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Lovehunter is the third album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 by the British band
Rock Band

Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV, and distributed by Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band....
 Whitesnake
Whitesnake

Whitesnake is an England hard rock band, founded in 1977 by David Coverdale . The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple and by the mid eighties Whitesnake were writing in a melodic hard rock style....
, released in 1979.

Lovehunters lurid cover art featuring a naked white female straddling a large snake was created by famed fantasy artist Chris Achilleos
Chris Achilleos

Chris Achilleos is a Painting and illustrator who specializes in fantasy artwork and glamour illustration. Born in Famagusta, Cyprus, his family emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1959, where he currently resides....
. 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
Jon Lord

Jon Douglas Lord is an English composer, Hammond organ and piano player.Lord is recognised for his Hammond organ blues-rock sound and for his pioneering work in fusing rock and classical or baroque forms....
's Sarabande
Sarabande (album)

'Sarabande' is the second solo album by Jon Lord. It's a Classic Rock fusion album recorded near D?sseldorf . The orchestra was conducted by Eberhard Schoener....
 album, released in 1976.






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Lovehunter is the third album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 by the British band
Rock Band

Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV, and distributed by Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band....
 Whitesnake
Whitesnake

Whitesnake is an England hard rock band, founded in 1977 by David Coverdale . The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple and by the mid eighties Whitesnake were writing in a melodic hard rock style....
, released in 1979.

Cover art

Lovehunters lurid cover art featuring a naked white female straddling a large snake was created by famed fantasy artist Chris Achilleos
Chris Achilleos

Chris Achilleos is a Painting and illustrator who specializes in fantasy artwork and glamour illustration. Born in Famagusta, Cyprus, his family emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1959, where he currently resides....
. 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
Jon Lord

Jon Douglas Lord is an English composer, Hammond organ and piano player.Lord is recognised for his Hammond organ blues-rock sound and for his pioneering work in fusing rock and classical or baroque forms....
's Sarabande
Sarabande (album)

'Sarabande' is the second solo album by Jon Lord. It's a Classic Rock fusion album recorded near D?sseldorf . The orchestra was conducted by Eberhard Schoener....
 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
Jon Lord

Jon Douglas Lord is an English composer, Hammond organ and piano player.Lord is recognised for his Hammond organ blues-rock sound and for his pioneering work in fusing rock and classical or baroque forms....
 sleeve was designed by Kosh, and the illustration on it, made by Mike Bryan. Lord was in Whitesnake
Whitesnake

Whitesnake is an England hard rock band, founded in 1977 by David Coverdale . The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple and by the mid eighties Whitesnake were writing in a melodic hard rock style....
 at the time of Lovehunter.

The "sexist" album cover for the faux album Smell the Glove
Smell the Glove

Smell the Glove is the name of a fictional album produced by the mock heavy-metal band Spinal Tap in the movie This Is Spinal Tap. The original cover featured "a greased, naked woman on all fours with a dog collar around her neck and a leash, and a man's arm extended out...holding on to the leash and pushing a black glove in her face...
, referred to in the movie This Is Spinal Tap
This Is Spinal Tap

is a 1984 in film mockumentary rockumentary directed by Rob Reiner and starring members of the fictional heavy-metal/hard rock band 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

  1. "Long Way from Home
    Long Way from Home

    Long Way from Home is a 1979 single by United Kingdom Hard rock band Whitesnake. The song was written by lead singer, David Coverdale, and "Walking in the Shadow of the Blues" is the B-side....
    " (David Coverdale
    David Coverdale

    David Coverdale is an England rock vocalist most famous for his work with the English hard rock band Deep Purple, and his later band Whitesnake....
    ) – 4:56
  2. "Walking in the Shadow of the Blues" (Coverdale, Bernie Marsden
    Bernie Marsden

    Bernie Marsden is an English people rock guitarist. Having played with Glenn Cornick's Wild Turkey in 1974, he then played with Babe Ruth , from 1975-76, before becoming an original member of Paice, Ashton & Lord in 1977 and then joining the hard rock band , Whitesnake....
    ) – 4:24
  3. "Help Me Thro' the Day" (Leon Russell
    Leon Russell

    Leon Russell is a singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist. Russell attended Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma.First known mostly as a session musician, Russell has played with artists as varied as Jerry Lee Lewis, Phil Spector, Joe Cocker, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Elton John, BB King, Freddie King, Eric Clapton, Bill Wyman...
    ) – 4:39
  4. "Medicine Man" (Coverdale) – 3:59
  5. "You 'n' Me" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 3:30
  6. "Mean Business" (Coverdale, Micky Moody
    Micky Moody

    Micky Moody is an English people guitarist, and a former member of the hard rock band Juicy Lucy and Whitesnake. After Juicy Lucy split Micky co-founded Snafu which combined his Brit-rock guitar style with some down-home stateside grooves....
    , Marsden, Neil Murray
    Neil Murray (British musician)

    Philip Neil Murray is a Scottish people bass guitar player, best known for his work in Whitesnake and Black Sabbath....
    , Jon Lord
    Jon Lord

    Jon Douglas Lord is an English composer, Hammond organ and piano player.Lord is recognised for his Hammond organ blues-rock sound and for his pioneering work in fusing rock and classical or baroque forms....
    , Dave Dowle
    Dave Dowle

    David 'Dave' Dowle is a British people drummer who has played with the bands Brian Auger, Streetwalkers, Whitesnake, Runner , Midnight Flyer, Bernie Marsden....
    ) – 3:48
  7. "Love Hunter" (Coverdale, Moody, Marsden) – 5:39
  8. "Outlaw" (Coverdale, Marsden, Lord) – 4:03
  9. "Rock 'N' Roll Women" (Coverdale, Moody) – 4:45
  10. "We Wish You Well" (Coverdale) – 1:34


Bonus tracks

Lovehunter was remastered and reissued in 2006 with several bonus tracks:
  1. "Belgian Tom's Hatrick" (Moody) – 3:40
  2. "Love to Keep You Warm" (Coverdale) – 3:30
  3. "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City
    Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City

    "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" is a 1974 in music R&B song written by Michael Price and Dan Walsh and first recorded by Bobby "Blue" Bland for the ABC Records album Dreamer....
    " (Michael Price
    Michael Price

    Michael F. Price is a Value investing and fund manager in Far Hills, New Jersey....
    , Dan Walsh
    Dan Walsh

    Dan Walsh is a painter based in New York.He studied at the Philadelphia College of Art in Pennsylvania and Hunter College in New York.A veteran of nearly thirty solo exhibitions Walsh?s work has been shown internationally at galleries and museums including PS1 Contemporary Art Center , Mus?e d?Art Moderne et Contemporain in Geneva, the...
    ) – 4:54
  4. "Trouble" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 4:30
  • Tracks 11–14 are from Andy Peebles
    Andy Peebles

    Andy Peebles is a radio DJ....
     BBC Radio 1
    BBC Radio 1

    BBC Radio 1 is a United Kingdom international radio station operated by the BBC, specialising in current popular music throughout the day, with a slight bias to Rock music & Independent music music....
     Sessions recorded March 29th 1979.


Personnel


Band

  • David Coverdale
    David Coverdale

    David Coverdale is an England rock vocalist most famous for his work with the English hard rock band Deep Purple, and his later band Whitesnake....
     – vocals
  • Micky Moody
    Micky Moody

    Micky Moody is an English people guitarist, and a former member of the hard rock band Juicy Lucy and Whitesnake. After Juicy Lucy split Micky co-founded Snafu which combined his Brit-rock guitar style with some down-home stateside grooves....
     – guitars
  • Bernie Marsden
    Bernie Marsden

    Bernie Marsden is an English people rock guitarist. Having played with Glenn Cornick's Wild Turkey in 1974, he then played with Babe Ruth , from 1975-76, before becoming an original member of Paice, Ashton & Lord in 1977 and then joining the hard rock band , Whitesnake....
     – guitars
  • Jon Lord
    Jon Lord

    Jon Douglas Lord is an English composer, Hammond organ and piano player.Lord is recognised for his Hammond organ blues-rock sound and for his pioneering work in fusing rock and classical or baroque forms....
     – keyboards
  • Neil Murray
    Neil Murray (British musician)

    Philip Neil Murray is a Scottish people bass guitar player, best known for his work in Whitesnake and Black Sabbath....
     – bass
  • Dave Dowle
    Dave Dowle

    David 'Dave' Dowle is a British people drummer who has played with the bands Brian Auger, Streetwalkers, Whitesnake, Runner , Midnight Flyer, Bernie Marsden....
     – drums


Other

  • Martin Birch
    Martin Birch

    Martin Birch is a Great Britain rock music and Heavy metal music music producer, who became internationally renowned for engineering and producing the legendary albums by the British rock bands Deep Purple and Iron Maiden....
     (producer and engineer)
  • Chris Achilleos
    Chris Achilleos

    Chris Achilleos is a Painting and illustrator who specializes in fantasy artwork and glamour illustration. Born in Famagusta, Cyprus, his family emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1959, where he currently resides....
      (LP Artwork)