Into the Light (David Coverdale album)


Into the Light is the third solo album by David Coverdale. It was released in September 2000.

Background

In between 1978 and 1997, Coverdale and his band Whitesnake produced nine studio albums. After a three-year break, he returned with what was officially his first solo album since 1978's Northwinds. His 1997 album Restless Heart was recorded as a solo project, but for contractual reasons his label forced him to release it under the Whitesnake moniker. The new album "Into the Light" released in 2000 reached #75 on the UK album chart.
In an interview with Classic Rock magazine in 2000, Coverdale stated: "The whole premise of my new record, Into The Light, is about coming out of what I felt was a dark period... I didn't really know who I was, using the illusion of David Coverdale I've created, or that other people have. I got tired of trying to live up to that, which is not necessarily who I am."
"Too Many Tears" was a new arrangement of the same song originally appearing on Coverdale's previous studio album, Whitesnake's Restless Heart. "Love Is Blind" was released as a single with an accompanying music video, but did not chart. "Slave" reached No. 33 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
Three additional songs were recorded for this album that did not make the final CD. Coverdale released these tracks on his official Whitesnake.com website.
A number of other titles, written by Coverdale, were published around the time, which have yet to be released. The titles include "Flesh And Blood ", "Heart Of Stone", "Let’s Talk It Over", "Let’s Talk It Over ", "Lust ", "Yours For The Asking", and "With All Of My Heart". Some unreleased songs have found their way onto other subsequent releases such as: "Wherever You May Go " & "All The Time In The World" on the Unzipped box set as well as an early demo version of "River Song". Similarly "Flesh And Blood" & "Heart Of Stone" appeared on Whitesnake's 2019 release, Flesh And Blood.

Track listing

  1. "...Into the Light" ' - 1:16
  2. "River Song" ' - 7:19
  3. "She Give Me..." ' - 4:12
  4. "Don't You Cry" ' - 5:47
  5. "Love Is Blind" ' - 5:44
  6. "Slave" ' - 4:51
  7. "Cry for Love" ' - 4:52
  8. "Living on Love" ' - 6:31
  9. "Midnight Blue" ' - 4:58
  10. "Too Many Tears" ' - 5:59
  11. "Don't Lie to Me" ' - 4:43
  12. "Wherever You May Go" ' - 3:59

    Whitesnake.com Bonus Tracks

  14. "As Long as I Have You"
  15. "Oh No! Not the Blues Again"
  16. "All the Time in the World"

    Personnel

Musicians