Lovehunter is the third album by the British band Whitesnake, released in 1… Read Full Bio ↴Lovehunter is the third album by the British band Whitesnake, released in 1979.
Cover art
Lovehunter's lurid cover art featuring a naked white female straddling a large snake was created by famed fantasy artist Chris Achilleos. Reportedly the controversial cover proved troublesome for Achilleos who subsequently refused to do album covers for many years. Achilleos' original Lovehunter artwork was stolen in the 1980s and has yet to be recovered.
A similar idea had been used three years earlier for the cover of Jon Lord's Sarabande album, released in 1976. The cover shows the drawing of an ourobouros (snake biting its own tail), on which three naked women ride. The woman at 120º (clockwise) from the top stands in a position evocative of the woman on the Lovehunter cover. The original Jon Lord sleeve was designed by Kosh, and the illustration on it, made by Mike Bryan. Lord was in Whitesnake at the time of Lovehunter.
The "sexist" album cover for the faux album Smell the Glove, referred to in the movie This Is Spinal Tap, is based on this concept. The album cover was said to depict a woman on a leash being forced to smell a glove.
Long Way From Home, the leading track on the album, was the band's first single. However the single flopped due to poor promotion.
Track listing
"Long Way from Home" (David Coverdale) – 4:56
"Walking in the Shadow of the Blues" (Coverdale, Bernie Marsden) – 4:24
"Help Me Thro' the Day" (Leon Russell) – 4:39
"Medicine Man" (Coverdale) – 3:59
"You 'n' Me" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 3:30
"Mean Business" (Coverdale, Micky Moody, Marsden, Neil Murray, Jon Lord, Dave Dowle) – 3:48
"Love Hunter" (Coverdale, Moody, Marsden) – 5:39
"Outlaw" (Coverdale, Marsden, Lord) – 4:03
"Rock 'N' Roll Women" (Coverdale, Moody) – 4:45
"We Wish You Well" (Coverdale) – 1:34
Bonus tracks
Lovehunter was remastered and reissued in 2006 with several bonus tracks:
"Belgian Tom's Hatrick" (Moody) – 3:40
"Love to Keep You Warm" (Coverdale) – 3:30
"Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" (Michael Price, Dan Walsh) – 4:54
"Trouble" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 4:30
Tracks 11–14 are from Andy Peebles BBC Radio 1 Sessions recorded March 29th 1979.
Personnel
Band
David Coverdale – vocals
Micky Moody – guitars
Bernie Marsden – guitars
Jon Lord – keyboards
Neil Murray – bass
Dave Dowle – drums
Other
Martin Birch (producer and engineer)
Chris Achilleos (LP Artwork)
Cover art
Lovehunter's lurid cover art featuring a naked white female straddling a large snake was created by famed fantasy artist Chris Achilleos. Reportedly the controversial cover proved troublesome for Achilleos who subsequently refused to do album covers for many years. Achilleos' original Lovehunter artwork was stolen in the 1980s and has yet to be recovered.
A similar idea had been used three years earlier for the cover of Jon Lord's Sarabande album, released in 1976. The cover shows the drawing of an ourobouros (snake biting its own tail), on which three naked women ride. The woman at 120º (clockwise) from the top stands in a position evocative of the woman on the Lovehunter cover. The original Jon Lord sleeve was designed by Kosh, and the illustration on it, made by Mike Bryan. Lord was in Whitesnake at the time of Lovehunter.
The "sexist" album cover for the faux album Smell the Glove, referred to in the movie This Is Spinal Tap, is based on this concept. The album cover was said to depict a woman on a leash being forced to smell a glove.
Long Way From Home, the leading track on the album, was the band's first single. However the single flopped due to poor promotion.
Track listing
"Long Way from Home" (David Coverdale) – 4:56
"Walking in the Shadow of the Blues" (Coverdale, Bernie Marsden) – 4:24
"Help Me Thro' the Day" (Leon Russell) – 4:39
"Medicine Man" (Coverdale) – 3:59
"You 'n' Me" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 3:30
"Mean Business" (Coverdale, Micky Moody, Marsden, Neil Murray, Jon Lord, Dave Dowle) – 3:48
"Love Hunter" (Coverdale, Moody, Marsden) – 5:39
"Outlaw" (Coverdale, Marsden, Lord) – 4:03
"Rock 'N' Roll Women" (Coverdale, Moody) – 4:45
"We Wish You Well" (Coverdale) – 1:34
Bonus tracks
Lovehunter was remastered and reissued in 2006 with several bonus tracks:
"Belgian Tom's Hatrick" (Moody) – 3:40
"Love to Keep You Warm" (Coverdale) – 3:30
"Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" (Michael Price, Dan Walsh) – 4:54
"Trouble" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 4:30
Tracks 11–14 are from Andy Peebles BBC Radio 1 Sessions recorded March 29th 1979.
Personnel
Band
David Coverdale – vocals
Micky Moody – guitars
Bernie Marsden – guitars
Jon Lord – keyboards
Neil Murray – bass
Dave Dowle – drums
Other
Martin Birch (producer and engineer)
Chris Achilleos (LP Artwork)
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Whitesnake Lyrics
Help Me Thro' the Day Help me through the day, Help me through the night Baby your…
Long Way From Home I would do anything I could to be near you, Walk…
Love Hunter I need a woman to treat me good And give me…
Mean Business You're taking a walk on the wild side If you're gonna…
Medicine Man You never leave her alone, I can see you never learn When…
Outlaw When I left my home I was not much more than…
Rock 'N' Roll Women I'm goin' looking for a woman with the night in…
Walking in the Shadow of the Blues I love the blues They tell my story, If you don't feel…
We Wish You Well I'm sad to say it's time to go But, until we…
You 'N' Me Well it's five in the morning When will you be home, I'm…
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on Slide It In
You talk too much
Never saying what's on your mind
It's written on your face
And in the words you hide behind
I know what you want
I can see what you're looking for
I know what you want from me
And I'm gonna give you more
I'm gonna slide it in, right to the top
Slide it in, I ain't never gonna stop
Slide it in, right to the top
I'm gonna slide it in, slide it in, slide it in, in baby
Sometimes you seem
Just like a stranger to me
But all the games you play
Make it so easy to see
You're looking for love
Though you try to deny
The things you put me through
Tell me what I've got to do to you
I'm gonna slide it in right to the top
Slide it in, I ain't never gonna stop
Slide it in, right to the top
I'm gonna slide it in, slide it in
You talk too much
Always treating me so unkind
I know what I've got to do
To get me some peace of mind
I'm gonna slide it in, right to the top
Slide it in, I ain't never gonna stop
Slide it in, right to the top
I'm gonna slide it in, slide it in
Slide it in, right to the top
Slide it in, I ain't never gonna stop
Slide it in, right to the top
I'm gonna slide it in, slide it in, slide it
Slide it in, slide it in
Right to the top, baby