Starkers in Tokyo

Starkers in Tokyo is a live acoustic album by English rock band Whitesnake, released only in Japan on 9 September 1997. It is performed in the style of the Unplugged series and simply features David Coverdale on vocals and Adrian Vandenberg on acoustic guitar. The performance was recorded at the EMI studios in Japan for a small audience of fans in support of the most recent album "Restless Heart". This recording was also released on VHS and Laserdisc in Japan only. This CD was released outside Japan almost a year later in June 1998.

Starkers in Tokyo
Live album by
Whitesnake
Released9 September 1997 (1997-09-09)
Recorded5 July 1997 (1997-07-05)
GenreAcoustic rock
Length40:14
LabelEMI
ProducerDavid Coverdale
Whitesnake chronology
Restless Heart
(1997)		 Starkers in Tokyo
(1997)		 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Whitesnake
(2000)
Starkers in Tokyo
Video by
Whitesnake
Released9 September 1997 (1997-09-09)
Recorded5 July 1997 (1997-07-05)
GenreAcoustic rock
Length50 min.
LabelUniversal International
ProducerDavid Coverdale
Whitesnake video albums chronology
Trilogy
(1988)		 Starkers in Tokyo
(1997)		 Live... In the Still of the Night
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The album includes an acoustic version of Whitesnake's biggest hit "Here I Go Again".[2]

The album subsequently appeared on the second disc of Whitesnake's 2018 acoustic complication album, Unzipped.

Track listing
  1. "Sailing Ships" (David Coverdale, Adrian Vandenberg) – 4:37
  2. "Too Many Tears" (Coverdale, Vandenberg) – 4:13
  3. "The Deeper the Love" (Coverdale, Vandenberg) – 4:09
  4. "Love Ain't No Stranger" (Coverdale, Mel Galley) – 3:15
  5. "Can't Go On" (Coverdale, Vandenberg) – 3:50
  6. "Give Me All Your Love" (Coverdale, John Sykes) – 3:21
  7. "Don't Fade Away" (Coverdale, Vandenberg) – 4:26
  8. "Is This Love" (Coverdale, Sykes) – 3:09
  9. "Here I Go Again" (Coverdale, Bernie Marsden) – 4:46
  10. "Soldier of Fortune" (Coverdale, Ritchie Blackmore) – 4:22

Track listing DVD version
  1. "Sailing Ships" (David Coverdale, Adrian Vandenberg) – 4:37
  2. "Too Many Tears" (Coverdale, Vandenberg) – 4:13
  3. "The Deeper the Love" (Coverdale, Vandenberg) – 4:09
  4. "Can't Go On" (Coverdale, Vandenberg) – 3:50
  5. "Is This Love" (Coverdale, Sykes) – 3:09
  6. "Give Me All Your Love" (Coverdale, John Sykes) – 3:21
  7. "Here I Go Again" (Coverdale, Bernie Marsden) – 4:46
  8. "Soldier of Fortune" (Coverdale, Ritchie Blackmore) – 4:22
  9. "Love Ain't No Stranger" (Coverdale, Mel Galley) – 3:15
  10. "Don't Fade Away" (Coverdale, Vandenberg) – 4:26

Songs left off the album

The songs “Only My Soul” and “Fool for Your Loving” appears on the 2018 Acoustic compilation album, Unzipped, leaving out “Burning Heart” as the only track to be left off from the whole album.

Personnel

Charts
Chart (1997) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3] 16

References
  1. Prato, Greg. "Whitesnake - Starkers in Tokyo review". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  2. "Allmusic (Whitesnake charts and awards) Billboard singles". Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  3. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
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