White Lion – All You Need Is Rock ‘N’ Roll ~ The Complete Albums 1985-1991 Clamshell [Audio CD]

White Lion originally formed in 1983 when Danish singer Mike Tramp moved to New York City and teamed up with guitarist Vito Bratta, later joined by James Lomenzo on bass and Greg D’Angelo on drums. Mike Tramp and Vito Bratta would make a strong and consistent writing team throughout White Lions brief career.
Releasing their debut Fight To Survive (CD1) independently in 1985, the bands fortunes really took off once they were snapped up by Atlantic Records to release second record Pride (CD2) in June 1987. As lead single Wait began to pick up plenty of airplay, as well as heavy rotation on MTV, hitting No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100, the platinum album peaked at No. 11 in the US. There was further US chart success with the singles Tell Me (No. 58) and When The Children Cry (No. 8). The bonus tracks included here are Wait (Extended Remix), When The Children Cry (Edit), All You Need Is Rock ‘N’ Roll (LP Version With Intro Edit), All You Need Is Rock ‘N’ Roll (Short Version) & Tell Me (Edit).
Touring heavily, opening for Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne, KISS and AC/DC well into 1988, White Lion released the third record, Big Game (CD3) in August 1989. As per Pride, Big Game was produced by Michael Wagener, reaching No. 19 in the US charts. As well as the singles Little Fighter and Cry for Freedom, the album featured a cover of Golden Earrings hard rock staple, Radar Love. Cry For Freedom (Edit) is included as a bonus track.
This time produced by Richie Zito (Poison, Mr. Big, Elton John, Cher, The Cult & Bad English), fourth and final LP by the original, classic line-up of White Lion released Mane Attraction (CD4) in 1991. Although Mane Attraction can sit proudly alongside their two previous albums for Atlantic, like many of their contemporaries who found fame, fortune and platinum sales in the 1980s, White Lion were beginning to look and sound a little out of step at the beginning of the new decade, as grunge would wipe away many bands of a more glam-based nature. They would soldier on into 1992, before calling it a day. Mane Attraction also now features Lights & Thunder (Edit).
Versions of White Lion would periodically be formed by frontman Mike Tramp, but sadly not capturing the peak of their Atlantic years. The fifth disc captures the band doing what they did best, performing their melodic hard rock Live (CD5) on stage, with a set that includes live versions of &lsquo