Back to the Rhythm

Back to the Rhythm
Studio album by Great White
Released	July 2007
Recorded	March 2007
Studio	Vivid Tone Studios, Beaumont, California
Genre	Hard rock
Length	56:15
Label	Shrapnel (USA) Frontiers (Worldwide)
Producer	Michael Lardie
Great White chronology
Rock Me: The Best of Great White (2006) Back to the Rhythm (2007) Rising (2009)

Back to the Rhythm is Great White's 10th studio album, and first album of original material in about eight years. In 2006, Mark Kendall and Jack Russell wrote 15 songs for this comeback album. The album was recorded in just 24 days during March 2007 in Belmont, CA.^[1][2] Back to the Rhythm was mixed, produced, and engineered by Michael Lardie with all members of the group contributing to the final mix.

Russell described the comeback album saying "The record’s really eclectic, as the last one was, but it kind of explores the whole realm of where Great White has been throughout its musical career. One song’s almost a step back. I don’t mean in like a negative way…just kind of a step back, kind of a look at where we came from. It’s pretty cool. I’m kind of excited about it, so I think people will dig it. If you’re a Great White fan then you’ll love it."^[3] Drummer Audie Desbrow says "It will sound like Great White but a really great production. The songs are very eclectic. Some songs sound as if they were from the 1984 era of Great White... There are a couple of songs on the new record that are very vintage Great White. I don't think this could have been achieved if we hadn't split up for all this time."

Track listing

1. "Back to the Rhythm" (Michael Lardie, Jack Russell, Jack Blades) - 4:14
2. "Here Goes My Head Again" (Lardie, Russell, Blades) - 4:30
3. "Take Me Down" (Lardie, Russell, Mark Kendall, Audie Desbrow, Sean McNabb) - 4:32
4. "Play On" (Kendall, Russell, Blades, McNabb) 3:54
5. "Was It the Night?" (Lardie, Russell) - 5:20
6. "I'm Alive" (Kendall, Russell) - 5:22
7. "Still Hungry" (Kendall, Russell) - 5:02
8. "Standin' on the Edge" (Lardie, Russell) - 4:06
9. "How Far Is Heaven?" (Russell, Lardie) - 4:51
10. "Neighborhood" (Lardie, Russell, Blades) - 4:32
11. "Cold World" (Kendall, Russell) - 5:12
12. "Just Yesterday" (Kendall, Lardie, Russell) - 4:40

Bonus tracks

The following songs substitute "Cold World"

• "30 Days in the Hole" (Steve Marriott) - 3:53 (Humble Pie cover, UK release only)
• "Caledonia" (Jim Dewar, Robin Trower) - 3:49 (Robin Trower cover, Japan release only)

Personnel

• Jack Russell - lead and backing vocals
• Mark Kendall - guitar, backing vocals
• Michael Lardie - guitar, keyboards, percussion, harmonica, backing vocals, producer, engineer
• Sean McNabb - bass, backing vocals
• Audie Desbrow - drums, percussion

References

1. "Frontiers Sign Great White For "25th Anniversary / Reunion" Album". Bravewords.com. Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
2. "Haunting Great White". Sleaze Roxx. 26 July 2007. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
3. Steffens, Charlie (3 February 2007). "Chasing His Demons: An interview with Jack Russell of Great White". KNAC.com. KNAC. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2011.