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Released | 23 May 1980 | |||
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Length | 40:00 | |||
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Producer | Martin Birch | |||
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Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 9/10 [4] |
Ready an' Willing is the third studio album by English hard rock band Whitesnake, released on 23 May 1980. [5] It was the group's first album to feature drummer Ian Paice, a former colleague of singer David Coverdale and keyboard player Jon Lord in Deep Purple. It peaked at No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart, [6] it was also the band's first to chart outside of the UK, reaching No. 32 in Norway [7] and No. 90 in the US. [8]
The album featured two of the band's UK single-hits from that year: "Fool for Your Loving" had reached No. 13 in the charts on 26 April 1980, [6] and the title-track, "Ready an' Willing (Sweet Satisfaction)" made No. 43 in July of the same year. [6] On 2 August 1980 "Fool for Your Loving" peaked at No. 53 on the Billboard Hot 100; the song would later be re-recorded for the Slip of the Tongue album. The track "Blindman", initially from David Coverdale's first solo album White Snake , was re-recorded for this album.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Fool for Your Loving" | David Coverdale, Micky Moody, Bernie Marsden | 4:17 |
2. | "Sweet Talker" | Coverdale, Marsden | 3:38 |
3. | "Ready an' Willing" | Coverdale, Moody, Marsden, Neil Murray, Jon Lord, Ian Paice | 3:44 |
4. | "Carry Your Load" | Coverdale | 4:06 |
5. | "Blindman" | Coverdale | 5:09 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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6. | "Ain't Gonna Cry No More" | Coverdale, Moody | 5:52 |
7. | "Love Man" | Coverdale | 5:04 |
8. | "Black and Blue" | Coverdale, Moody | 4:06 |
9. | "She's a Woman" | Coverdale, Marsden | 4:07 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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10. | "Love for Sale" | Coverdale | 3:05 |
11. | "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" (Live at the Reading Festival 1979) | Michael Price, Dan Walsh | 6:54 |
12. | "Mistreated" (Live at the Reading Festival 1979) | Coverdale, Ritchie Blackmore | 13:30 |
13. | "Love Hunter" (Live at the Reading Festival 1979) | Coverdale, Moody, Marsden | 5:56 |
14. | "Breakdown" (Live at the Reading Festival 1979) | Coverdale, Moody | 5:38 |
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [9] [10]
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Chart (1980) | Peak position |
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Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [11] | 32 |
UK Albums (OCC) [12] | 6 |
US Billboard 200 [13] | 90 |
Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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Japanese Albums (Oricon) [14] | 160 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [15] | Gold | 100,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Publication | Country | Accolade | Year | Rank |
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Kerrang! | United Kingdom | "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time" [16] | 1989 | 81 |
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