Live at Donington 1990

Live at Donington 1990 is a live album by English hard rock band Whitesnake. It was recorded at Castle Donington on 18 August 1990 during the Monsters of Rock festival, which the band headlined.^[4] It was released on 20 May 2011 in Japan,^[4] 3 June in Europe and 7 June in the US.^[4][5][6]

Live at Donington 1990
Live album by Whitesnake
Released	20 May 2011
Recorded	18 August 1990 at the Monsters of Rock festival, Castle Donington, UK
Genre	Hard rock
Length	103:00
Label	Frontiers Columbia Music Entertainment CBS/Sony (Japan) RHINO (reissue)
Producer	David Coverdale
Whitesnake chronology
Forevermore (2011) Live at Donington 1990 (2011) Made in Japan (2013)

Live at Donington 1990
Video by Whitesnake
Released	20 May 2011
Recorded	18 August 1990 at the Monsters of Rock festival, Castle Donington, UK
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock
Length	125 min.
Label	Frontiers Columbia Music Entertainment (Japan) RHINO (reissue)
Producer	David Coverdale
Whitesnake video albums chronology
Live... In the Still of the Night (2006) Live at Donington 1990 (2011) Made in Japan (2013)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Blabbermouth.net	[2]
Metal Hammer (Germany)	6/7[3]

Background

The band was performing with a modern sound system during the tour, which ensured an impressive sound quality, and the concert was broadcast live by BBC Radio. Widely bootlegged, fans requested the release of the footage of the concert through a mobilization on the group's website, as well as professional audio of the show. The album was released as a 2-CD set,^[5] a single DVD set, a 2CD/DVD digipack, vinyl and as a digital edition.^[7]

In 2019, the same live album was released along with the reissued 1989 Slip of the Tongue 30th-anniversary boxset with some audio clips being reduced to fit in an appropriate disc set. A 30th-anniversary remastered edition of the album was released in August 2020 without any cuts.^[8]

Track listing

Disc 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Slip of the Tongue"	David Coverdale, Adrian Vandenberg	6:52
2.	"Slide It In"	Coverdale	5:02
3.	"Judgement Day"	Coverdale, Vandenberg	5:55
4.	"Slow an' Easy"	Coverdale, Micky Moody	8:11
5.	"Kittens Got Claws"	Coverdale, Vandenberg	4:58
6.	"Adagio for Strato"	Vandenberg	3:00
7.	"Flying Dutchman Boogie"	Vandenberg	3:53
8.	"Is This Love"	Coverdale, John Sykes	4:45
9.	"Cheap an' Nasty"	Coverdale, Vandenberg	4:20
10.	"Crying in the Rain" (featuring Tommy Aldridge drum solo)	Coverdale	13:27

Disc 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Fool for Your Loving"	Coverdale, Bernie Marsden, Moody	6:01
2.	"For the Love of God" (from the Steve Vai album Passion and Warfare)	Steve Vai	5:12
3.	"The Audience Is Listening" (from the Steve Vai album Passion and Warfare)	Vai	3:01
4.	"Here I Go Again"	Coverdale, Marsden	5:42
5.	"Bad Boys"	Coverdale, Sykes	6:16
6.	"Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City"	Michael Price, Dan Walsh	8:26
7.	"Still of the Night"	Coverdale, Sykes	7:59

DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Slip of the Tongue"
2.	"Slide It In"
3.	"Judgement Day"
4.	"Slow an' Easy"
5.	"Kittens Got Claws"
6.	"Adagio for Strato"
7.	"Flying Dutchman Boogie"
8.	"Is This Love"
9.	"Cheap an' Nasty"
10.	"Crying in the Rain" (featuring Tommy Aldridge drum solo)
11.	"Fool for Your Loving"
12.	"For the Love of God"
13.	"The Audience Is Listening"
14.	"Here I Go Again"
15.	"Bad Boys"
16.	"Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City"
17.	"Still of the Night"
18.	"We Wish You Well" (Credits)
19.	"The Making of Slip of the Tongue; Slide Show" (Bonus content)

Personnel

Whitesnake

• David Coverdale – lead vocals
• Steve Vai – guitars, backing vocals
• Adrian Vandenberg – guitars, backing vocals
• Rudy Sarzo – bass, backing vocals
• Tommy Aldridge – drums, percussion
• Rick Seratte – keyboards, backing vocals

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9]	100
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10]	32
Italian Albums (FIMI)[11]	85
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[12]	221
Japanese DVDs (Oricon)[13]	12
UK Albums (OCC)[14]	81
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[15]	5

References

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2. "Whitesnake: "Live at Donington 1990"". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
3. "Whitesnake – Discography (with review scores; full review under paywall)". Metal Hammer. Berlin, Germany: Axel Springer SE.
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5. "WHITESNAKE: 'Live At Donington 1990' DVD, CD Due In June – Mar. 29, 2011". Blabbermouth.net. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
6. "Live at Donington 1990". Amazon. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
7. "29-Mar-11 Whitesnake's "Live at Donington 1990" DVD/CD To Be Released in June". Eddietrunk.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
8. "Whitesnake Live at Donington 30th Anniversary – Live Stream And Digital Release". Rhino. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
9. "Ultratop.be – Whitesnake – Live at Donington 1990" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
10. "Offiziellecharts.de – Whitesnake – Live at Donington 1990" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
11. "Italiancharts.com – Whitesnake – Live at Donington 1990". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
12. "ライヴ・アット・ドニントン 1990". Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
13. "ライヴ・アット・ドニントン 1990-スペシャル・エディション(初回限定盤/日本語字幕付)". Oricon. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
14. "Whitesnake | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
15. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 November 2023.