Saints & Sinners (Whitesnake album)
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| Released | 15 November 1982 | |||
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| Length | 39:16 | |||
| Label | Liberty/EMI | |||
| Producer | Martin Birch | |||
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| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10 |
| MusicHound Rock | |
Saints & Sinners (sometimes referred as Saints An' Sinners) is the fifth studio album by English hard rock band Whitesnake, released on 15 November 1982 by Liberty Records. It was the last album to be recorded by the Ready an' Willing line-up as the members relations had become strained about the musical direction and with the band's management, despite commercial successes in their native country. Guy Bidmead initially produced the album as Martin Birch's (who produced all of the past Whitesnake releases) replacement at first, but Birch returned to finish production on the album.
Despite the band's troubles during the recording, the album peaked at number nine on the UK Albums Chart and was certified gold, continuing a string of gold or platinum-certified albums by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The album included the single "Here I Go Again", released in October 1982, that charted at number 34, but did not chart on any of the singles charts in the United States. Eventually, it would resurface in 1987, with a newly-recorded version that would characterise Whitesnake in the future.