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1 Background  





2 Reception  





3 Track listing  



3.1  Side one  





3.2  Side two  





3.3  Bonus tracks on the 2000 CD reissue  







4 Personnel  





5 Charts  





6 References  





7 External links  














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Northwinds
Studio album by
Released10 March 1978 [1]
RecordedMarch–April 1977
StudioAIR Studios, London, UK
GenreBlues rock, hard rock
Length38:53
LabelPurple (UK)
Polydor (Japan)
ProducerRoger Glover
David Coverdale chronology
White Snake
(1977)
Northwinds
(1978)
Snakebite
(1978)
Alternative cover
2000 CD reissue
Singles from Northwinds

  1. "Breakdown"
    Released: 24 February 1978 [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

Northwinds is the second solo album by former Deep Purple singer David Coverdale, released in March 1978. The album was released as a part of a compilation album Whitesnake/Northwinds in 1988, was reissued alone in 2000, and released again as part of a double compilation album now titled as The Early Days (2003).

Background[edit]

Originally entitled North Winds, the hard rock album leans more towards blues-based and R&B influenced rock.[3] 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".

Reception[edit]

The album received mixed to positive reviews. Bret Adams of AllMusic gave it 3/5 stars, considering it "a huge leap forward in quality from the previous year's White Snake", highlighting "splendid "Time & Again" ... "Only My Soul" offers a rich musical stew" with Coverdale's "ethereal singing" holding "it all together".[3] Richie Unterberger gave 3/5 stars to the 1988 double compilation, concluding "they're mediocre listening, the product of a man uncertain about where to take his music as a solo act, without the rock-hard hard rock support of one of his steady bands".[4]

Victor Valdivia writing for PopMatters a 6/10 review about both 70s albums states it is from a pre-late 80s period image when Coverdale "was considered a talented singer with a bluesy voice far more reminiscent of Bad Company's Paul Rodgers than Zep's Robert Plant" and the album sounds "absolutely nothing like Led Zeppelin. Not only is Coverdale's voice much lower and bluesier than it would be in later years, but the music meanders all over the place, from horn-driven funk and R&B, to jazzy piano noodling and a more compact style of hard rock than he would ever try in his career's later incarnations", highlighting tracks "Shame the Devil" and "Give Me Kindness", but also "badly dated" production.[5]

Neil Jeffries in 2021 Classic Rock retrospective included the album as 4th out of 20 on a list of Coverdale-Whitesnake's best albums,[6] saying "is a remarkably mature album that can still send shivers down the spine 30 years after it was recorded", praising his singing on "touchingly sparse "Time & Again" or "Only My Soul" has rarely been bettered", concluding that "all in all, Northwinds is the antithesis of Whitesnake's super-slick 1987, but it's a fine demonstration of the breadth of Coverdale's talents".[7]

Track listing[edit]

All songs were written by David Coverdale, except where indicated.

Side one[edit]

  1. "Keep On Giving Me Love" (Coverdale, Micky Moody) – 5:16
  2. "Northwinds" – 6:13
  3. "Give Me Kindness" – 4:34
  4. "Time & Again" – 4:02

Side two[edit]

  1. "Queen of Hearts" (Coverdale, Moody) – 5:16
  2. "Only My Soul" – 4:36
  3. "Say You Love Me" – 4:21
  4. "Breakdown" (Coverdale, Moody) – 5:15

Bonus tracks on the 2000 CD reissue[edit]

  1. "Shame the Devil" – 3:35
  2. "Sweet Mistreater" – 3:45

On the original LP release, "Northwinds" is the first track and "Keep On Giving Me Love" is the second;[8] on later reissues these are swapped.

Personnel[edit]

Musicians[8]

Charts[edit]

Year Chart Position
1982 UK Albums Chart[9] 78

References[edit]

  1. ^ Popoff, Martin (2016). The Deep Purple Family (2nd ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 234. ISBN 978-1-908724-42-7.
  • ^ Popoff, Martin (2016). The Deep Purple Family (2nd ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 234. ISBN 978-1-908724-42-7.
  • ^ a b c Adams, Bret. "David Coverdale – Northwinds review". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  • ^ Unterberger, Richie. "David Coverdale – Whitesnake/Northwinds review". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  • ^ Valdivia, Victor (16 October 2011). "David Coverdale: White Snake / North Winds". PopMatters. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  • ^ Jeffries, Neil (22 September 2021). "Every David Coverdale and Whitesnake album, ranked from worst to best". Classic Rock. Louder. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  • ^ Jeffries, Neil (5 January 2021). "David Coverdale: a guide to his best albums". Classic Rock. Louder. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  • ^ a b "Northwinds – LP (Purple TPS 3513) liner notes". Discogs. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  • ^ "David Coverdale Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
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