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Ian Hunter
Ian Hunter
Ian Hunter
Genres: Alternative Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock, Metal
 
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Hunter's First Solo Album Post Mott the Hoople from 1975 Kicked Things off in a Big Way with the Hit UK Single "Once Bitten Twice Shy" (Also a Hit for Great White in Later Years). It was also the First Full Fledged Collabo...  more »

     
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All Artists: Ian Hunter
Title: Ian Hunter
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
Release Date: 3/1/2008
Genres: Alternative Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock, Metal
Styles: Hardcore & Punk, Singer-Songwriters, Album-Oriented Rock (AOR)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 886972459028

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Hunter's First Solo Album Post Mott the Hoople from 1975 Kicked Things off in a Big Way with the Hit UK Single "Once Bitten Twice Shy" (Also a Hit for Great White in Later Years). It was also the First Full Fledged Collaboration with Mick Ronson, who Didn't Get Equal Billing Til Many Years Later.

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One of the finest
Up The Stairs | Seattle, WA | 01/16/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Ian Hunter by Ian Hunter and featuring Mick Ronson is one of the finest albums to come out of the seventies. Not only are the songs tight, spirited, and well played, but they seem to have stood the test of time. Listening to them now they sound as good as they did back in 1975 when I first bought the lp and wore it out. Though Hunter may not be a 70's rock and roll poetic genius like Bob Dylan or Bruce Springsteen or even Paul Simon, he can still write a genuinely captivating song, as can be heard with "Once Bitten, Twice Shy," "Lounge Lizard," or "Boy."



I absolutely love this album, and I would put it in my list of top ten albums from the seventies, which is a difficult task. I think what makes it so great is the combination of Ian Hunter's songwriting and vocals mixed with Mick Ronson's guitar and production work. Ronson is easily one of the most over looked talents from the seventies, and his work with Ian Hunter is simply devine rock and roll. By all means buy this album."
70's Classic
S. Finefrock | Raleigh, NC | 01/13/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Ian Hunter's debut solo disk remains, 30 years after the fact, one the the finest albums released during the seventies. Fresh from the breakup of Mott the Hoople and alledgedly, a nervous breakdown, Hunter teamed with Mick Ronson to record some Hoople leftovers and some new tracks.



The album kicks off with three undisputable hard rockers, ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY (the most famous song from this set), WHO DO YOU LOVE and LOUNGE LIZARD. The ballad BOY is supposedly about former pal David Bowie, and depicts a tale a star who loses touch via fame and drugs. The heavy rocker THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH... marries a Lennonesque theme to a crunching rock tune. Ronson solos with a venegence on this one. The album winds down with a triolgy of songs, the poignant IT'S NOT EASY (WHEN YOU FALL), a poem, the touching autobiography SHADES OFF and finally another searing rocker, I GET SO EXCITED.



To me, this was the apex of Hunter's career. Though he had a number of notable albums with Mott the Hoople and a long successful solo career, nothing matches the power, emotions and consistancy of this record. It sounds as fresh in 2006 as it did in 1975!"