the sleeve shows the famous peroxide mane tidily cropped, and relies on a battered acoustic guitar as a central prop. Sadly, as a metaphor for the music, this is only partially apt. While ballads such as "Love Is Blind" and "Don't You Cry" are attractively melancholy, Coverdale's forte is blustering bellicosity. The big guitars and bigger keyboards are in command from the early "River Song" onward, and by the time he yelps the grim doggerel of "Wherever You May Go" ("You mean the world to me / More than I can say / And when I look at you / It takes my breath away") you've got conclusive proof that you can take the man out of the metal, but... --Andrew Mueller

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