Northwinds
Northwinds is the second solo album by former Deep Purple singer David Coverdale, released in March 1978. Background. Originally entitled "North Winds", the album leans more towards blues-based rock. Coverdale also touched on the genre in his previous album. The original release of "Northwinds" contained eight tracks, with two more songs added on recent reissues. Four tracks ("Keep On Giving Me Love", "Queen of Hearts", "Only My Soul", "Breakdown") from this album would later be combined with the tracks from the EP "Snakebite" from his band Whitesnake, to form the album "Snakebite". A number of other titles, written  by Coverdale, were published at the time, which have yet to be released. The titles include "It Would Be Nice", "Love's a Crazy Game", and "Till the Sun Doesn't Shine Anymore". Track listing. All songs were written by David Coverdale, except where indicated. Bonus tracks on the 2000 CD reissue. On the original LP release, "Northwinds" is the first track and "Keep On Giving Me Love" is the second; on later reissues these are swapped. Personnel. Musicians