Whitesnake discography

Whitesnake discography

Whitesnake live in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Releases
Studio albums 12
Live albums 6
Compilation albums 10
EPs 3
Singles 37
Video albums 7
Music videos 24

The following is a comprehensive discography of Whitesnake, an English hard rock band.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[4]
DEN
[5]
FIN
[6]
FRA
[7]
NLD
[8]
NOR
[9]
NZ
[10]
SWE
[11]
SWI
[12]
US
[13]
1978 Trouble
  • Released: October, 1978
  • Label: Sunburst Records
  • Formats: LP, CS, CD
50
1979 Lovehunter
  • Released: October, 1979
  • Label: Sunburst Records
  • Formats: LP, CS, CD
29
1980 Ready an' Willing
  • Released: 31 May 1980
  • Label: Sunburst Records
  • Formats: LP, CS, CD
6 32 90
  • UK: Gold
1981 Come an' Get It
  • Released: 11 April 1981
  • Label: Sunburst Records
  • Format: LP, CS, CD
2 26 24 151
  • UK: Gold
1982 Saints & Sinners
  • Released: 20 November 1982
  • Label: Sunburst Records
  • Format: LP, CS, CD
9 65 14 41 45
  • UK: Silver
1984 Slide It In
  • Released: January, 1984 (UK/CAN), April, 1984 (US)
  • Label: EMI/Geffen Records (US)
  • Format: LP, CD, CS
9 11 46 12 12 42
  • US: 2× Platinum
1987 Whitesnake 8 23 25 5 27 10 2 8 10 2
  • UK: Platinum
  • US: 8× Platinum
  • CAN: 5× Platinum
1989 Slip of the Tongue 10 39 29 18 43 9 35 11 11 10
  • UK: Gold
  • US: Platinum
  • CAN: 2× Platinum
1997 Restless Heart
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: CD
34 45 N/A 7 65 35 5 23
2008 Good to Be Bad
  • Released: 18 April 2008 (GER), 21 April 2008 (EUR), 22 April 2008 (CAN/USA)
  • Label: SPV/Steamhammer
  • Format: CD, LP
5 11 23 18 5 69 33 5 10 15 62
2011 Forevermore
  • Released: 25 March 2011 (EUR), 29 March 2011 (USA)
  • Label: Frontiers
  • Format: CD, LP
33 27 61 11 124 42 16 6 17 49
2015 The Purple Album
  • Released: 18 May 2015 (EUR), 19 May 2015 (USA)
  • Label: Frontiers
  • Format: CD, LP

Live albums

Year Title UK US RIAA BPI
1980 Live...In the Heart of the City 5 146 Platinum
1998 Starkers in Tokyo
2006 Live: In the Shadow of the Blues 141
2011 Live at Donington 1990 81
2013 Made in Japan 67
Made in Britain / The World Record 172
2014 Live in 1984: Back to the Bone 105

Compilation albums

Year Title UK US RIAA BPI
1994 Whitesnake's Greatest Hits 4 161 Platinum Gold
2000 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Whitesnake 194 Gold
Best Ballads
2002 Here I Go Again: The Whitesnake Collection
2003 Best of Whitesnake (The Silver Anniversary Collection single disc edition) 44 Gold
2004 The Early Years
2006 The Definitive Collection
Gold: Whitesnake

Box sets

Year Title UK US RIAA BPI
2008 30th Anniversary Collection 38
2011 Little Box O Snakes: The Sunburst Years 1978–1982 (box set)

EPs

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK US
1978 Snakebite
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: EMI/Sunburst
  • Formats: 7" vinyl
61
1980 Live at Hammersmith
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: CBS Sony Japan
  • Formats: 7" vinyl, CD
5 146
1987 1987 Versions (Japan only)
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: CBS Sony Japan
  • Formats: CD, 7" vinyl

Singles

Year Single Chart positions Album
UK
[14]
AUS
[15]
CAN
[16]
NLD
[17]
US
[18]
US
Rock

[18]
1978 "The Time is Right For Love" Trouble
1979 "Long Way from Home" 55 Lovehunter
1980 "Fool for Your Loving" 13 53 Ready an' Willing
"Ready an' Willing" 43
"Sweet Talker"
"Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" 51 109 Live in the Heart of the City
1981 "Don't Break My Heart Again" 17 Come an' Get It
"Would I Lie to You" 37
1982 "Here I Go Again" 34 53 Saints & Sinners
"Victim of Love"
"Bloody Luxury"
1983 "Guilty of Love" 31 Slide It In
1984 "Standing in the Shadow" 62
"Give Me More Time" 29
"Love Ain't No Stranger" 44 34
"Slow An' Easy" 17
1987 "Here I Go Again '87" 9 24 1 6 1 4 Whitesnake
"Is This Love" 9 12 11 31 2 13
"Still of the Night" 16 79 18
"Crying in the Rain '87"
1988 "Give Me All Your Love" 18 48 22
1989 "Fool for Your Loving '89" 43 69 37 19 37 2 Slip of the Tongue
1990 "The Deeper the Love" 35 36 28 4
"Now You're Gone" 31 96 15
"Judgement Day" 32
1994 "Is This Love"/"Sweet Lady Luck" 25 Greatest Hits
1997 "Too Many Tears" 46 Restless Heart
"Don't Fade Away" 132
1998 "All In the Name of Love"
2006 "All I Want Is You" Live: In the Shadow of the Blues
2008 "Lay Down Your Love" Good to Be Bad
"All for Love"
"Summer Rain"
"Can You Hear the Wind Blow"
2011 "Love Will Set You Free" Forevermore
"One of These Days"

Video albums

Year Title Certifications
(sales thresholds)
1983 Live At Donington 1983 (Whitesnake Commandos)
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: VHS, Laserdisc (Japan)
1983 Fourplay
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Picture Music
  • Formats: VHS, Laserdisc (Japan, 1991)
1987 Trilogy
  • Released: 1987 (Also released in 1988 with bonus tracks)
  • Label: Geffen
  • Format: VHS
US: Platinum
1998 Starkers in Tokyo
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: VHS, DVD, CD, Laserdisc (Japan)
2006 Live... In the Still of the Night
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: DVD, DVD+CD
UK: Gold
2011 Live at Donington 1990
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Frontiers Records
  • Format: DVD/CD
2013 Made in Japan
  • Released: 2013
  • Label: Frontiers Records
  • Format: DVD/CD
2014 Live In 1984: Back To The Bone
  • Released: 2014
  • Label: Frontiers Records
  • Format: DVD, DVD+CD

Music videos

NOTE: Some of the YouTube videos have rather bad picture quality and some might be blocked in your country.

Year Title
1978 "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" YouTube, Dailymotion
"Come On" YouTube, Dailymotion
"Day Tripper" YouTube
"Bloody Mary" YouTube, Dailymotion
1979 "Long Way from Home" YouTube, Dailymotion
1980 "Fool for Your Loving" YouTube, Dailymottion
1981 "Don't Break My Heart Again" YouTube, Dailymotion
"Would I Lie to You" YouTube, Dailymotion
1982 "Here I Go Again" YouTube, Dailymotion
1983 "Guilty of Love" YouTube, Dailymotiom
1984 "Love Ain't No Stranger" YouTube, Dailymotion
"Slow an' Easy" YouTube, Dailymotion
1987 "Here I Go Again '87" YouTube, Dailymotion
"Is This Love" YouTube, Dailymotion
"Still of the Night" YouTube, Dailymotion
1988 "Give Me All Your Love" YouTube, Dailymotion
1989 "Fool for Your Loving '89" YouTube, Dailymotion
1990 "The Deeper the Love" YouTube, Dailymotion
"Now You're Gone" YouTube, Dailymotion
1997 "Too Many Tears" YouTube
"Don't Fade Away" YouTube
2006 "Ready to Rock" YouTube
2008 "Lay Down Your Love" YouTube
2011 "Love Will Set You Free" YouTube

References