Trouble
Original UK sleeve
Studio album by
Whitesnake
Released19 October 1978[1]
RecordedJuly–August 1978 [2]
StudioCentral Recorders, London
Genre
Length38:20
LabelEMI International (UK)
Harvest/Sunburst (Europe)
United Artists/Sunburst (North America)
Polydor (Japan)
ProducerMartin Birch
Whitesnake chronology
Snakebite
(1978) 		Trouble
(1978) 		Lovehunter
(1979)
Alternative cover
LP and CD cover
Singles from Trouble
  1. "Lie Down (A Modern Love Song)"
    Released: October 1978[3]
  2. "Day Tripper"
    Released: December 1978 (Germany)[4]
  3. "The Time Is Right for Love"
    Released: 2 March 1979 (UK)[5]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[7]

Trouble is the debut studio album from British hard rock band Whitesnake, led by former Deep Purple vocalist David Coverdale. It reached No. 50 on the UK Albums Chart when it was released in October 1978.[8] This followed the four track EP Snakebite, later available in the US as an import album from continental Europe.

Recording

The album was recorded at Central Recorders Studio in London during the summer of 1978. Martin Birch produced the album, which was recorded and mixed in ten days.

According to Coverdale, one of the reasons the album was called "Trouble", was that his first child was born during the album's recording.[9]

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Take Me with You" (David Coverdale, Micky Moody) – 4:45
  2. "Love to Keep You Warm" (Coverdale) – 3:44
  3. "Lie Down (A Modern Love Song)" (Coverdale, Moody) – 3:14
  4. "Day Tripper" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:47
  5. "Nighthawk (Vampire Blues)" (Coverdale, Bernie Marsden) – 3:39
Side two
  2. "The Time Is Right for Love" (Coverdale, Moody, Marsden) – 3:26
  3. "Trouble" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 4:48
  4. "Belgian Tom's Hat Trick" (Moody) – 3:26
  5. "Free Flight" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 4:06
  6. "Don't Mess with Me" (Coverdale, Moody, Marsden, Neil Murray, Jon Lord, Dave Dowle) – 3:25

Bonus tracks

Trouble was remastered and reissued in 2006 with tracks from the EP Snakebite as bonus tracks:

  2. "Come On" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 3:32
  3. "Bloody Mary" (Coverdale) – 3:21
  4. "Steal Away" (Coverdale, Moody, Marsden, Murray, Pete Solley, Dowle) – 4:19
  5. "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" (Michael Price, Dan Walsh) – 5:06

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1978) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[10] 50
Chart (2006) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[11] 215

References

  1. ^ Trouble (booklet). Whitesnake. EMI, Sunburst, Parlophone. 2013. 50999993483728.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (2016). The Deep Purple Family (2nd ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 239. ISBN 978-1-908724-42-7.
  3. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 894. ISBN 9780862415419.
  4. ^ "Whitesnake singles".
  5. ^ "Whitesnake singles".
  6. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Whitesnake - Trouble review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  7. ^ Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 312. ISBN 978-1894959025.
  8. ^ "Whitesnake The Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
  9. ^ "David Coverdale Interview 2003". YouTube. 6 March 1999. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  10. ^ "Whitesnake | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  11. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
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