Come an' Get It

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]

This article is about the Whitesnake album. For other uses, see Come and Get It (disambiguation).

Come an' Get It
Studio album by
Whitesnake
Released6 April 1981 (US)
RecordedJuly and September 1980, January 1981
StudioStartling Studios, Tittenhurst Park, Ascot, England
Genre
Length40:24
LabelMirage/Atlantic (North America)
Polydor (Japan)
Liberty (Rest of the world)
ProducerMartin Birch
Whitesnake chronology
Live...in the Heart of the City
(1980)		 Come an' Get It
(1981)		 Saints & Sinners
(1982)
Singles from Come an' Get It
  1. "Don't Break My Heart Again"
    Released: March 1981 [1]
  2. "Would I Lie to You"
    Released: May 1981 [2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10[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.

Cover art

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.

Track listing
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Come an' Get It"David Coverdale3:59
2."Hot Stuff"Coverdale, Micky Moody3:22
3."Don't Break My Heart Again"Coverdale4:03
4."Lonely Days, Lonely Nights"Coverdale4:16
5."Wine, Women an' Song"Coverdale, Moody, Bernie Marsden, Neil Murray, Jon Lord, Ian Paice3:45
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Child of Babylon"Coverdale, Marsden4:48
7."Would I Lie to You"Coverdale, Moody, Marsden4:29
8."Girl"Coverdale, Marsden, Murray3:55
9."Hit an' Run"Coverdale, Moody, Marsden3:23
10."Till the Day I Die"Coverdale4:23
2007 remastered bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Child of Babylon" (Alternate rough mix)Coverdale, Marsden4:28
12."Girl" (Alternate version/rough mix)Coverdale, Marsden, Murray4:07
13."Come an' Get It" (Rough mix)Coverdale3:59
14."Lonely Days, Lonely Nights" (Alternate version/rough mix)Coverdale4:13
15."Till the Day I Die" (Rough mix)Coverdale4:44
16."Hit an' Run" (Backing track)Coverdale, Moody, Marsden3:18

Personnel

Whitesnake

Production

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[17] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. "Whitesnake singles".
  2. "Whitesnake singles".
  3. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Whitesnake - Come an' Get It review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  4. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 411. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  5. "Whitesnake - Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  6. Barton, Geoff (2007). Come an' Get It (CD Booklet). Whitesnake. London: EMI. pp. 8–9.
  7. Malcolm Horton Blog : Painting Whitesnake’s Come An’ Get It album cover
  8. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 166. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  9. "Offiziellecharts.de – Whitesnake – Come an' Get It" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  10. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  11. "Norwegiancharts.com – Whitesnake – Come an' Get It". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  12. "Swedishcharts.com – Whitesnake – Come an' Get It". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  13. "Whitesnake | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  14. "Whitesnake Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  15. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  16. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  17. "British album certifications – Whitesnake – Come an' Get It". British Phonographic Industry.
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