Trouble (Whitesnake album)

Trouble

Trouble (Original UK sleeve)
Studio album by Whitesnake
Released October 1978
Recorded Summer 1978
Studio Central Recorders Studio, London
Genre Hard rock, blues-rock
Length 38:20
Label EMI International (UK)
Harvest/Sunburst (Europe)
United Artists/Sunburst (North America)
Polydor (Japan)
Producer Martin Birch
Whitesnake chronology

Snakebite
(1978)		 Trouble
(1978)		 Lovehunter (1979)
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LP and CD cover
Singles from Trouble
  1. "The Time Is Right for Love" / "Come On (live)"
    Released: 1978
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Trouble is the first studio album from British rock band Whitesnake, led by former Deep Purple vocalist David Coverdale. It reached No. 50 on the UK Albums Chart when it was released in October 1978.[2] This followed the 4 track EP "Snakebite", later available as an import album, from continental Europe.

This album also features Coverdale's former bandmate Jon Lord from Deep Purple for the first time.

Recording

The album was recorded at Central Recorders Studio in London during the summer of 1978. Martin Birch produced the album which was recorded and mixed in ten days.

According to Coverdale, one of the reasons the album was called "Trouble", was because his first child was born during the album's recording.[3]

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Take Me with You" (David Coverdale, Micky Moody) – 4:45
  2. "Love to Keep You Warm" (Coverdale) – 3:44
  3. "Lie Down (A Modern Love Song)" (Coverdale, Moody) – 3:14
  4. "Day Tripper" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:47 (The Beatles cover)
  5. "Nighthawk (Vampire Blues)" (Coverdale, Bernie Marsden) – 3:39
Side two
  1. "The Time Is Right for Love" (Coverdale, Moody, Marsden) – 3:26
  2. "Trouble" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 4:48
  3. "Belgian Tom's Hat Trick" (Moody) – 3:26
  4. "Free Flight" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 4:06
  5. "Don't Mess with Me" (Coverdale, Moody, Marsden, Neil Murray, Jon Lord, Dave Dowle) – 3:25

Bonus tracks

Trouble was remastered and reissued in 2006 with tracks from the EP Snakebite as bonus tracks:

  1. "Come On" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 3:32
  2. "Bloody Mary" (Coverdale) – 3:21
  3. "Steal Away" (Coverdale, Moody, Marsden, Murray, Pete Solley, Dowle) – 4:19
  4. "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" (Michael Price, Dan Walsh) – 5:06

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Whitesnake - Trouble review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
  2. ↑ "Whitesnake chart stats". Archived from the original on 2012-05-25.
  3. ↑ "David Coverdale Interview 2003". YouTube. 1999-03-06. Retrieved 2012-01-12.