''Lovehunter'' is the second

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by British

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Whitesnake Whitesnake are an English hard rock band formed in London in 1978. The group was originally put together as the backing band for singer David Coverdale, who had recently left Deep Purple. Though the band quickly developed into their own entit ...

, released in 1979. It charted at No. 29 on the

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. " Long Way from Home", the leading track on the album reached No. 55 on the UK charts. It was the group's last album to feature original drummer Dave Dowle.

Cover art

''Lovehunters controversial cover art, showing a naked woman straddling a large snake, was created by fantasy artist

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. It was the last album cover he designed for many years, until 2003 and

Gary Hughes Gary Hughes (born 5 July 1964) is an English hard rock singer, songwriter and musician. Apart from his work as a solo artist, Gary Hughes is the front man and main songwriter of Hard Rock/Melodic Rock band Ten. He has also worked as a produce ...

' rock opera ''

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''. The original ''Lovehunter'' artwork was stolen in the 1980s. A similar idea had been used three years earlier for the cover of

Jon Lord John Douglas Lord (9 June 194116 July 2012) was an English orchestral and rock composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player known for his pioneering work in fusing rock with classical or baroque forms, especially with the British rock band Deep ...

's ''

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'' album. Lord was in Whitesnake at the time of ''Lovehunter''.

Track listing

;Side one #" Long Way from Home" ''(

David Coverdale David Coverdale (born 22 September 1951) is an English singer who is best known as the lead vocalist of Whitesnake, a hard rock band he founded in 1978. Before Whitesnake, Coverdale was the lead singer of Deep Purple from 1973 to 1976, after wh ...

)'' – 4:58 #"Walking in the Shadow of the Blues" ''(Coverdale,

Bernie Marsden Bernard John Marsden (born 7 May 1951) is an English rock and blues guitarist. He is primarily known for his work with Whitesnake, having written or co-written with David Coverdale many of the group's hit songs, such as "Fool for Your Loving", ...

)'' – 4:26 #"Help Me Thro' the Day" ''(

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)'' – 4:40 #"Medicine Man" ''(Coverdale)'' – 4:00 #"You 'n' Me" ''(Coverdale, Marsden)'' – 3:25 ;Side two #

"Mean Business" ''(Coverdale,

Micky Moody Michael Joseph "Micky" Moody (born 30 August 1950) is an English guitarist, and a former member of the rock bands Juicy Lucy and Whitesnake. He was also a founder-member of Snafu. Together with his former Whitesnake colleague Bernie Marsden h ...

, Marsden, Neil Murray,

Dave Dowle David 'Duck' Dowle (born 20 October 1953 in London, England) is an English drummer who has played with the bands Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, Streetwalkers, Whitesnake, Runner, Midnight Flyer, Bernie Marsden. Biography Dave Dowle started ...

)'' – 3:49 #"Love Hunter" ''(Coverdale, Moody, Marsden)'' – 5:38 #"Outlaw" ''(Coverdale, Marsden, Lord)'' – 4:04 #"Rock 'n' Roll Women" ''(Coverdale, Moody)'' – 4:44 #"We Wish You Well" ''(Coverdale)'' – 1:39

Bonus tracks

''Lovehunter'' was remastered and reissued in 2006 with several bonus tracks taken from

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sessions recorded 29 March 1979 (tracks originally from the band's debut album ''

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''). #

"Belgian Tom's Hat Trick" ''(Moody)'' – 3:40 #"Love to Keep You Warm" ''(Coverdale)'' – 3:30 #"

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" ''(Michael Price, Dan Walsh)'' – 4:54 #"Trouble" ''(Coverdale, Marsden)'' – 4:30

Personnel

Whitesnake

–

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(all but track 8) and

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–

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, backing vocals *

– guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals on track 8 * Neil Murray –

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–

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– keyboards

Production

Martin Birch Martin Birch (27 December 19489 August 2020) was a British music producer and sound engineer. He became renowned for engineering and producing albums recorded predominantly by British rock bands, including Deep Purple, Rainbow, Fleetwood Mac, W ...

- producer,

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, mixing at Central Recorders Studio, London *

- LP artwork

Charts

Album

Singles

Long Way from Home

References

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