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Ready an' Willing is the third studio album by English hard rock band Whitesnake, released in 1980. It peaked at No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart,[3] it was also the band's first to chart outside of the UK reaching No. 32 in Norway[4] and No. 90 in the US.[5]

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 in April 1980,[3] and the title-track, "Ready an' Willing (Sweet Satisfaction)" made No. 43 in July of the same year.[3] In August 1980 "Fool for Your Loving" peaked at No. 53 on the Billboard Hot 100;[citation needed] 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, was re-recorded for this album.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Fool for Your Loving"David Coverdale, Micky Moody, Bernie Marsden4:17
2."Sweet Talker"Coverdale, Marsden3:38
3."Ready an' Willing"Coverdale, Moody, Neil Murray, Jon Lord, Ian Paice3:44
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" (Previously unreleased)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 Blackmore13:30
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

Whitesnake

Production

Charts

Certifications

Country Organization Year Sales
UK BPI 1981 Gold (+ 100,000)[7]

Accolades

Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
Kerrang! United Kingdom "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time"[8] 1989 81

References

  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Whitesnake - Ready an' Willing review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Whitesnake - Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Whitesnake Ready an' Willing (album)". Norwegiancharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Ready an' Willing Billboard Albums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  6. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  7. ^ "Search for Artist Whitenake". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  8. ^ "Kerrang – 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time - January 1989". Kerrang!. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
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