Come an’ Get It
Come an' Get It is Whitesnake's fourth studio album, released in April 1981 on Liberty. It follows Trouble, Lovehunter and Ready an' Willing, and sits just before Saints & Sinners in the band's early run of records. The sound blends hard rock, blues rock and heavy metal, the mix that defined the group before their later, glossier years.
It was the band's highest-charting release in the UK up to that point, reaching No. 2, where only Adam and the Ants' Kings of the Wild Frontier kept it off the top. "Don't Break My Heart Again" made the UK Top 20, and "Would I Lie to You" was also issued as a single. The album reached CD in the UK in April 1988, and EMI remastered it in 2007 with six bonus tracks, mostly rough mixes, which should interest anyone who likes to hear how these songs took shape.
Come an’ Get It: tracklist, credits and charts
10 tracks · 40:05Tracklist
- 1Come an' Get ItDavid Coverdale4:00
- 2Hot StuffDavid Coverdale and Micky Moody3:22
- 3Don't Break My Heart AgainDavid Coverdale4:01
- 4Lonely Days, Lonely NightsDavid Coverdale4:14
- 5Wine, Women an' SongCoverdale, Lord, Marsden, Moody, Murray, Paice3:44
- 6Child of BabylonDavid Coverdale and Bernie Marsden4:45
- 7Would I Lie to YouCoverdale, Marsden, Moody4:16
- 8GirlCoverdale, Marsden, Murray3:55
- 9Hit an' RunCoverdale, Marsden, Moody3:20
- 10Till the Day I DieDavid Coverdale4:28
- Produced by
- Martin Birch
- Recorded at
- Startling Studios (Tittenhurst Park, Ascot, England), Tittenhurst Park
- Recorded
- July–September 1980,, January 1981
- Mixed by
- Martin Birch
- Engineered by
- Martin Birch
- Labels
- Liberty, Mirage/Atlantic (North America), Polydor (Japan)
- Length
- 40:05
Line-up
- Jon Lord · keyboard
- Bernie Marsden · guitar, background vocals
- Micky Moody · guitar, background vocals
- Neil Murray · bass guitar
- Ian Paice · drums (drum set)
- David Coverdale · lead vocals
Singles
- “Don't Break My Heart Again” · 20 March 1981
- “Would I Lie to You” · 22 May 1981
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart · 1981 | 2 |
| US Billboard 200 · 1981 | 151 |
| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) · 1981 | 3 |
| German Albums · 1981 | 20 |
| Swedish Albums · 1981 | 24 |
| Norwegian Albums · 1981 | 26 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 1981 | 41 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification |
|---|---|
| Japan · 1981 | Gold |
| United Kingdom · 1981 | Gold |
| Yugoslavia | Silver |
From MusicBrainz, Wikipedia and Wikidata. Only what the sources record is shown.
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| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 1981 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 6 April 1981 | |
| Wikidata | 11 April 1981 | |
| UK / Europe release | 1981 | earliest UK or European date |
15 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | US | Geffen | 075992416726 | other |
| 1981 | PT | Liberty | original | |
| 1981 | GB | Liberty | original | |
| 1987 | CA | Geffen | 075992416726 | other |
| 1 December 1987 | JP | Sunburst | 4988005027023 | other |
| 1988 | NL | EMI | 077779030521 | other |
| 1988 | GB | EMI | 077779030521 | other |
| 1990 | CA | Geffen | 075992416726 | other |
| 11 July 1994 | GB | EMI | 077779030521 | other |
| 12 March 2007 | GB | EMI | 094638195825 | other |
| 11 April 2007 | JP | USM JAPAN | 4988005465870 | other |
| 8 October 2009 | JP | Sunburst | 4988005532503 | remaster |
| 15 December 2010 | JP | Universal International | 4988005639622 | other |
| 10 May 2013 | — | Parlophone | 5099998494255 | other |
| 2014 | AR | Mirage | 0068381260734 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 299×300 | upscaled |