Into the Light (David Coverdale album)

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Into the Light
Into the Light.jpg
Studio album by
David Coverdale
Released25 September 2000 (UK)
Genre
Length58:21
LabelEMI
ProducerDavid Coverdale, Doug Bossi, John X. Volaitis, Michael McIntyre
David Coverdale chronology
Coverdale•Page
(1993) 		Into the Light
(2000) 		The Early Years
(2003)
Singles from Into the Light
  1. "Love Is Blind"
    Released: 2000
  2. "Slave"
    Released: 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[1]
Rock Hard8/10[2]
Soundi3/5 stars[3]

Into the Light is the third solo album by David Coverdale. It was released in September 2000.

Background[]

In between 1978 and 1997, Coverdale and his band Whitesnake produced nine studio albums. After a three-year break, he returned with what was officially his first solo album since 1978's Northwinds. His 1997 album Restless Heart was recorded as a solo project, but for contractual reasons his label forced him to release it under the Whitesnake moniker. The new album "Into the Light" released in 2000 reached #75 on the UK album chart. In an interview with Classic Rock magazine in 2000, Coverdale stated: "The whole premise of my new record, Into The Light, is about coming out of what I felt was a dark period... I didn't really know who I was, using the illusion of David Coverdale I've created, or that other people have. I got tired of trying to live up to that, which is not necessarily who I am."[4]

"Too Many Tears" was a new arrangement of the same song originally appearing on Coverdale's previous studio album, Whitesnake's Restless Heart. "Love Is Blind" was released as a single with an accompanying music video, but did not chart. "Slave" reached No. 33 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.[5]

Three additional songs were recorded for this album that did not make the final CD. Coverdale released these tracks on his official Whitesnake.com website.[6] A number of other titles, written by Coverdale, have yet to be released. Some unreleased songs from this period have found their way onto subsequent releases such as: "Wherever You May Go (Acoustic Demo)" and "All The Time In The World" on the 2018 box set, Unzipped, as well as an early demo version of "River Song". "Flesh And Blood" and "Heart Of Stone" appeared on Whitesnake's 2019 studio album, Flesh & Blood. The newly released Love Songs collection in 2020 also feature songs from this period, including the first publicly available versions of "Let's Talk It Over" and "Yours For The Asking".

So far, songs that have been heard and known to exist that did not make the final cut of the album are: “With All Of My Heart”, “As Long As I Have You”, “Oh No, Not The Blues Again!”, “Heart Of Stone”, “Flesh And Blood”, “Let’s Talk It Over”, “Yours For The Asking” and “All The Time In The World”.

Coverdale has stated in numerous interviews that Into The Light is likely to receive a deluxe box set rerelease along with other recent Whitesnake albums. While no track list has been released, this may include more unreleased tracks and perhaps the original album versions of tracks that appeared later, such as “Heart Of Stone” and “Flesh And Blood”, may be heard for the first time.


Track listing[]

  1. "...Into the Light" (David Coverdale) - 1:16
  2. "River Song" (Coverdale) - 7:19
  3. "She Give Me..." (Coverdale) - 4:12
  4. "Don't You Cry" (Coverdale) - 5:47
  5. "Love Is Blind" (Coverdale, Earl Slick) - 5:44
  6. "Slave" (Coverdale, Slick) - 4:51
  7. "Cry for Love" (Coverdale, Doug Bossi, Slick) - 4:52
  8. "Living on Love" (Coverdale, Bossi, Slick) - 6:31
  9. "Midnight Blue" (Coverdale, Slick) - 4:58
  10. "Too Many Tears" (Coverdale, Adrian Vandenberg) - 5:59
  11. "Don't Lie to Me" (Coverdale, Slick) - 4:43
  12. "Wherever You May Go" (Coverdale) - 3:59

Whitesnake.com Bonus Tracks[]

  2. "As Long as I Have You"
  3. "Oh No! Not the Blues Again"
  4. "All the Time in the World"

Personnel[]

Musicians[]

  • David Coverdale - lead vocals, guitar on "...Into the Light" and "Cry for Love", producer
  • Doug Bossi - guitar, slide guitar, background vocals, associate producer, engineer
  • Earl Slick - guitar
  • Reeves Gabrels - guitar solo on "She Give Me"
  • Dylan Vaughan - guitar on "Don't You Cry"
  • Marco Mendoza - bass, Spanish guitar on "Wherever You May Go", background vocals
  • Tony Franklin - bass on "Don't You Cry"
  • Denny Carmassi - drums
  • Mike Finnigan - organ & piano
  • Derek Hilland - keyboards on "...Into the Light" and "Living on Love"
  • John X. Volaitis - keyboards and percussion on "She Give Me", keyboards and vocals on "Don't You Cry" and "Don't Lie to Me", keyboards on "Too Many Tears", harp on "Wherever You May Go", associate producer, mixing
  • Bjorn Thorsrud - tambourine on "Don't You Cry", engineer
  • James Sitterly - strings on "Love Is Blind"
  • Ruy Folguera - string arrangement on "Love Is Blind"
  • Jimmy Z - harmonica on "Cry for Love"
  • Linda Rowberry - vocal duet on "Wherever You May Go"

Production[]

  • Michael McIntyre - associate producer, engineer
  • Rich Veltrop - engineer
  • Dylan Vaughan - mixing assistant engineer
  • George Marino - mastering

Charts[]

Year Chart Position
2000 Swedish Albums Chart[7] 31
German Albums Chart[8] 45
UK Albums Chart[9] 46
Swiss Albums Top 100[10] 84

References[]

  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. "David Coverdale - Into the Light review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  2. ^ "David Coverdale - Into the Light". Rock Hard (in German). Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  3. ^ Mattila, Antti (9 July 2009). "David Coverdale: Into the Light". Soundi (in Finnish). Pop Media Oy. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  4. ^ "News, rumors and information: BIG interview with DC in next Classic Rock magazine!". Soldier of Fortune website. October 2000. Archived from the original on 6 October 2000. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Into the Light Billboard Singles". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  6. ^ "David Coverdale - extras". David Coverdale Official Website. Archived from the original on 11 October 2004. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  7. ^ "David Coverdale – Into the Light (album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  8. ^ "Album – David Coverdale, Into the Light". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  9. ^ "David Coverdale Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  10. ^ "David Coverdale – Into the Light". Hitparade.ch (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
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