Trouble – WHITESNAKE***

Take Me With You/Love To Keep You Warm/Lie Down (A Modern Love Song)/Day Tripper/Nighthawk (Vampire Blues)/The Time Is Right For Love/Trouble/Belgian Tom’s Hat Trick/Free Flight/Free Flight/Don’t Mess With Me

Trouble was the debut album from the hard rock band Whitesnake founded by the former Deep Purple vocalist David Coverdale. Despite this shaky start they would release some classic tracks in the next decade. (UK:50)

“The tracks are fine, but almost all are way longer than they should be and it gets rather boring and repetitive. If the tracks were shorter it would have been better.”

“As a release, this is pretty decent. It's not incredibly memorable outside of a few tracks. It's certainly not offensive (musically), but there just isn't much substance to back up the style on display here. Guitars and organs are blazing, but they aren't organized or arranged in a way that really plays to their strengths outside of solos.”

“Trouble, their debut, is different from the polished, glam metal sound of their best known hits. It's actually a surprisingly good collection of straight-forward blues-rock. David Coverdale sounds fantastic here, his raspy voice complements the music.”

“This album showcases the reasons why David Coverdale never made it big in the years between Deep Purple and his pop metal days. You have to love the voice (one of the best in rock history), but you also have to hate the clichéd blues-rock, the uninspired arrangements and the often stupid lyrics.”

“Trouble is a fair to middling album from a band looking to find their feet. It's in no way essential but it does have a certain nostalgic charm.”

“Blending blues with the sound popularized by Zeppelin and Deep Purple, this is a record for Whitesnake fans to hear. This is not the radio friendly Americanized Whitesnake, but the hard-rocking original. No teased hair or spandex here, just straightforward rock and roll.”

“The problem seems to be a lack of ambition and innovation which has always been my concern with the band. So, even though some of the material identifies Whitesnake as a force to be reckoned with, the inclusion of a lacklustre cover of Day Tripper and a very ordinary instrumental, Belgian Tom's Hat Trick, are indicative of a blasé, if not downright lazy, attitude.”