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''Great White'' is the first full-length album by the American rock band
Great White Great White is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1977. The band peaked with several albums during the mid-to-late 1980s, including the platinum-selling records '' Once Bitten'' (1987) and '' ...Twice Shy'' (1989), and those albums ...
. Three tracks are taken from the band's previous EP, albeit in re-recorded versions. The musical style of this album is very different from the following highly successful releases of Great White, as they display here a more hard-driving metal sound as opposed to their later, blues-infused rock sound.
EMI EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 201 ...
America judged the album a disaster and Great White was dropped. This led to a rethink by the band, and they became less heavy, introducing a tame hard rock sound for later albums. The CD reissue of 1999, done under the name ''Stick It'' by the French label Axe Killer, features five bonus tracks.


Track listing

;Side one # "Out of the Night" ''(Mark Kendall, Jack Russell,
Gary Holland Gary Holland (born Gary Hallinan, September 14, 1958) is an American hard rock and heavy metal drummer who worked in the 1980s with bands originating from California. He is perhaps best known for being the original drummer in Great White an ...
, Lorne Black)'' – 2:56 # "Stick It" ''(Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black,
Alan Niven Alan Niven is a New Zealand-born band manager best known for his tenure as manager of Guns N' Roses and Great White. Biography Niven became the manager of Guns N' Roses, serving from 1986 to 1991. He was fired from his post just prior to the ...
)'' – 3:56 # " Substitute" ''(
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)'' – 4:20 # "Bad Boys" ''(Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black, Niven)'' – 4:18 # "On Your Knees" ''(Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black,
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)'' – 3:50 ;Side two #
  • "Streetkiller" ''(Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black)'' – 3:57 # "No Better Than Hell" ''(Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black,
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    )    '' – 4:06 # "Hold On" ''(Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black)'' – 4:13 # "Nightmares" ''(Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black, Niven)'' – 3:18 # "Dead End" ''(Kendall, Russell, Holland, Black)'' – 3:33


    ''Stick It'' 1999 CD reissue bonus tracks

    #
  • " Down at the Doctor" ''(
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    )    '' – 3:40 ( Dr. Feelgood cover) #"Train to Nowhere" ''(
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    ,
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    )    '' – 4:27 (
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    cover) #" The Hunter" ''(Carl Wells,
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    ,
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    , Al Jackson, Jr.,
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    )    '' – 4:12 (
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    cover) #" Red House" ''(
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    )    '' – 8:46 (Jimi Hendrix cover) #"
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    " ''(
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    ,
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    ,
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    )    '' – 3:44 (
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    cover)


    Personnel


    Great White

    * Jack Russell – lead and backing vocals *Mark Kendall – guitar, backing vocals *Lorne Black – bass, backing vocals *
    Gary Holland Gary Holland (born Gary Hallinan, September 14, 1958) is an American hard rock and heavy metal drummer who worked in the 1980s with bands originating from California. He is perhaps best known for being the original drummer in Great White an ...
    – drums, backing vocals


    Additional musicians

    *Alan Niven – backing vocals, management *Gary Gersh, Mark Wesley, Phylis Koch, Tom The Razzman – backing vocals *
    Michael Lardie Michael Lardie (born September 8, 1958) is an American musician and record producer known for his memberships in the rock bands Great White and Night Ranger. Early life Lardie was born on September 8, 1958, in Anchorage, Alaska and raised ...
    – backing vocals, assistant engineer


    Production

    *
    Michael Wagener Michael Wagener (born 25 April 1949) is a German former music producer, mixer, and engineer from Hamburg, best known for his work with many top glam metal and heavy metal bands in the late 1980s. He is particularly renowned for his multi-amping an ...
    – producer, engineer, mixing *Wyn Davis – assistant engineer *Greg Fulginti – mastering


    Charts


    Album


    Singles

    Stick It


    References

    {{Authority control Great White albums 1984 debut albums EMI Records albums Albums produced by Michael Wagener