Made in Japan (Whitesnake album)

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Made in Japan
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Live album by
Released22 April 2013
Recorded Loud Park Festival, Saitama Super Arena, Japan, 15 October 2011
Genre Hard rock
Length113:06
Label Frontiers
Producer David Coverdale, Doug Aldrich, Michael McIntyre
Whitesnake chronology
Live at Donington 1990
(2011)
Made in Japan
(2013)
The Purple Album
(2015)
Made in Japan
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Video by
Released22 April 2013
Recorded Loud Park Festival, Saitama Super Arena, Japan, 15 October 2011
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Label Frontiers
Director Nanami Ono
Producer Devin DeHaven, Michael McIntyre, David Coverdale, Yusuke Maeda
Whitesnake video albums chronology
Live at Donington 1990
(2011)
Made in Japan
(2013)
Live in 1984: Back to the Bone
(2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Made in Japan is a live album by English hard rock band Whitesnake. It was recorded at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Saitama during the Loud Park Festival. It was released on 3 April 2013 in Japan, 19 April in Europe 22 April UK and 23 April in the US. [2]

Contents

The album was released as a Blu-ray, a single DVD set, a 2CD/DVD digipack. [2]

Track listings

CD one
No.TitleLength
1."Best Years"6:29
2."Give Me All Your Love"4:51
3."Love Ain't No Stranger"4:23
4."Is This Love"4:23
5."Steal Your Heart Away"7:14
6."Forevermore"6:55
7."Six String Show Down"6:00
8."Love Will Set You Free"4:34
9."Drum Solo"7:31
10."Fool for Your Loving"4:50
11."Here I Go Again"6:01
12."Still of the Night"10:36
CD two - Soundcheck
No.TitleLength
1."Love Will Set You Free"5:07
2."Steal Your Heart Away"6:39
3."Fare Thee Well" (Acoustic version)4:47
4."One of These Days" (Acoustic version)4:16
5."Lay Down Your Love"6:45
6."Evil Ways"6:18
7."Good to Be Bad" (Acoustic version)3:16
8."Tell Me How" (Acoustic version)4:11
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
9."Best Years" 
10."The Badger" (Demo session) 
Blu-Ray and DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Best Years" 
2."Give Me All Your Love" 
3."Love Ain't No Stranger" 
4."Is This Love" 
5."Steal Your Heart Away" 
6."Forevermore" 
7."Six String Show Down" 
8."Love Will Set You Free" 
9."Drum Solo" 
10."Fool for Your Loving" 
11."Here I Go Again" 
12."Still of the Night" 
13."Forevermore" (fan video) 
14."Steal Your Heart Away" (fan video) 

Personnel

Whitesnake

Guest musicians

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [3] 54
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [4] 108
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [5] 59
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6] 26
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [7] 99
UK Albums (OCC) [8] 67
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [9] 43
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [10] 24

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