“Slide It In” by Whitesnake

David Coverdale wrote "Slide It In" on his own, and it gave its name to Whitesnake's sixth album, which arrived in Europe on 30 January 1984. That record lived two lives. The original mix took flak for sounding flat, so for America it was remixed, resequenced and issued by Geffen that April, buffed to a shine that sat much closer to the glam metal then taking over US rock; critics hear blues rock and glam metal wrestling all the way through. It was the album that first cracked the States for the band, and the last to carry the old snake logo.

The lineup that made it barely outlasted the promotion: founding guitarist Micky Moody quit after the sessions, Mel Galley and Colin Hodgkinson were soon gone, and Jon Lord left to rejoin a reformed Deep Purple, with John Sykes and a returning Neil Murray stepping in.

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