Ready an' Willing

Ready an' Willing
Studio album by
Whitesnake
Released23 May 1980 (1980-05-23)
Recorded
  • December 1979
  • February 1980
Studios
Genres
Length40:00
Label
ProducerMartin Birch
Whitesnake chronology
Lovehunter
(1979)		 Ready an' Willing
(1980)		 Live... in the Heart of the City
(1980)
Singles from Ready an' Willing
  1. "Fool for Your Loving"
    Released: 11 April 1980
  2. "Ready an' Willing"
    Released: 20 June 1980[1]
  3. "Sweet Talker"
    Released: October 1980 (US)[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10[4]

Ready an' Willing is the third studio album by British rock band Whitesnake, released on 23 May 1980,[5] and 14 July in the US.[6] It was the group's first album to feature drummer Ian Paice, a former bandmate of singer David Coverdale and keyboardist Jon Lord in Deep Purple. It peaked at No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart,[7] it was also the band's first to chart outside of the UK, reaching No. 32 in Norway[8] and No. 90 in the US.[9]

Release

The album featured two of the band's UK single-hits from that year: "Fool for Your Loving" had reached No. 13 in the charts on 26 April 1980,[7] and the title-track, "Ready an' Willing (Sweet Satisfaction)" made No. 43 in July of the same year.[7] On 2 August 1980 "Fool for Your Loving" peaked at No. 53 on the Billboard Hot 100; the song would later be re-recorded for the Slip of the Tongue album. The track "Blindman", initially from David Coverdale's first solo album White Snake, was re-recorded for this album.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Fool for Your Loving"David Coverdale, Micky Moody, Bernie Marsden4:17
2."Sweet Talker"Coverdale, Marsden3:38
3."Ready an' Willing"Coverdale, Moody, Marsden, Neil Murray, Jon Lord, Ian Paice3:44
4."Carry Your Load"Coverdale4:06
5."Blindman"Coverdale5:09
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Ain't Gonna Cry No More"Coverdale, Moody5:52
7."Love Man"Coverdale5:04
8."Black and Blue"Coverdale, Moody4:06
9."She's a Woman"Coverdale, Marsden4:07
2006 Remastered Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."Love for Sale"Coverdale3:05
11."Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" (Live at the Reading Festival 1979)Michael Price, Dan Walsh6:54
12."Mistreated" (Live at the Reading Festival 1979)Coverdale, Ritchie Blackmore13:30
13."Love Hunter" (Live at the Reading Festival 1979)Coverdale, Moody, Marsden5:56
14."Breakdown" (Live at the Reading Festival 1979)Coverdale, Moody5:38

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[10][11]

Whitesnake
Technical
Design
  • David Coverdale – original sleeve concept
  • George Bodnar – inner sleeve photography
Reissue
  • Geoff Barton – sleeve notes
  • Jo Brooks & Libby Jones – album project coordination
  • Hugh Gilmour – artwork (remastered)
  • Peter Mew – remastering (at Abbey Road Studios, London)

Charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[12]32
UK Albums (Official Charts)[13]6
US Billboard 200[14]90
Chart (2006) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[15] 160

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[16] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Accolades

Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
Kerrang! United Kingdom "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time"[17] 1989 81

References

  1. ↑ "News". Record Mirror. 14 June 1980. p. 4.
  2. ↑ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 894. ISBN 9780862415419.
  3. ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Whitesnake - Ready an' Willing review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 411. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  5. ↑ "BPI certifications for Whitesnake".
  6. ↑ "Whitesnake "Ready an' Willing" Ad Card". Twitter/X. 1980. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 "Whitesnake - Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Whitesnake Ready an' Willing (album)". Norwegiancharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Ready an' Willing Billboard Albums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  10. ↑ Ready an' Willing (booklet). Whitesnake. United Artists. 1980. UAG30302.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ↑ Ready an' Willing (Remastered + bonus tracks) (booklet). Whitesnake. EMI. 2006. 094635969221.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Whitesnake – Ready an' Willing". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Official Albums Chart on 8/6/1980 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Whitesnake Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
  15. ↑ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  16. ↑ "British album certifications – Whitesnake – Ready And Willing". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 May 2024. Select albums in the Formats field. Type Ready And Willing Whitesnake in the "Search:" field.
  17. ↑ "Kerrang – 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time - January 1989". Kerrang!. Archived from the original on 14 February 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
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