Ready an ' Willing was the third studio album by English hard rock band Whitesnake, released in 1980. It peaked at # 6 on the UK Albums Chart,[1 ]it was also the band's first to chart outside of the UK reaching # 32 in Norway and # 90 in the US.
The album featured two of the band's UK single-hits from that year: "Fool for Your Loving" had reached # 13 in the charts in April 1980, and the title-track, "Ready an ' Willing (Sweet Satisfaction)" made # 43 in July of the same year. In August 1980 "Fool for Your Loving" peaked at # 53 on the Billboard Hot 100; the song would later be re-recorded for the album Slip of the Tongue . The track "Blindman" initially from Coverdale's first solo album was re-recorded for this album.
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Contents[]
Track listing[edit][]
| No. | Title | Writer (s) | Length | |
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| 1. | "Fool for Your Loving" | David Coverdale, Micky Moody, Bernie Marsden | 4: 17 | |
| 2. | "Sweet Talker" | Coverdale, Marsden | 3: 38 | |
| 3. | "Ready an ' Willing" | Coverdale, Moody, Neil Murray, Jon Lord, Ian Paice | 3: 44 | |
| 4. | "Carry Your Load" | Coverdale | 4: 06 | |
| 5. | "Blindman" | Coverdale | 5: 09 | |
| 6. | "Ain't Gonna Cry No More" | Coverdale, Moody | 5: 52 | |
| 7. | "Love Man" | Coverdale | 5: 04 | |
| 8. | "Black and Blue" | Coverdale, Moody | 4: 06 | |
| 9. | "She's a Woman" | Coverdale, Marsden | 4: 07 |
Mirage Records (a subsidiary of Atlantic Records)
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| No. | Title | Writer (s) | Length | |||||||
| 10. | "Love for Sale" (Previously unreleased) | Coverdale | 3: 05 | |||||||
| 11. | "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" (Live at the Reading Festival 1979) | Michael Price, Dan Walsh | 6: 54 | |||||||
| 12. | "Mistreated" (Live at the Reading Festival 1979) | Coverdale, Ritchie Blackmore | 13: 30 | |||||||
| 13. | "Love Hunter" (Live at the Reading Festival 1979) | Coverdale, Moody, Marsden | 5: 56 | |||||||
| 14. | "Breakdown" (Live at the Reading Festival 1979) | Coverdale, Moody | 5: 38 | |||||||
Personnel[edit][]
- David Coverdale – vocals
- Micky Moody – guitars
- Bernie Marsden – guitars
- Jon Lord – keyboards
- Neil Murray – bass
- Ian Paice – drums
Charts[edit][]
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Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1980 | Pop Albums | 90 |
Braces[edit][]
| Publication | Country | Accolade | Year | Rank |
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| Kerrang! | United Kingdom | "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time"[2] | 1989 | 81 |