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| Artist: Whitesnake
Label: Emd Int'l
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
Buy New: $10.70
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 67451
Format: Import, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 094635968620
EAN: 0094635968620
ASIN: B000F2C7TU
Release Date: May 15, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new. Shipped from the UK by Airmail direct to 5 airports in the United States. Delivery takes approximately 5 working days from posting - we're frequently faster than a lot of US based sellers.
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| Tracks:
| • | Long Way from Home | | • | Walking in the Shadow of the Blues | | • | Help Me Thro' the Day - Whitesnake, Russell | | • | Medicine Man | | • | You 'N' Me | | • | Mean Business - Whitesnake, Whitesnake | | • | Love Hunter | | • | Outlaw | | • | Roco 'N' Roll Women | | • | We Wish You Well |
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Album Description
Import only 14-track digitally remastered reissue of their sophomore album, originally released in 1979. This reissue now features four bonus tracks, 'Belgian Tom's Hat Trick', 'Love To Keep You Warm', 'Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City' & 'Trouble' - All Recorded Live for an Andy Peebles Radio Session on 29th March 1979. EMI. 2006.
Album Details
2006 Digitally Remastered Edition of the Group's 1979 Release. In October 1979, with Britain Still Reeling from the Aftershock of the Punk Rock Explosion, David Coverdale Rubbed Salt Into Safety-pin-inflicted Wounds by Giving Whitesnake's Second Album the Provocative Title of 'lovehunter'. It was Less a Case of Never Mind the Bollocks, More of Feel the Sheer Size of Those Damn Danglin' Things! at the Time, Coverdale Had Been Attracting the Attention of Certain Po-faced Elements of the British Music Press, who Didn't Approve of his (Or his Band's) So-called 'sexist' Stance. These Days, It's Difficult to See What the Fuss was all About. Back in the Late 1970s, to the Casual Observer Whitesnake were Purely Plying their Trade as a Mega-musicianly, Super-soulful, Mean-lovin' Blues Band. Meanwhile, Coverdale Himself was Gaining Generous Plaudits Among the Rock Cognoscenti.
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| Customer Reviews:
 WTF?? January 24, 2008
Darron K. Kenton (Orlando, FL USA)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I think Amazon needs to pay me some dividends!! When this first came out Amazon was listing this for a price of between $35 and $45. I had to go elsewhere to get it for the price it was really worth. Now after paying $25 elsewhere, Amazon lists it for less than $20. What a rip off!!
Another Great Early Whitesnake Album June 6, 2007
The Footpath Cowboy (Kingston, NY United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
LOVEHUNTER is yet another great Whitesnake album from the days when the band was English metal's answer to Southern rock- unflinchingly raw and honest, yet melodic. The songs here are among the band's best ever, and David Coverdale's bluesy vocals make it clear what was lost when he decided to head for big hair and big ballads in the late 80s.
Hi Neil Murray! April 15, 2007
S. Downes (Ballston Lake, NY United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This has been one of Whitesnake's weakest albums IMHO, but the remaster has completely changed the sound of this album. The pumping bass of Neil Murray is very evident and gives the songs new life. Nice job EMI!
 Old school Whitesnake January 11, 2007
Justin Gaines (Atlanta, GA)
Like many people, I first discovered Whitesnake in 1987 when they released their smash hit self-titled album. Growing up with that album, as well as the band's 1989 follow-up Slip of the Tongue, make listening to the band's early works a challenge. They're all good albums, but it's just not the Whitesnake I'm used to.
Released in 1979, Lovehunter is the band's fifth album, counting Coverdale's early solo albums. To my ears, Lovehunter, while undeniably bluesy, is a bit more of a straightforward rock album than say "White Snake" or "Northwinds." There are enough hard rock elements to bring to mind Led Zeppelin as well as Coverdale's previous band Deep Purple. It still lacks the slicker AOR/hair metal/whatever touches that made "Whitesnake" and Slip of the Tongue so memorable, but Lovehunter is still a very solid hard rock album with very few tracks that could be considered filler. The sound is a bit dated, but I think that the album holds up pretty well considering a quarter century has passed since its original release date.
Lovehunter is not an easy album to find on CD. It was released at least twice on disc, but never in quantities comparable to the band's later works. It has been digitally remastered, but only for the Japanese market. I'm not willing to pay the import price, so I'm stuck with my older disc until someone graces the US market with some quality Whitesnake remasters.
Lovehunter revisited November 13, 2004
Raj (Mumbai, India)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Being a Deep Purple - Mark-II fan I always gave Whitesnake a stepmotherly treatment. This album I realy like.
The only album I realy listend to by the band was 'lovehunter', I also have some later albums which I listen to occasionally.
I bought the 'Lovehunter' CD yesterday and here is my review based on long listening over 15 years and a couple yesterday.
This is a bluesy rock album with some realy great songs.
The classic here is 'Walking in the shadow of the blues' a realy great blues song with great guitar work Bernie.
'Help me through the day' is another slow blues song which is brought alive by David Coverdale.
The other songs are the traditional '70's rock and roll mixed with simple but pleasent arrangements by David Coverdale & team and having the regular Coverdale lyrics of love, suggestive sex and sex.
'Outlaw' is a song which has Bernie Marsden on the vocals. More on the American '70s rock tradition with lyrics not the cliche David coverdale penchant for love, women & sex. This song breaks the monotony of the later half of the album.
All in all a great album one of the better ones by Whitesnake, First half of the album is real classic stuff, the second pretty average with the exception of 'outlaw'.
This album has more roots than the later albums by the band like '1987', 'Slip of the tongue' which were an overdose of giving the masses what they wanted.
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