The Definitive Rock Collection is the latest compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by White Lion

White Lion

White Lion is an American/Danish hard rock/heavy metal band that was formed in New York City in 1983 by Danish vocalist Mike Tramp and American guitarist Vito Bratta. Mainly active in the 1980s and early 1990s, the band achieved double platinum status with their #8 hit "Wait" and #3 hit "When the...

, released in 2007 by Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

. The ultimate collection of studio and live 'White Lion' tracks. The compilation features all of White Lion's charted singles. Following the albums release the band was set for a summer tour with Poison

Poison (band)

Poison is an American glam metal band that achieved great success in the mid-1980s to mid-1990s. To date, Poison has sold over 30 million records worldwide and have sold 15 million records in the United States alone. The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100,...

 and Ratt only to be dropped by the tour promoter after ex-White Lion guitarist Vito Bratta

Vito Bratta

Vito Bratta is the former lead guitarist and lead songwriter for the 1980s rock band White Lion from 1983 to 1992....

 threatened to take legal action over the band name. Eventually Mike Tramp

Mike Tramp

Mike Tramp is a Danish singer and songwriter who is best known for his work with the hard rock bands White Lion and Freak of Nature...

 was able to use the White Lion name again and the band appeared at Rocklahoma

Rocklahoma

Rocklahoma is an annual hard rock music festival held in Pryor, Oklahoma...

 in Pryor, OK on July 13, 2007 with Poison, Ratt, Quiet Riot

Quiet Riot

Quiet Riot is an American Heavy Metal band. They are best known for their hit singles "Metal Health" and "Cum On Feel the Noize". They were founded in 1973 by guitarist Randy Rhoads and bassist Kelly Garni, under the original name Mach 1, before changing the name to Little Women and finally Quiet...

, Slaughter

Slaughter (band)

Slaughter is an American heavy metal band formed in Las Vegas, Nevada by lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Mark Slaughter and bassist Dana Strum. The band reached stardom in 1990 with their first album, Stick It to Ya which spawned several hit singles including "Up All Night", "Spend My Life", "Mad...

, Y&T

Y&T

Y&T is an American hard rock/heavy metal band formed in 1974. They hail from Oakland, California...

, Gypsy Pistoleros, Dirty Penny, Greg Leon Invasion and Zendozer. After this festival they toured the US.

Disc 1

1. "Fight To Survive"
2. "El Salvador"
3. "Wait
   Wait (White Lion song)
   "Wait" is a song recorded by White Lion and written by White Lion vocalist Mike Tramp and guitarist Vito Bratta. It was the lead single from their second album, Pride. It is well known for its guitar solo at the 2:15 mark....
   
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4. "Tell Me
   Tell Me (White Lion song)
   "Tell Me" is a song by American/Danish glam metal band White Lion. The song is the second single from their 1987 album Pride. It is a rock song that peaked at number 25 on the Mainstream Rock Charts and number 58 on The Billboard Hot 100.-Personnel:...
   
   "
5. "When the Children Cry
   When the Children Cry
   "When the Children Cry" is a power ballad, performed by the rock group White Lion on their 1987 album Pride. The single peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, #53 in Canada, and #88 in the UK in early 1989....
   
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6. "Lonely Nights"
7. "Don't Give Up"
8. "Sweet Little Loving"
9. "Little Fighter
   Little Fighter (song)
   Little Fighter is a song by American/Danish hard rock band White Lion and was the first single released from the 1989 album Big Game.The song is about a Greenpeace boat named "Rainbow Warrior" which was destroyed by the French...
   
   "
10. "Radar Love
    Radar Love
    "Radar Love" is a song by the Dutch rock band Golden Earring. Music critic Bill Lamb rates this among his "top 10 driving songs" due to its lyrics about driving all night and its pulse-quickening, up-tempo beat. The single version of "Radar Love" reached #13 in the US...
    
    "
11. "Goin' Home Tonight"
12. "Let's Get Crazy"
13. "Don't Say It's Over"
14. "Cry for Freedom
    Cry for Freedom
    "Cry for Freedom" is a song by American/Danish hard rock band White Lion. The song was released as the third single for their 1989 album Big Game, which peaked at number 19 on The Billboard 200....
    
    "
15. "Love Don't Come Easy
    Love Don't Come Easy
    "Love Don't Come Easy" is a song and single by American/Danish glam metal band White Lion. The song is the third single from their 1991 album Mane Attraction. The song peaked at number 24 on The Mainstream Rock Charts.-Personnel:...
    
    "

Disc 2

1. "Broken Heart '91
   Broken Heart (White Lion song)
   "Broken Heart" is a song by hard rock band White Lion and was their debut single.The song was originally from the band's Fight to Survive album in 1985, but was later re-recorded and re-released as a single for the Mane Attraction album in 1991 which peaked at number 61 on The Billboard 200.-1985...
   
   "
2. "Lights And Thunder
   Lights and Thunder
   "Lights and Thunder" is a song by American/Danish Glam metal band White Lion and was released as the first single from their 1991 album Mane Attraction....
   
   " (Edit)
3. "Farewell To You" (Version 2)
4. "Hungry" (Live)
5. "Don't Give Up" (Live)
6. "Lonely Nights" (Live)
7. "Sweet Little Loving" (Live)
8. "Broken Heart" (Live)
9. "Fight To Survive" (Live)
10. "Tell Me" (Live)
11. "All Join Our Hands" (Live)
12. "Wait" (Live)
13. "Lady Of The Valley" (Live)
14. "The Road To Valhalla" (Live)
15. "All You Need Is Rock N Roll" (Live)

Personnel

• Mike Tramp
  Mike Tramp
  Mike Tramp is a Danish singer and songwriter who is best known for his work with the hard rock bands White Lion and Freak of Nature...
  
   - Lead vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  
• Vito Bratta
  Vito Bratta
  Vito Bratta is the former lead guitarist and lead songwriter for the 1980s rock band White Lion from 1983 to 1992....
  
   - Guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• James Lomenzo
  James Lomenzo
  James "JLo" LoMenzo is a metal bassist known for his roles as a former member of White Lion and Megadeth. He is also known for his work in Black Label Society .-Past bands and other works :...
  
   - Bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Felix Robinson - Bass guitar (on tracks 1 & 2 only)
• Greg D'Angelo
  Greg D'Angelo
  Greg D’Angelo, is a drummer most famous for his work in the American band White Lion.-Early career :...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  , Background Vocals
• Nicky Capozzi - drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  , Background Vocals (on tracks 1 & 2 only)

External links

• [ Album overview at Allmusic.com]