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Short Back 'n' Sides

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Released
  
1981

Release date
  
1981

Genre
  
Rock music

Artist
  
Ian Hunter

Label
  
Chrysalis Records

Producers
  
Mick Jones, Mick Ronson

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Length
  
44:55 (Original release) 105:38 (2CD edition)

Short Back 'n' Sides (1981)
  
All of the Good Ones Are Taken (1983)

Similar
  
Ian Hunter albums, Rock music albums

Short Back 'n' Sides is the fifth solo album of Ian Hunter. Unsure of which direction he should take, Ian Hunter finally decided to collaborate with Mick Jones, who gave Hunter's songs a tougher and heavier touch. Fellow Clash member Topper Headon as well as Mick Ronson, Todd Rundgren and Ellen Foley also appeared on this album.

Contents

In 1995, Chrysalis released a 2 CD set with a remastered version of the album and bonus CD with outtakes of the Chrysalis period.

Track listing

All songs written by Ian Hunter; except where indicated

  1. "Central Park n' West" – 4:00
  2. "Lisa Likes Rock n' Roll" – 3:56
  3. "I Need Your Love" – 3:34
  4. "Old Records Never Die" – 4:18
  5. "Noises" (Ian Hunter, Tommy Morrongiello) – 5:51
  6. "Rain" – 5:54
  7. "Gun Control" – 3:12
  8. "Theatre of the Absurd" – 5:49
  9. "Leave Me Alone" – 3:29
  10. "Keep on Burning" – 4:46

1995 Bonus CD (Long Odds and Out-takes)

  1. "Detroit" (rough mix – instrumental) – 3:42
  2. "Na Na Na" – 4:13
  3. "I Need Your Love" (rough mix) – 3:46
  4. "Rain" (alternative mix) – 5:50
  5. "I Believe in You" – 4:15
  6. "Listen to the Eight Track" – 6:08
  7. "You Stepped Into My Dreams" – 4:41
  8. "Venus in the Bathtub" – 4:29
  9. "Theatre of the Absurd" – 6:08
  10. "Detroit" (out take 5 – vocal) – 4:00
  11. "Na Na Na" (extended mix) – 4:29
  12. "China" (Mick Ronson vocal) – 4:36
  13. "Old Records Never Die" (version 1) – 4:18

Personnel

  • Ian Hunter: Lead vocals, Guitars, Piano
  • Mick Ronson: Lead guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
  • Tommy Mandel: Keyboards
  • Tommy Morrongiello: Bass, Guitar
  • Martin Briley: Bass
  • Eric Parker: Drums
  • George Meyer: Keyboards, Vocals
  • Mick Jones: Guitars, Vocals
  • Topper Headon: Drums, Percussion
  • Tymon Dogg: Violin
  • Ellen Foley: Vocals
  • Miller Anderson: Vocals
  • Mick Baraken: Guitar on "Gun Control"
  • Wells Kelly: Drums on "Gun Control"
  • John Holbrook: Bass on "Gun Control"
  • Gary Windo: Alto Saxophone on "I Need Your Love"
  • Roger Powell: Background vocals "I Need Your Love"
  • Todd Rundgren: Bass, Background vocals on "I Need Your Love"
  • Mixed by Bob Clearmountain; David Tickle on "Rain"
  • Lynn Goldsmith - photography

    • Songs

    1Central Park N' West4:00
    2Lisa Likes Rock & Roll3:57
    3I Need Your Love3:34

    References

    Short Back 'n' Sides Wikipedia
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