Whitesnake discography

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Whitesnake discography
Whitesnake - Wacken Open Air 2016-AL1161.jpg
Whitesnake performing in 2016.
Studio albums13
Live albums9
Compilation albums12
Video albums9
Music videos30
EPs2
Singles44
Box sets5

The British hard rock band Whitesnake have released thirteen studio albums, nine live albums, twelve compilation albums, three box sets, two extended plays (EPs), 40 singles, nine video albums and 29 music videos. Formed in Middlesbrough in 1978 by vocalist David Coverdale, the band originally featured guitarists Micky Moody and Bernie Marsden, bassist Neil Murray, keyboardist Peter Solley and drummer Dave Dowle.[1] The group's debut EP Snakebite was released in June 1978 and reached number 61 on the UK Singles Chart.[2] After replacing Solley with Jon Lord,[1] the band released their debut full-length album Trouble later in the year, which reached number 50 on the UK Albums Chart.[3] 1979's Lovehunter reached number 29 on the chart.[3] Lead single "Long Way from Home" charted at number 55.[2]

Dowle was replaced by Ian Paice after the release of Lovehunter,[4] and in 1980 Whitesnake reached the UK top ten for the first time with Ready an' Willing, which peaked at number 6 and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).[3][5] The album was also the band's first to register on the US Billboard 200, reaching number 90.[6] The album's lead single "Fool for Your Loving" reached number 13 on the UK Singles Chart.[2] The group's first live release, Live... in the Heart of the City, reached number 5 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified platinum by the BPI.[3][5] 1981's Come an' Get It and 1982's Saints & Sinners also both reached the UK top ten, with the former reaching a peak of number 2 (the band's highest to date).[3] Three singles from across the two albums reached the UK Singles Chart top 40.[2]

After a brief hiatus and several lineup changes, Whitesnake resurfaced in 1984 with Slide It In, which was their first album to reach the US top 40.[6] It was also the band's first release to be certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), reaching double platinum status.[7] 1987's Whitesnake was even more successful, reaching number 2 on the Billboard 200,[6] number 5 on the Canadian Albums Chart, and the top ten in several other regions. The album was certified eight times platinum by the RIAA,[7] five times platinum by Music Canada,[8] and platinum by the BPI.[5] The single "Here I Go Again" topped the Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian Singles Chart,[9] as well as reaching the top ten of the UK Singles Chart.[2] Its follow-up "Is This Love" reached number 2 on the Hot 100 and number 9 in the UK.[9][2] The band's 1989 release Slip of the Tongue was the band's only other album to reach the US top ten,[6] and the last to be certified by the RIAA (reaching platinum status).[7]

Whitesnake broke up in 1991. Three years later, Greatest Hits was released as the band's first compilation album, reaching number 4 on the UK Albums Chart and being certified gold by the BPI.[3][5] The band returned with Restless Heart in 1997, which peaked at number 34 in the UK.[3] In 2002 the band returned on a permanent basis. The 2003 compilation Best of Whitesnake reached number 44 in the UK and was certified gold by the BPI,[3][5] while the 2006 video release Live... in the Still of the Night reached number 2 on the UK Music Video Chart and was also certified gold.[10][5] Whitesnake's tenth studio album Good to Be Bad was released in 2008, reaching number 7 in the UK and number 62 in the US.[3][6] In 2011, the band reached number 33 with Forevermore and number 81 with Live at Donington 1990, in 2013 they reached number 67 with Made in Japan, and in 2015 they reached number 18 with The Purple Album.[3]

Albums[]

Studio albums[]

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[3]
AUT
[11]
CAN
[12]
FIN
[13][14]
GER
[15]
NED
[16]
NOR
[17]
SWE
[18]
SWI
[19]
US
[6]
Trouble
  • Released: October 1978
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP, CS
50
Lovehunter 29
Ready an' Willing
  • Released: 31 May 1980
  • Label: United Artists
  • Formats: LP, CS
6 32 90
Come an' Get It
  • Released: 6 April 1981
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: LP, CS
2 3 20 26 24 151
Saints & Sinners
  • Released: 15 November 1982
  • Label: Liberty/EMI
  • Formats: LP, CS
9 14 7 28 45
Slide It In
  • Released: 30 January 1984
  • Label: Liberty, Geffen
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS
9 4 14 11 12 12 40
Whitesnake
  • Released: 30 March 1987
  • Label: EMI, Geffen
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS
8 25 5 4 13 27 10 8 10 2
Slip of the Tongue
  • Released: 7 November 1989
  • Label: EMI, Geffen
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS
10 29 18 1 19 43 9 11 11 10
Restless Heart
  • Released: 26 March 1997
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, CS
34 45 7 26 65 35 5 23
Good to Be Bad 7 11 23 5 6 33 5 10 15 62
Forevermore
  • Released: 9 March 2011
  • Label: Frontiers
  • Formats: CD, DL
33 27 11 16 42 16 6 17 49
The Purple Album
  • Released: 29 April 2015
  • Label: Frontiers
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
18 28 2 13 24 32 17 11 87
Flesh & Blood
  • Released: 10 May 2019
  • Label: Frontiers
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
7 4
[22]
3 51 13
[23]
9
[24]
2 131

Live albums[]

List of live albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[3]
AUT
[11]
BEL
Fla.

[25]
BEL
Wal.

[26]
FRA
[27]
GER
[15]
ITA
[28]
JPN
[29]
SWI
[19]
US
[6]
Live... in the Heart of the City
  • Released: 3 November 1980
  • Label: United Artists
  • Formats: 2LP, CS
5 56 146
  • BPI: Platinum[5]
Starkers in Tokyo
  • Released: 9 September 1997
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, CS
Live... in the Still of the Night
  • Released: 7 February 2006
  • Label: Coming Home
  • Formats: DVD, DVD+CD
2 23 16
Live... in the Shadow of the Blues
  • Released: 24 November 2006
  • Label: Steamhammer
  • Format: 2CD
141 64 177 82 64
Live at Donington 1990
  • Released: 20 May 2011
  • Label: Frontiers
  • Formats: 2CD, 3LP, DL
81 100 32 85 221
Made in Japan
  • Released: 22 April 2013
  • Label: Frontiers
  • Formats: 2CD, 3LP, DL
67 54 108 59 26 99
Made in Britain/The World Record
  • Released: 19 June 2013
  • Label: Frontiers
  • Formats: 2CD, 4LP, DL
83 57 59
Live in '84: Back to the Bone
  • Released: 11 November 2014
  • Label: Frontiers
  • Formats: CD, DL
131 98
The Purple Tour
  • Released: 19 January 2017
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD
60 19
[30]
111 69 17 31

Compilations[]

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[3]
AUS
[31]
ESP
[32]
FIN
[13]
GER
[15]
NOR
[17]
POR
[33]
SWE
[18]
SWI
[19]
US
[6]
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 9 July 1994
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS
4 34 95 6 51 17 12 161
The Best of Whitesnake
  • Released: 27 June 2000
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: CD, CS
194
Here I Go Again: The Whitesnake
Collection
  • Released: 29 October 2002
  • Label: Geffen
  • Format: 2CD
Best of Whitesnake
  • Released: 24 March 2003
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: CD
44 4 83 23 11 31
The Silver Anniversary Collection
  • Released: 20 May 2003
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: 2CD
26
The Early Years
  • Released: 10 February 2004
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: CD
The Definitive Collection
  • Released: 7 February 2006
  • Label: Geffen
  • Format: CD
Gold
  • Released: 27 June 2006
  • Label: Geffen
  • Format: CD
Unzipped
  • Released: 19 October 2018
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD, download
150 36 48
The Rock Album
  • Released: 19 June 2020
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
81 40 44 36
Love Songs
  • Released: 6 November 2020
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
66 37 34
The Blues Album
  • Released: 19 February 2021
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
57 13 10

Box sets[]

List of box sets, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peaks
UK
[3]
FIN
[13]
GER
[15]
Whitesnake 1978-1982
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: 4CD
The Originals
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: 3CD
Chronicles: 3 Classic Albums
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Geffen
  • Format: 3CD
30th Anniversary Collection
  • Released: 9 June 2008
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: 3CD
38
Box 'o' Snakes: The Sunburst
Years 1978–1982
  • Released: 15 November 2011
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: 9CD+DVD+LP
27 87
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Extended plays[]

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions
Title EP details Peak
UK
[2]
Snakebite
  • Released: June 1978
  • Label: Sunburst
  • Format: 7" vinyl
61
1987 Versions
  • Released: 21 October 1987
  • Label: CBS/Sony
  • Formats: CD, 12" vinyl
"—" denotes a release that was not issued in that region.

Singles[]

[34]

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[2]
AUS
[35]
IRL
[36]
CAN
[37]
GER
[38]
NED
[16]
NOR
[17]
NZ
[39]
US
[9]
US
Main.

[40]
"Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" [A] 1978 Snakebite
"Lie Down (A Modern Love Song)" Trouble
"Day Tripper" [B]
"The Time Is Right for Love" 1979
"Long Way from Home" 55 Lovehunter
"Fool for Your Loving" 1980 13 11 19 22 53 Ready an' Willing
"Ready an' Willing" [C] 43
"Sweet Talker" [D]
"Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" (live) 51 109 Live... in the Heart of the City
"Don't Break My Heart Again" 1981 17 17 Come an' Get It
"Would I Lie to You" 37
"Here I Go Again" 1982 34 53 51 17 34 Saints & Sinners
"Victim of Love" [E] 1983
"Bloody Luxury" [Japan promo]
"Guilty of Love" 31 Slide It In
"Give Me More Time" 1984 29 27
"Standing in the Shadow" 62
"Love Ain't No Stranger" 44 33
"Slow an' Easy" [US radio promo] 17
"Still of the Night" 1987 16 23 79 18 Whitesnake
"Here I Go Again '87" 9 24 7 1 29 6 10 1 4
"Is This Love" 9 12 21 11 31 8 2 13
"Give Me All Your Love" 1988 18 10 28 48 22
"Crying in the Rain '87" [US promo]
"Fool For Your Loving '89" 1989 43 69 37 37 2 Slip of the Tongue
"Judgement Day" [airplay] 32
"The Deeper the Love" 1990 35 30 36 28 4
"Now You're Gone" 31 96 15
"Is This Love" (reissue) [F] 1994 25 Greatest Hits
"Too Many Tears" [G] 1997 46 Restless Heart
"Don't Fade Away" [H]
"All in the Name of Love" [promo] 1998
"All I Want Is You" 2006 Live... in the Shadow of the Blues
"Lay Down Your Love" 2008 Good to Be Bad
"All For Love"
"Summer Rain"
"Can You Hear the Wind Blow" [promo]
"Love Will Set You Free" 2011 Forevermore
"One of These Days"
"Easier Said Than Done" [promo] 2012
"Stormbringer" 2015 The Purple Album
"Burn"
"Soldier of Fortune"
"Shut Up & Kiss Me" 2019 Flesh & Blood
"Trouble Is Your Middle Name"
"Hey You (You Make Me Rock)"
"Always & Forever" 2020
"Always The Same" The Rock Album
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Notes:

  1. ^ released in US/CAN
  2. ^ released in Germany
  3. ^ released in UK/EU
  4. ^ released in US/CAN
  5. ^ released in Germany
  6. ^ released in UK/EU
  7. ^ released in UK/EU
  8. ^ released in UK/EU

Videos[]

Video albums[]

List of video albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[10]
GER
[38]
JPN
[41]
SWI
[19]
US
[42]
Fourplay
Whitesnake Commandos
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: EMI/Picture Music
  • Formats: VHS, LD
Super Rock '84 in Japan
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Toho
  • Formats: VHS, LD
Trilogy
  • Released: 1987 (Also released in 1988 with bonus tracks)
  • Label: Picture Music
  • Format: VHS, LD
3
  • RIAA: Platinum[7]
Starkers in Tokyo
  • Released: 9 September 1997
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: LD
Live... in the Still of the Night
  • Released: 7 February 2006
  • Label: Coming Home
  • Formats: DVD, DVD+CD
2 23 16
Live at Donington 1990
  • Released: 20 May 2011
  • Label: Frontiers
  • Format: DVD
12 10
Made in Japan
  • Released: 22 April 2013
  • Label: Frontiers
  • Formats: DVD, BD
5 54 2
Live in '84: Back to the Bone
  • Released: 11 November 2014
  • Label: Frontiers
  • Format: DVD
37 12
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Music videos[]

List of music videos, showing year released and directors names
Title Year Director(s) Ref.
"Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" 1978 unknown
"Come On"
"Bloody Mary"
"Lie Down (A Modern Love Song)"
"The Time Is Right For Love"
"Day Tripper"
"Long Way from Home" 1979
"We Wish You Well"
"Fool for Your Loving" 1980 Maurice Phillips [43]
"Don't Break My Heart Again" 1981
"Would I Lie to You" unknown
"Here I Go Again" 1982 Lindsey Clennell [43]
"Guilty of Love" 1983 Maurice Phillips
"Give Me More Time" unknown
"Love Ain't No Stranger" 1984 Mark Rezyka [44]
"Slow an' Easy" unknown
"All or Nothing" 1985
"Here I Go Again '87" 1987 Marty Callner [45]
"Is This Love"
"Still of the Night"
"Give Me All Your Love" 1988
"Fool for Your Loving '89" 1989 [46]
"The Deeper the Love" 1990
"Now You're Gone" Wayne Isham
"Too Many Tears" 1997 unknown
"Don't Fade Away"
"Anything You Want" 1998
"Ready to Rock" 2006
"If You Want Me"
"Lay Down Your Love" 2008
"All For Love"
"Can You Hear The Wind Blow"
"Best Years"
"Love Will Set You Free" 2011 Daniel Nanasi [47]
"Easier Said Than Done" 2012
"Forevermore" 2013 Made in Japan Fan Video
"Steal Your Heart Away"
"Stormbringer" 2015 Tyler Bourns [48]
"Burn" [49]
"Soldier of Fortune"
"Sail Away"
"Lady Double Dealer"
"The Gypsy" [50]
"Shut Up & Kiss Me" 2019 [51]
"Trouble Is Your Middle Name"
"Hey You (You Make Me Rock)"
"Always The Same" 2020
"Yours For The Asking"

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