Into the Light is the third solo album by David Coverdale

David Coverdale

David 'Jack' Coverdale is an English rock singer, most famous for his work with the his own hard rock band Whitesnake which achieved massive commercial success.-Early life:...

. In between 1978 and 1997, Coverdale and his band Whitesnake

Whitesnake

Whitesnake are an English rock band, founded in 1978 by David Coverdale after his departure from his previous band, Deep Purple. The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple, but by the mid 1980s they had moved to a more commercial hard rock style...

 produced 10 studio albums. After a three year break, he returned with this most recent solo album since 1978's Northwinds.

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."

Track listing

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

At least 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:

1. "As Long As I Have You"
2. "Oh No, Not the Blues Again"
3. "All the Time in the World"

Singles

• "Love Is Blind" was released as a single with an accompanying music video, but did not chart.
• "Slave" reached #33 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks
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   chart.

Personnel

• David Coverdale - lead vocals, guitar on "...Into the Light" and "Cry for Love"
• Doug Bossi - guitar, background vocals
• Earl Slick
  Earl Slick
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   - guitar
• Marco Mendoza
  Marco Mendoza
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   - bass, Spanish guitar on "Wherever You May Go", background vocals
• Denny Carmassi
  Denny Carmassi
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   - drums
• Derek Hilland - keyboards on "...Into the Light", "Living on Love"
• Mike Finnigan
  Mike Finnigan
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   - organ & piano
• John X. Volaitis - keyboards & percussion on "She Give Me", keyboards & vocals on "Don't You Cry" & "Don't Lie to Me", keyboards on "Too Many Tears", harp on "Wherever You May Go"
• Reeves Gabrels
  Reeves Gabrels
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   - solo resolve on "She Give Me"
• Dylan Vaughan - guitar on "Don't You Cry"
• Tony Franklin
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   - bass on "Don't You Cry"
• Bjorn Thorsud - tambourine on "Don't You Cry"
• James Sitterly - strings on "Love Is Blind"
• Ruy Folguera - string arrangement on "Love Is Blind"
• Jimmy Z - harmonica on "Cry for Love"
• Linda Rowberry
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  - vocal duet on "Wherever You May Go"