55 on the UK charts,[6] while "Walking in the Shadow of the Blues" was one of the most popular and praised Whitesnake's songs in the beginning.

[5] It was the group's last album to feature Dave Dowle, before being replaced by ex-Purple drummer Ian Paice.

[7] Eduardo Rivadavia writing for AllMusic described it as combining "near-perfect songwriting with one of Coverdale's maturest and most compelling lyrics".

[5] Actually, it did spur more journalistic criticism for sexism, and the cover was "banned" at the time in the USA (woman was partly covered with a sticker; album sold "in a brown paper bag") and Argentina (woman's was partly airbrushed with a "chain-mail bikini bottom").

[5] It was the last album cover Achilleos designed for many years, until 2003 and Gary Hughes' rock opera Once and Future King Part I.