Whitesnake "Still Good To Be Bad (CD+DVD Special Edition, Reissue, Japan, Warner Music Japan, WPZR-30471/2)"

Good to Be Bad is the tenth studio album by British hard rock band Whitesnake, released on 18 April 2008 in Germany, 21 April 2008 in Europe and 22 April in North America by SPV/Steamhammer. It was the band's first album of new studio material in a decade, since 1997's Restless Heart, not including the four new tracks recorded for the 2006 live album Live: In the Shadow of the Blues. The album was the very first collaboration between lead vocalist David Coverdale and guitarist Doug Aldrich. The album charted at number 62 on the Billboard 200 chart, number 8 on the Top Independent albums chart, number 23 on the Canadian Albums Chart and number 7 on the UK Albums Chart.[2] As of sales in March 2011, the album sold over 700,000 copies worldwide, considered as unexpected as an independent label release.

The album contained three singles, "Lay Down Your Love", "All for Love", "Summer Rain", and one promotional single, "Can You Hear the Wind Blow". Despite being released through a hard rock independent label, alongside the album itself (with the exception of the Warner record label only to be released in Japan), all of the singles failed to chart.

On 28 April 2023, the album received a reissue by RHINO Entertainment under the name, Still...Good to Be Bad, similar to the 2011 expanded Japanese version. The reissue contained 2-LP remixes and remasters alongside alternate mixes and demo "Evolutions" tapes. The album was widely made available for streaming despite the majority of the songs from that album appeared on the "Red, White, and Blues" trilogy (2020's Love Songs and The Rock Album, and 2021's The Blues Album), respectively.

On 7 September 2011, Warner Japan released an expanded album version under the name Still... Good to Be Bad exclusive to Japan only. The expanded Japanese reissue consisted of 4 bonus tracks from the previous live album Live... in the Shadow of the Blues with the drum tracks only to be re-recorded by Chris Frazier. It also contained a bonus DVD that featured the band performing at Cutting Room in New York City on 10 April 2008, with two music videos (Ready to Rock & Lay Down Your Love), the whole 2006 live album performance, and an exclusive interview of the album followed by a slideshow that plays the acoustic version of Summer Rain. Another version of this album was reissued on 13 April 2013 with the Japanese tour included.

Track listings

All songs written by David Coverdale and Doug Aldrich, except where noted.

Disc 1: Audio (Original Album W/ Re-recorded Studio Tracks From Live: In The Shadow Of The Blues

1. Best Years 5:15
2. Can You Hear The Wind Blow 5:04
3. Lay Down Your Love 6:01
4. If You Want Me (Re-recorded with Chris Frazier on drums) 4:08
5. All I Want All I Need 5:41
6. Call On Me 5:02
7. Ready to Rock (Re-recorded with Chris Frazier on drums) 4:19
8. Summer Rain 6:11
9. Good To Be Bad 5:14
10. All For Love 5:14
11. All I Want Is You (Re-recorded with Chris Frazier on drums) 4:12
12. Got What You Need 4:16
13. A Fool In Love 5:50
14. Dog (Re-recorded with Chris Frazier on drums) 3:27
15. 'Til The End Of Time 5:35

Disc 2: Bonus Dvd

1. Ready To Rock (Music Video)
2. Lay Down Your Love" (Music video)

Cutting Room NY Acoustic Video

1. Give Me All Your Love
2. Can You Hear The Wind Blow
3. All I Want All I Need
4. Lay Down Your Love
5. Fool For Your Loving
6. The Deeper The Love
7. Ain't No Love In The Heart of the City
8. Here I Go Again

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1. Good To Be Bad interview
2. Live In The Shadow Of The Blues (EPK)
3. Slideshow (Featuring "Summer Rain" Acoustic Version)

Produced, engineered and mixed by The Brutal Brothers

Recorded at Casa DALA, Los Angeles & Snakebyte Studios, Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Mixed at Hook City, Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Mastered at DNA, Los Angeles by David Donnelly