Slip Of The Tongue
by Whitesnake

Slip Of The Tongue by Whitesnake
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 12,674th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 68 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (177th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (1,726th)
Award Best albums of all time (12,674th)

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Whitesnake bestography

Slip Of The Tongue is ranked 7th best out of 28 albums by Whitesnake on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Whitesnake is Whitesnake which is ranked number 2017 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 833.

Whitesnake album bestography « Higher ranked (10,635th)
Saints & Sinners
This album (12,674th)
Slip Of The Tongue
Lower ranked (16,097th) »
Come An' Get It

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Slip Of The Tongue rankings summary
Overall rank: 12,674th | 1980s rank: 1,726th | 1989 rank: 177th  Overall chart history
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings).Help Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
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2026stevengnzTop 100 Music Albums of 198914/1004
2026mrfloosakTop 73 Music Albums of 198944/732
2026svk4everTop 50 Music Albums of 198911/504
2026 paladisiacTop 100 Music Albums of 198975/1001
2026 jeremy9Top 89 Music Albums of 198930/893
2026PapaShiz86Top 50 Music Albums of 198939/501
2025DJStuart79Top 100 Music Albums of 198914/1004
2025 MetalMan67Top 100 Music Albums of 19899/1005
2025 paladisiactop 60r albums (61), #0001-0100*13/80 -
2025vruslovTop 91 Music Albums of 198911/914
2025 RockyRaccoonTop 42 Music Albums of 198939/420
2025JohnnyoTop 20 Deep Purple offshoot albums by Goldeminemag17/20 -
2025 RockyRaccoonHair Metal98/100 -
2024 PAPPITUFOTop 100 Music Albums of 198992/1000
2023GallowtreeTop 45 Music Albums of 19897/454
2022ChambordTop 37 Music Albums of 198932/371
2022JohnnyoDavid Coverdale and Whitesnake albums ranked - Louder mag17/20 -
2022 mrblondTop 90 Music Albums of the 1980s73/904
2022 paladisiac1980s 60rating (61.54-61), #0001-0100*3/46 -
2022 CabronesTop 50 Music Albums of 198949/500
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 36
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 93
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Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 68 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.9/100, a mean average of 67.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.


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From 08/27/2020 20:11 | #257503
Steve Vai is a talented guitarist, but his style doesn't fit in with the rest of the band. He is busy percolating and hopping from idea to idea mid-song, while the other guys in the band just seem capable of reliably plugging along. Vai doesn't show the nuance of Vandenberg who had become injured during the time between the previous tour and this recording, so Vai was a hurried replacement.
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From 05/26/2020 19:07 | #252176
Great Album!
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From 01/12/2017 01:03 | #182336
With this album, Whitesnake completed their descent into hair metal and power ballad hell. Remnants of the once great band are very hard to find here.
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