All American Alien Boy/Overnight Angels

Ian Hunter | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 12, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: AMERICAN BEAT
• ASIN: B0011FDV8G
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #200,787 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Letter to Britannia from the Union Jack

2. All American Alien Boy

3. Irene Wilde

4. Restless Youth

5. Rape

6. You Nearly Did Me In

7. Apathy 83

8. God (Take 1)

9. Golden Opportunity

10. Shallow Crystals

11. Overnight Angels

12. Broadway

13. Justice of the Peace

14. (Miss) Silver Dime

15. Wild N' Free

16. The Ballad of Little Star

17. To Love a Woman

18. England Rocks [*]

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Land ahoy..., July 30, 2008

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This review is from: All American Alien Boy/Overnight Angels (Audio CD)

With the installation of Ian Hunter in the USA and Mick Ronson tied up with Mainman and "Slaughter on tenth Avenue" Mr 'Unta proceeded to re-write the rule book about how you follow up on the commercial success of your first solo effort by producing an album of songs that came straight from the heart to the studio rather than via his head, the result although a commercial disapointment, is one of the most honest,undisciplined and charming landmarks of English Rock, Everysong will be remembered, every lyric will please or sadden, and with the possible exception of "Wasted youth" all of the songs herein will pleasantly surprise even the most anti Hunter critics.
Comparisons of this album have been made with Bowie, Dylan and Stings work (The previous because of their history; with Dylan hear the track "God"; and the latter because of his own early jazz orientated solo efforts), but for me the lush production on the title track and also on "you nearly did me in" (featuring the chaps from Queen), and the bare, empty disgust of "rape" and the sad melancholy of "letter" leave me in no doubt that Ian Hunter is a songsmith of great depth and feeling and he can be prouder of this album than some "Rock stars" can be of their entire back Catalogues...