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Ready an' Willing
Studio album by Whitesnake
Released	31 May 1980
Recorded	Ridge Farm, Central Recorders Studio and Sauna; Dec. '79 & Feb. '80
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal, blues-rock
Length	40:10
Label	Sunburst Records
Producer	Martin Birch
Professional reviews
	Allmusic link;
Whitesnake chronology
Singles from Ready an' Willing
	"Fool for Your Loving"; Released: 1980; "Ready an' Willing"; Released: 1980;

Ready an' Willing was Whitesnake's 1980 album and it was the band's first to chart outside of the U.K. reaching #32 in Norway and #90 in the U.S. It featured two of the band's UK single-hits from that year: "Fool for Your Loving", which reached No. 13 in the charts in April 1980 and the title-track, "Ready an' Willing (Sweet Satisfaction)", which made No. 43 in July of the same year. In August 1980 "Fool For Your Loving" peaked at No. 53 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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"Fool for Your Loving 80" (Coverdale, Moody, Marsden) – 4:17
"Sweet Talker" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 3:38
"Ready an' Willing" (Coverdale, Moody, Neil Murray, Jon Lord, Ian Paice) – 3:44
"Carry Your Load" (Coverdale) – 4:06
"Blindman" (Coverdale) – 5:09
"Ain't Gonna Cry No More" (Coverdale, Moody) – 5:52
"Love Man" (Coverdale) – 5:04
"Black and Blue" (Coverdale, Moody) – 4:06
"She's a Woman" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 4:07

For Fool For Your Loving, the "80" is not part of the song title, but is included to avoid confusion with the remake from 1989's Slip of the Tongue.

[edit] Bonus tracks

Ready an' Willing was remastered and reissued in 2006 with several bonus tracks:

"Love for Sale" (Coverdale) – 3:05
- Previously unreleased
"Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City (Live)" (Michael Price, Dan Walsh) – 6:54
"Mistreated (Live)" (Coverdale, Ritchie Blackmore) – 13:30
"Love Hunter (Live)" (Coverdale, Moody, Marsden) – 5:56
"Breakdown (Live)" (Coverdale, Moody) – 5:38
- Live tracks recorded at The Reading Festival 1979.

[edit] Personnel

David Coverdale – vocals
Micky Moody – guitars
Bernie Marsden – guitars
Jon Lord – keyboards
Neil Murray – bass
Ian Paice – drums

[edit] Charts

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Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1980	Pop Albums	90

Contents

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