Ready an' Willing

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Ready an' Willing
Whitesnake - Ready An' Willing album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released23 May 1980 (1980-05-23)
Recorded
  • December 1979
  • February 1980
Studio
Genre
Length40:00
Label
Producer Martin Birch
Whitesnake chronology
Lovehunter
(1979)
Ready an' Willing
(1980)
Live...in the Heart of the City
(1980)
Singles from Ready an' Willing
  1. "Fool for Your Loving"
    Released: 11 April 1980
  2. "Ready an' Willing"
    Released: 4 July 1980 (UK) [1]
  3. "Sweet Talker"
    Released: October 1980 (US) [2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
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]

Contents

Release

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.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Fool for Your Loving" David Coverdale, Micky Moody, Bernie Marsden 4:17
2."Sweet Talker"Coverdale, Marsden3:38
3."Ready an' Willing"Coverdale, Moody, Marsden, Neil Murray, Jon Lord, Ian Paice 3:44
4."Carry Your Load"Coverdale4:06
5."Blindman"Coverdale5:09
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Ain't Gonna Cry No More"Coverdale, Moody5:52
7."Love Man"Coverdale5:04
8."Black and Blue"Coverdale, Moody4:06
9."She's a Woman"Coverdale, Marsden4:07
2006 Remastered Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."Love for Sale"Coverdale3:05
11."Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" (Live at the Reading Festival 1979)Michael Price, Dan Walsh6:54
12."Mistreated" (Live at the Reading Festival 1979)Coverdale, Ritchie Blackmore 13:30
13."Love Hunter" (Live at the Reading Festival 1979)Coverdale, Moody, Marsden5:56
14."Breakdown" (Live at the Reading Festival 1979)Coverdale, Moody5:38

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [9] [10]

Whitesnake
Technical
Design
  • David Coverdale – original sleeve concept
  • George Bodnar - inner sleeve photography
Reissue
  • Michael McIntyre & Nigel Reeve – A&R
  • Geoff Barton – sleeve notes
  • Jo Brooks & Libby Jones – album project coordination
  • Hugh Gilmour – artwork (remastered)
  • Peter Mew – remastering (at Abbey Road Studios, London)

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [11] 32
UK Albums (OCC) [12] 6
US Billboard 200 [13] 90
Chart (2006)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [14] 160

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [15] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Accolades

PublicationCountryAccoladeYearRank
Kerrang! United Kingdom"100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time" [16] 198981

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