1 June 2025
Is This Love – Whitesnake (1987)
The story of “Is This Love” is intertwined with the tumultuous journey of Whitesnake and its leader, David Coverdale. By the mid-1980s, Whitesnake had already gone through several iterations, evolving from a blues-rock band into a hard rock behemoth. After the success of their 1984 album Slide It In, Coverdale, ever the ambitious showman, set his sights on the American mainstream. This meant a significant stylistic shift, moving towards a more radio-friendly, polished sound. The 1987 album Whitesnake, often referred to as 1987, was the culmination of this ambition. The core of the Whitesnake lineup for the 1987 album was drastically different from
