Pride (White Lion album)

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Pride
WhiteLionPride.jpg
Studio album by
White Lion
ReleasedJune 22, 1987 [1]
Genre Glam metal [2]
Length44:09
Label Atlantic
Producer Michael Wagener
White Lion chronology
Fight to Survive
(1985)		Pride
(1987)		 Big Game
(1989)
Singles from Pride
  1. "Wait"
    Released: June 1987 [3]
  2. "Tell Me"
    Released: June 1988 [4]
  3. "When the Children Cry"
    Released: October 1988 [5]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Classic RockStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Pride is the second studio album by the American-Danish glam metal band White Lion, released on June 22, 1987, by Atlantic Records. The album featured the two top ten hits "Wait" and "When the Children Cry". It peaked at number 11 on the Billboard 200 and remained in the Billboard Top 200 for a full year, selling two million copies in the US alone. [1]

Contents

Overview

The recording process of the album took six weeks and the album was produced by Michael Wagener. The album's first single, "Wait", was released on June 1, 1987, but did not make waves until MTV began airing the music video in January 1988, seven months after its release, pushing the single to #8 on the Billboard Hot 100. In August 1988, more than a year after the album's release, the second single "Tell Me" also featuring a music video hit #58. Pride's third single, a gentle acoustic ballad titled "When the Children Cry", made it all the way to #3, again with heavy MTV rotation of the music video. The album peaked at #11 on the album charts. Pride would remain on the top 200 Billboard album charts for a full year.

The success of "When the Children Cry" would eventually push sales of Pride over the two million mark in the US, achieving double platinum status. [1] In addition, guitarist Vito Bratta was recognized for his instrumental talents by racking up Best New Guitarist awards with both Guitar World magazine and Guitar for the Practicing Musician magazine.

"All You Need Is Rock 'n' Roll" was the fourth single released from the album.

In 1986, the band first recorded a few songs in Frankfurt, in the same studio as "Fight to Survive". But on returning home, they chose to ignore these songs and record a brand new record in Los Angeles. These demo songs can be found on "Pride Take One ´86" and the later "Anthology" album.

When they were recording the drums, Vito played the solo to the song "Wait" as a backing track but the producer was so pleased that they kept the recording. Michael Wagener has said in interviews that he got goosebumps when he heard Vito play the solo. They also borrowed an older Fender Stratocaster that once belonged to Jimi Hendrix to record another solo on the record.

In an interview with drummer Greg D`Angelo, he says that the first demo songs had the same raw sound as the first record, but they took a chance on recording and releasing the record with the new, slightly more commercial sound and the result was satisfactory.

Tour

The Pride tour started in June 1987, as White Lion opened for Frehley's Comet. The next year and a half was filled with constant touring, opening for such bands as Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne. KISS in December 1987. In January 1988 White Lion landed the opening slot for AC/DC on their Blow Up Your Video American tour. [7] They would end the tour opening for Stryper in the summer of 1988.

While White Lion toured with AC/DC, the Pride album and "Wait" single charted, due in no small part to MTV airing the "Wait" music video in regular rotation – nearly seven months after the single's release. In February 1988, a show "Live at the Ritz" in New York City was filmed for an MTV concert special and was released on VHS along with another full concert video titled "One Night in Tokyo".[ citation needed ] The Pride tour ended in the spring of 1989.

Track listing

All tracks written by Vito Bratta and Mike Tramp.

No.TitleLength
1."Hungry"3:55
2."Lonely Nights"4:11
3."Don't Give Up"3:15
4."Sweet Little Loving"4:02
5."Lady of the Valley"6:35
6."Wait"4:00
7."All You Need Is Rock 'n' Roll"5:14
8."Tell Me"4:28
9."All Join Our Hands"4:11
10."When the Children Cry"4:18
Total length:44:09

HNE Recordings 2020 box set bonus tracks

No.TitleLength
11."Wait" (Extended remix)6:21
12."When the Children Cry" (Edit)4:07
13."All You Need Is Rock 'n' Roll" (LP version with intro edit)4:22
14."All You Need Is Rock 'n' Roll" (Short Version)3:38
15."Tell Me" (Edit)4:04
Total length:66:41

Personnel

White Lion

Production

Charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [8] 44
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [9] 30
US Billboard 200 [10] 11

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [11] Platinum100,000^
United States (RIAA) [1] 2× Platinum2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Accolades

PublicationCountryAccoladeRank
PopMattersUS10 Essential Glam Metal Albums [12] 5
Rolling StoneUS50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time [13] 22
L.A. WeeklyUSTop 20 Hair Metal Albums of All Time [14] 19
Guitar WorldUSTop 20 Hair Metal Albums of the Eighties [15] 14
LoudwireUSTop 30 Hair Metal Albums [16] 30
Metal RulesUSTop 50 Glam Metal Albums [17] 23

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  4. ↑ "White Lion - Tell Me".
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