Lovehunter

Martin Birch produced and engineered, with the mix at Central Recorders in London. It was the last Whitesnake album with Dave Dowle, and Marsden thought it a good record while Coverdale would have preferred it as an EP. It reached 29 in the UK, their first top 30, and the lead single "Long Way from Home" (October 26, 1979) 55. The cover shows a naked woman straddling a snake, which Coverdale said was a response to critics, just to piss them off even more; it was restricted in the US and altered in Argentina. AllMusic gave it 3 of 5 and Martin Popoff 7 out of 10. The 2006 remaster added BBC Radio 1 sessions recorded on March 29, 1979.