''Good to Be Bad'' is the tenth

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released in April 2008. It was the band's first album of new studio material in a decade, since 1997's ''

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'', not including the four new tracks recorded for the 2006 live album '' Live: In the Shadow of the Blues''. The album charted at number 62 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, number 8 on the Top Independent albums chart, number 23 on the

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and number 7 on the

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Tour

After the release of the album, a tour began on 23 March 2008 in

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. The Australian concerts were followed by concerts in South America, Europe, Japan and North America. The tour went to forty countries. It ended on 14 June 2009 at

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, UK. Seven songs from the new album were performed. Former Whitesnake band member

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guested on two concerts.

Awards

In November 2008, ''Good to Be Bad'' won the Classic Rock Award for "Album of the Year". The Dinosaur Rock Guitar forum honored the album with a 2008 Dino Award for "Best Album of the Year".

Track listings

Personnel

Whitesnake

David Coverdale David Coverdale (born 22 September 1951) is an English singer who is best known as the lead vocalist of Whitesnake, a hard rock band he founded in 1978. Before Whitesnake, Coverdale was the lead singer of Deep Purple from 1973 to 1976, after wh ...

– vocals *

Doug Aldrich Doug Aldrich (born February 19, 1964) is an American hard rock guitarist. He founded the band Burning Rain with Keith St. John in 1998 and has played with Whitesnake, Dio, Lion, Hurricane, House of Lords, Bad Moon Rising and Revolution Saints ...

– guitars *

Reb Beach Richard Earl "Reb" Beach Jr. (born August 31, 1963) is an American rock guitarist. He is a member of the bands Winger and Whitesnake. Career After graduating from Fox Chapel Area High School and attending Berklee College of Music in the ear ...

– guitars *

Timothy Drury Timothy Drury (born July 5, 1961) is an American composer, keyboardist, guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and visual artist. His big breakthrough came in 1989 when Don Henley invited him to join The End of the Innocence tour as his pianist, keybo ...

– keyboards *

Uriah Duffy Uriah Duffy (31 July 1975, Wakefield, Rhode Island, United States) is an American bassist. He is best known as the former bassist of Whitesnake. He is currently the bassist of the California-based progressive rock band Points North. An internation ...

– bass *

Chris Frazier Chris Frazier (born September 7, 1967) is an American drummer. He is known in the professional ranks since he started recording and touring with guitarist Steve Vai from 1985 through 2001. Frazier was the touring drummer with classic rock singe ...

– drums

Production

*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

Charts

References

External links

"Planet Rock" Article

Uriah Duffy Official Website
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