Lovehunter is the second studio album by British band Whitesnake, released in 1979. It charted at No. 29 on the UK Albums Chart.
"Long Way from Home", the leading track on the album reached No. 55 on the UK charts.
It was the group's last album to feature original drummer Dave Dowle.
Cover art
Lovehunter'''s controversial cover art, showing a naked woman straddling a large snake, was created by fantasy artist Chris Achilleos. It was the last album cover he designed for many years, until 2003 and Gary Hughes' rock opera Once and Future King Part I. The original Lovehunter artwork was stolen in the 1980s.
A similar idea had been used three years earlier for the cover of Jon Lord's Sarabande album. Lord was in Whitesnake at the time of Lovehunter.
Track listing
Side one
"Long Way from Home" (David Coverdale) – 4:58
"Walking in the Shadow of the Blues" (Coverdale, Bernie Marsden) – 4:26
"Help Me Thro' the Day" (Leon Russell) – 4:40
"Medicine Man" (Coverdale) – 4:00
"You 'n' Me" (Coverdale, Marsden)'' – 3:25
Side two
"Mean Business" (Coverdale, Micky Moody, Marsden, Neil Murray, Jon Lord, Dave Dowle) – 3:49 "Love Hunter" (Coverdale, Moody, Marsden) – 5:38 "Outlaw" (Coverdale, Marsden, Lord) – 4:04 "Rock 'n' Roll Women" (Coverdale, Moody) – 4:44 "We Wish You Well" (Coverdale) – 1:39
Bonus tracks
Lovehunter was remastered and reissued in 2006 with several bonus tracks taken from Andy Peebles BBC Radio 1 sessions recorded 29 March 1979 (tracks originally from the band's debut album Trouble). "Belgian Tom's Hat Trick" (Moody) – 3:40 "Love to Keep You Warm" (Coverdale) – 3:30 "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" (Michael Price, Dan Walsh) – 4:54 "Trouble" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 4:30
Personnel
Whitesnake
David Coverdale – lead (all but track 8) and backing vocals
Micky Moody – guitars, slide guitar, backing vocals
Bernie Marsden – guitars, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on track 1, lead vocals on track 8 Neil Murray – bass guitar Dave Dowle – drums Jon Lord – keyboards