Northwinds is the second solo album by former Deep Purple singer David Coverdale, released in March 1978.
Background
Originally entitled North Winds, the album leans more towards blues-based rock. Coverdale also touched on the genre in his preceding album, White Snake.
The original release of Northwinds contained eight tracks, with two more songs added on recent reissues. Four tracks ("Keep On Giving Me Love", "Queen of Hearts", "Only My Soul", "Breakdown") from this album would later be combined with the tracks from the EP Snakebite from his band Whitesnake, to form the album Snakebite.
A number of other titles, written by Coverdale, were published at the time, which have yet to be released. The titles include "It Would Be Nice", "Love's a Crazy Game", and "Till the Sun Doesn't Shine Anymore".
Track listing
All songs were written by David Coverdale, except where indicated.
Side one
"Keep On Giving Me Love" (Coverdale, Micky Moody) – 5:16
"Northwinds" – 6:13
"Give Me Kindness" – 4:34
"Time & Again" – 4:02
Side two
"Queen of Hearts" (Coverdale, Moody) – 5:16
"Only My Soul" – 4:36
"Say You Love Me" – 4:21
"Breakdown" (Coverdale, Moody) – 5:15
Bonus tracks on the 2000 CD reissue
"Shame the Devil" – 3:35
"Sweet Mistreater" – 3:45
On the original LP release, "Northwinds" is the first track and "Keep On Giving Me Love" is the second; on later reissues these are swapped.
Personnel
Musicians
David Coverdale – lead vocals, piano ("Northwinds"), electric piano ("Give Me Kindness" and "Time and Again") Micky Moody – guitars, backing vocals Tim Hinkley – keyboards, backing vocals Alan Spenner – bass Tony Newman – drums, percussion Roger Glover – synthesizer, clavinet, cowbell, production Graham Preskett – violin Lee Brilleaux – harmonica on "Keep On Giving Me Love" Ronnie James Dio, Wendy Dio – backing vocals on "Give Me Kindness"