Northwinds is the title of the second 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:...

, released in early 1978. The original release contained eight tracks, with two more tracks added on recent reissues. The album's second side would later be combined with the Snakebite EP from 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...

, to form the Snakebite

Snakebite (album)

Snakebite is an Extended Play and the first official release by Whitesnake in June of 1978. This EP unto itself would not be released in the U.S. The EP initially featured four tracks but was then re-released in September of 1978 as a Double Extended Play containing four extra studio tracks from...

album.

Originally entitled "North Winds", Coverdale's second solo album leans more towards blues-based rock, touched upon in his previous album

White Snake (album)

White Snake is the first solo album by David Coverdale, released in 1977. Coverdale would use the album title as the name of his future band, first known as "David Coverdale's Whitesnake" and soon afterwards shortened to just Whitesnake...

.

Side one

1. "Keep on Giving Me Love (Coverdale, Micky Moody
   Micky Moody
   Michael Joseph "Micky" Moody is an English guitarist, and a former member of the rock bands Juicy Lucy and Whitesnake. He was also a founder-member of Snafu. Together with his former Whitesnake colleague Bernie Marsden he founded the Moody Marsden Band, and later, The Snakes...
   
   ) - 5:16
2. "Northwinds" - 6:13
3. "Give Me Kindness" - 4:34
4. "Time and Again" - 4:02

Side two

1. "Queen of Hearts" (Coverdale, Moody) - 5:16
2. "Only My Soul" - 4:36
3. "Say You Love Me" - 4:21
4. "Breakdown" (Coverdale, Moody) - 5:15

Bonus tracks on the 2000 CD reissue

9. "Shame the Devil" - 3:35
10. "Sweet Mistreater" - 3:45

Personnel

• 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:...
  
   - lead vocals, piano
  Piano
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   (tracks A2, A4), electric piano
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   (track A3)
• Micky Moody
  Micky Moody
  Michael Joseph "Micky" Moody is an English guitarist, and a former member of the rock bands Juicy Lucy and Whitesnake. He was also a founder-member of Snafu. Together with his former Whitesnake colleague Bernie Marsden he founded the Moody Marsden Band, and later, The Snakes...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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  s, backing vocals
• Tony Newman
  Tony Newman (drummer)
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   - drums
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  , percussion
• Alan Spenner - bass
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• Tim Hinkley
  Tim Hinkley
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   - keyboards
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  , backing vocals
• Roger Glover
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   - synthesizer
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  , production
  Record producer
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• Graham Preskett - violin
  Violin
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• Ronnie James Dio
  Ronnie James Dio
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  - backing vocals on "Give Me Kindness"
• Wendy Dio - backing vocals on "Give Me Kindness"