Ian Hunter - All American Alien Boy - Remastered - 2006 - RNS -
07-21-2008, 12:30 AM
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ARTIST: Ian Hunter
TITLE: All American Alien Boy
LABEL: Sony BMG
GENRE: Rock
BITRATE: 192kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 1h 09min total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-04-03
RIP DATE: 2006-04-08
Track List
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01. Letter To Britannia From The 3:49
Union Jack
02. All American Alien Boy 7:07
03. Irene Wilde 3:44
04. Restless Youth 6:17
05. Rape 4:04
06. You Nearly Did Me In 5:46
07. Apathy '83 4:43
08. God (Take 1) 5:44
09. To Rule Britannia From Union 4:08
Jack (Session Outtake)
10. All American Alien Boy (Early 4:04
Single Version)
11. Irene Wilde (Session Outtake) 3:52
12. Weary Anger (Session Outtake) 5:45
13. Apathy (Session Outtake) 4:42
14. (God) Advice To A Friend 5:31
(Session Outtake)
Release Notes:
In the autumn of 1975 Ian began writing material for his second solo album
twisting the songs in a new jazz-flavoured and experimental direction. He had
moved from Wembley to The New World knowing that New York City would provide a
fresh stimulus for his writing and he absorbed everything the US had to offer.
The completed album was built thematically around Ian’s permanent move from
Britain to the USA. Unusually, many of the lyrics were written in the third
person and it appeared that Hunter had looked towards Bob Dylan, Randy Newman
and John Lennon for some of his inspiration. 30 years later, Sony BMG release a
30th Anniversary edition of the classic album, which has been repackaged and
contains 6 bonus session outtakes from the album, all previously unreleased.
This version of the album is a Limited Edition Digipack containing new
photographs and liner notes written by Campbell Devine.
"All American Alien Boy" was Ian Hunter's second solo album, released in 1976
and described by Record Mirror at the time as "eight songs which are his most
powerful and thoughtful yet".