David Coverdale built Whitesnake's commercial breakthrough on a collection of loud, polished hard rockers, plus the band's best set of pop hooks. The Led Zeppelin-ish "Still of the Night" offered headbanger appeal, but it was the big chorus of "Here I Go Again" one of the very small number of non-power ballad '80s hard rock singles to actually top the pop charts and the quiet ballad "Is This Love" that really sold the album in spades. The rest of the album generally holds interest as well, and it's easily the band's best.
01 Crying in the Rain 02 Bad Boys 03 Still of the Night 04 Here I Go Again 05 Give Me All Your Love 06 Is This Love 07 Children of the Night 08 Straight for the Heart 09 Don't Turn Away