White Lion Songs Ranked
White Lion was a Danish/American rock band that was formed in New York City in 1983 by Danish vocalist/rhythm guitarist Mike Tramp and American lead guitarist Vito Bratta. Mainly active in the 1980s and early 1990s, they released their debut album Fight to Survive in 1985. The band achieved success with the No. 8 hits “Wait” and No. 3 hit “When the Children Cry” from their second album, the double platinum selling Pride. The band continued their success with their third album, Big Game which achieved Gold status, and their fourth album Mane Attraction which included a supporting tour. White Lion disbanded in 1992 and not long after their first compilation album, The Best of White Lion was released. Here are all of White Lion songs ranked.
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12. Deep In Love With You (Anthology 83–89, 2006)
“This song is awesome and is raw White Lion from their Fight to Survive years. I was thrilled to get this since I had never heard this song and am delighted to have it added to my White Lion collection. Heavier than their normal stuff, this song is really cool and reminds you how they got started. I just love it!”
11. Broken Heart (Fight to Survive, 1985)
“Aside of the clichéd lyric for Broken Heart, there is not much to fault here, not even the mid-paced metal burners like the title-track are bad, and there are plenty of great flashy guitar work in general (In the City stands out with the best riffs and El Salvador with the flamenco part), while the catchy vocals of the front man assures the easy memorability.”
10. Radar Love (Big Game, 1989)
“White Lion’s 1989 cover of “Radar Love” is nowhere near as cool as Golden Earring’s foot-to-the-floor original version of the late-night cruising cut, which in the long list of rubber burnin’ driving songs is only topped by Deep Purple’s redline revin’ “Highway Star”.
9. Farewell to You (Mane Attraction, 1991)
“In every record, it is easy to notice how they were becoming more and more mature. Not that they abandoned the melodic hard rock they had always liked, but everything is a little more sophisticated. Just an example: before now they would have never been able to compose something like Farewell To You.”
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8. Tell Me (Pride, 1987)
“As much as I try to find something in it I feel like ” Tell Me” is the throwaway song but the guitar work once again is so good it saves it. I do enjoy the positive lyrics found on most of the songs”
7. Little Fighter (Big Game, 1989)
“Little Fighter” has some of their best lyrics; it’s just cool that, unlike most glam metal bands, White Lion was always interested in having a message behind their lyrics, even when their sound kind-of suffered. On top of that, the lyrics are so thoughtful and eloquent, especially compared to what many of White Lion’s peers in the genre were spewing out”
6. Cry For Freedom (Big Game, 1989)
“Cry for Freedom” is simply the best song on the album, it is quite fascinating. A solid, though American-sounding album, also because of the production by Michael Wagener.”
5. Love Don’t Come Easy (Mane Attraction, 1991)
“Unique, interesting and complicated music. Good production. They did good work on this album. Vito Bratta played guitar greatly here. It is ambitious but not very brilliant. Lacking inspiration.”
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4. Lights and Thunder (Mane Attraction, 1991)
“Great album. Sonically the best White Lion record. Bought this to play in my car, and it is a perfect record for that – driving. I wish the band could’ve made more records. Mike Tramp is awesome – it’s no secret that Vito is one of THE guitar gods – Greg’s drum sound and playing is his best – James’ bass will make your wheels fall off.”
3. Lady of the Valley (Pride, 1987)
“This song is one of the best songs I’ve ever heard. It has the right mix of electric and acoustic guitars, two fantastic solos. It’s a sad song, but not a ballad. When I hear it, I can almost feel the pain the singer feels.”
2. Wait (Pride, 1987)
“Some consistently interesting dynamic usage prevents it both from sounding too sappy and sounding like it’s trying too hard for the big anthem even though the chorus is catchy. Little doubt purists will find something of”
1. When The Children Cry (Pride, 1987)
“My fathers friend would sing this to me when I cried. He had been to war and was shot in the knee. Never been this same. I love this song. It brings back bittersweet memories from my childhood. It never fails to bring tears to my eyes.