Great White
Great White's self-titled album came out on 17 February 1984 through EMI America. It is the American band's first full-length record, though three of its tracks are re-recorded versions of songs from their earlier EP. In the group's discography it sits just after On Your Knees (The First LP), and ahead of Shot in the Dark.
What makes it worth hearing is how different it sounds from what followed. Here the band play a harder-driving, more metallic style, a long way from the blues-infused rock that later brought them success. EMI America judged the record a disaster and dropped the band, which prompted a rethink and a tamer hard rock sound on later albums. A 1999 reissue under the name Stick It, from the French label Axe Killer, adds five bonus tracks.
Great White: tracklist, credits and charts
10 tracks · 38:43Tracklist
- 1Out of the NightBlack, Holland, Kendall, Russell3:00
- 2Stick ItBlack, Holland, Kendall, Niven, Russell3:59
- 3SubstitutePete Townshend4:24
- 4Bad BoysBlack, Holland, Kendall, Niven, Russell4:20
- 5On Your KneesBlack, Dokken, Holland, Kendall, Russell3:51
- 6StreetkillerBlack, Holland, Kendall, Russell3:58
- 7No Better Than HellBlack, Holland, Kendall, Niven, Russell, Wagener4:06
- 8Hold OnBlack, Holland, Kendall, Russell4:13
- 9NightmaresBlack, Holland, Kendall, Niven, Russell3:18
- 10Dead EndBlack, Holland, Kendall, Russell3:34
- Produced by
- Michael Wagener
- Recorded at
- Total Access Recording (Redondo Beach, California)
- Engineered by
- Michael Wagener
- Label
- EMI America
- Length
- 38:43
Singles
- “Out of the Night” · 31 March 1984
- “Stick It” · 1984
- “Substitute / No Better Than Hell” · 1984
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 · 1984 | 144 |
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How we know the release date wikipedia only
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 1984 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 17 February 1984 | |
| Wikidata | 1984 | |
| US release | 1984 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 1984 | earliest UK or European date |
5 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | XE | EMI America | 5099924008716 | original |
| 1984 | US | EMI America | original | |
| 1989 | US | EMI USA | 077774895323 | other |
| 1990 | US | Capitol Records | other | |
| 1999 | FR | Axe Killer | 3596971467722 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · native: native 1800x1800
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1800×1800 | native: native 1800x1800 |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 594×599 | upscaled |