Come an' Get It is the fourth studio album by English hard rock band Whitesnake, released in 1981. It was, at the time, Whitesnake's highest-charting release in the UK, hitting No. 2[5] and being kept off the top spot by Adam and the Ants' Kings of the Wild Frontier.[6]
Come an' Get It | ||||
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Studio album by Whitesnake | ||||
Released | 6 April 1981 (US) | |||
Recorded | July and September 1980, January 1981 | |||
Studio | Startling Studios, Tittenhurst Park, Ascot, England | |||
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Length | 40:24 | |||
Label | Mirage/Atlantic (North America) Polydor (Japan) Liberty (Rest of the world) | |||
Producer | Martin Birch | |||
Whitesnake chronology | ||||
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Singles from Come an' Get It | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10[4] |
"Don't Break My Heart Again" and "Would I Lie to You" were released as singles, the former making the UK Top 20.[5]
EMI remastered the CD in 2007, adding six bonus tracks.
Come an' Get It's cover art was created by British artist Malcolm Horton.[7] Malcolm had been contacted by an old friend John Ward who was at the time road manager for Whitesnake. He explained that the band didn’t like any of the ideas for the album cover that EMI, their record label had come up with and so he suggested getting Malcolm involved. The band agreed and so he was asked to go and meet them and come up with some ideas. The final artwork sees the white snake trapped inside a glass apple on the front cover and on the reverse the glass apple is shattered and the snake set free. The power of seduction / temptation clearly too strong.
Malcolm describes the time in a blog post celebrating the 40th anniversary of its release. Painting Whitesnake’s Come An’ Get It album cover – 40 years on
The original artwork has since gone missing.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Come an' Get It" | David Coverdale | 3:59 |
2. | "Hot Stuff" | Coverdale, Micky Moody | 3:22 |
3. | "Don't Break My Heart Again" | Coverdale | 4:03 |
4. | "Lonely Days, Lonely Nights" | Coverdale | 4:16 |
5. | "Wine, Women an' Song" | Coverdale, Moody, Bernie Marsden, Neil Murray, Jon Lord, Ian Paice | 3:45 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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6. | "Child of Babylon" | Coverdale, Marsden | 4:48 |
7. | "Would I Lie to You" | Coverdale, Moody, Marsden | 4:29 |
8. | "Girl" | Coverdale, Marsden, Murray | 3:55 |
9. | "Hit an' Run" | Coverdale, Moody, Marsden | 3:23 |
10. | "Till the Day I Die" | Coverdale | 4:23 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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11. | "Child of Babylon" (Alternate rough mix) | Coverdale, Marsden | 4:28 |
12. | "Girl" (Alternate version/rough mix) | Coverdale, Marsden, Murray | 4:07 |
13. | "Come an' Get It" (Rough mix) | Coverdale | 3:59 |
14. | "Lonely Days, Lonely Nights" (Alternate version/rough mix) | Coverdale | 4:13 |
15. | "Till the Day I Die" (Rough mix) | Coverdale | 4:44 |
16. | "Hit an' Run" (Backing track) | Coverdale, Moody, Marsden | 3:18 |
Album
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Singles
Would I Lie to You
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[17] | Gold | 100,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |