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

Into the Light
Studio album by David Coverdale
Released	25 September 2000 (UK)
Genre	Hard rock pop rock blues rock
Length	58:21
Label	EMI
Producer	David Coverdale, Doug Bossi, John X. Volaitis, Michael McIntyre
David Coverdale chronology
Restless Heart (1997) Into the Light (2000) The Early Years (2003)
Singles from Into the Light
"Love Is Blind" Released: 2000 "Slave" Released: 2000

Background

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."[1]

"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.[2]

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.[3] 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.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Classic Rock	[5]
Kerrang!	[6]
Metal Hammer	[7]
Rock Hard	8/10[8]
Q	[9]
Soundi	[10]

Into the Light received mixed to positive reviews from music critics. Siân Llewellyn of Classic Rock awarded the album four stars out five. She gave praise to Coverdale's vocal performance, noting how "the songs he's chosen showcase his vocals subtly rather than bludgeoning you over the head with them". Llewellyn also singled out "Love is Blind" as "one of the best things [Coverdale's] ever come up with".[5] Liam Sheils, writing for Kerrang!, described Into the Light as an improvement over Whitesnake's previous album Restless Heart. While disappointed by the abundance of ballads, Sheils was pleased with Coverdale's return to his bluesier roots.[6] This was echoed by the staff of Rock Hard, who described the album as a more relaxed effort than Restless Heart, while still acting as a successful cross section of previous Whitesnake material.[8] Metal Hammer's Matthias Mineur singled out "Slave" as one of Coverdale's best songs in years. Overall, he described Into the Light as "great" and "powerful".[7]

AllMusic's Alex Henderson gave cudos to Coverdale for not trying to chase then-current musical trends and instead sticking "with the type of commercial hard rock, arena rock, and power ballads that he is best known for". Ultimately, Henderson described Into the Light as "a decent solo effort that should please those who admire [Coverdale's] '70s and '80s output".[4] Soundi's Antti Mattila commented positively on Coverdale's vocal performance and the album's blusier style. However, he felt that the songwriting was not quite up to par with Coverdale's earlier work with Whitesnake. Mattila was also unimpressed by the lyrics, which he described as clichéd, a sentiment echoed by Q magazine's Peter Kane.[10][9]

Neil Jeffries, writing for Classic Rock, ranked Into the Light eighth in Coverdale's overall studio discography. He gave praise to Coverdale's vocals and described the record as a "lost gem", singling out "River Song" as a particular highlight.[11]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"...Into the Light" (instrumental)	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

Digital bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
13.	"As Long as I Have You"	3:07
14.	"Oh No! Not the Blues Again"	3:40
15.	"All the Time in the World"	6:35

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[12][13]

Musicians David Coverdale – lead vocals; guitar (1 and 7), string arrangements (5), shaker (1, 2, 5 and 7) Doug Bossi – guitar; backing vocals (except 5 and 12) Denny Carmassi – drums (except 12) Earl Slick – guitar (except 12) Reeves Gabrels – guitar (3) Dylan Vaughan – guitar (4) Danny Saber – guitar, bass (3) Marco Mendoza – bass (except 4 and 12), backing vocals (2, 4 and 6–11) Spanish guitar (12) Tony Franklin – bass (4) Mike Finnigan – organ (2, 4, 5 and 8–10), piano (7, 9) Derek Hilland – keyboards (1 and 8) John X. Volaitis – keyboards (3, 4 and 10–12), vocals (4 and 11), percussion (3) Linda Rowberry – vocals (12) James Sitterly – strings (5) Ruy Folguera – string arrangements (5) Jimmy Z – harmonica (7) Bjorn Thorsrud – tambourine (4), sound effects (12) Jasper Coverdale – shaker (1, 2, 5 and 7)

Technical David Coverdale – producer Doug Bossi – associate producer, engineer Bjorn Thorsrud – associate producer, engineer John X. Volaitis – associate producer, mixing Michael McIntyre – associate producer, engineer Rich Veltrop – engineer Dylan Vaughan – assistant mixing engineer George Marino – mastering Management Jim Morey – management Andrew Leff – management Jason Morey – management Nicholas Brown – business management Stephen Marks – business management Rhonda Weintraub – business management Trevor Robinson – business management Tony Russell – legal Chris Organ – legal Alan Lander – legal

Design Russell Young – photography, creative coordination Stylorouge – art direction, design Cynthia Coverdale – model Koh Sakai – liner notes (Japanese edition only)

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
2000	Swedish Albums Chart[14]	31
	German Albums Chart[15]	45
	UK Albums Chart[16]	46
	Swiss Albums Top 100[17]	84

References

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[ru] Into the Light (альбом Дэвида Ковердэйла)

Into the Light — третий сольный студийный альбом Дэвида Ковердэйла, вышедший в 2000 году.

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