Live at Donington 1990

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Live at Donington 1990
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Live album by
Released20 May 2011
Recorded18 August 1990 at the Monsters of Rock festival, Castle Donington, UK
Genre Hard rock
Length103:00
Label
Producer David Coverdale
Whitesnake chronology
Forevermore
(2011)
Live at Donington 1990
(2011)
Made in Japan
(2013)
Live at Donington 1990
Video by
Released20 May 2011
Recorded18 August 1990 at the Monsters of Rock festival, Castle Donington, UK
Genre Heavy metal, hard rock
Length125 min.
Label
Producer David Coverdale
Whitesnake video albums chronology
Live... In the Still of the Night
(2006)
Live at Donington 1990
(2011)
Made in Japan
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Metal Hammer (Germany)6/7 [3]

Live at Donington 1990 is a live album by English hard rock band Whitesnake. It was recorded at Castle Donington on 18 August 1990 during the Monsters of Rock festival, which the band headlined. [4] It was released on 20 May 2011 in Japan, [4] 3 June in Europe and 7 June in the US. [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Background

The band was performing with a modern sound system during the tour, which ensured an impressive sound quality, and the concert was broadcast live by BBC Radio. Widely bootlegged, fans requested the release of the footage of the concert through a mobilization on the group's website, as well as professional audio of the show. The album was released as a 2-CD set, [5] a single DVD set, a 2CD/DVD digipack, vinyl and as a digital edition. [7]

In 2019, the same live album was released along with the reissued 1989 Slip of the Tongue 30th-anniversary boxset with some audio clips being reduced to fit in an appropriate disc set. A 30th-anniversary remastered edition of the album was released in August 2020 without any cuts. [8]

Track listing

Disc 1

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Slip of the Tongue" David Coverdale, Adrian Vandenberg 6:52
2."Slide It In"Coverdale5:02
3."Judgement Day"Coverdale, Vandenberg5:55
4."Slow an' Easy"Coverdale, Micky Moody 8:11
5."Kittens Got Claws"Coverdale, Vandenberg4:58
6."Adagio for Strato"Vandenberg3:00
7."Flying Dutchman Boogie"Vandenberg3:53
8."Is This Love"Coverdale, John Sykes 4:45
9."Cheap an' Nasty"Coverdale, Vandenberg4:20
10."Crying in the Rain" (featuring Tommy Aldridge drum solo)Coverdale13:27

Disc 2

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Fool for Your Loving"Coverdale, Bernie Marsden, Moody6:01
2."For the Love of God" (from the Steve Vai album Passion and Warfare ) Steve Vai 5:12
3."The Audience Is Listening" (from the Steve Vai album Passion and Warfare )Vai3:01
4."Here I Go Again"Coverdale, Marsden5:42
5."Bad Boys"Coverdale, Sykes6:16
6."Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City"Michael Price, Dan Walsh8:26
7."Still of the Night"Coverdale, Sykes7:59

DVD

No.TitleLength
1."Slip of the Tongue" 
2."Slide It In" 
3."Judgement Day" 
4."Slow an' Easy" 
5."Kittens Got Claws" 
6."Adagio for Strato" 
7."Flying Dutchman Boogie" 
8."Is This Love" 
9."Cheap an' Nasty" 
10."Crying in the Rain" (featuring Tommy Aldridge drum solo) 
11."Fool for Your Loving" 
12."For the Love of God" 
13."The Audience Is Listening" 
14."Here I Go Again" 
15."Bad Boys" 
16."Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" 
17."Still of the Night" 
18."We Wish You Well" (Credits) 
19."The Making of Slip of the Tongue; Slide Show" (Bonus content) 

Personnel

Whitesnake

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [9] 100
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [10] 32
Italian Albums (FIMI) [11] 85
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [12] 221
Japanese DVDs (Oricon) [13] 12
UK Albums (OCC) [14] 81
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [15] 5

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