Heaven & Hull

Mick Ronson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 3, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00000294T
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #124,789 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Don't Look Down

2. Like a Rolling Stone

3. When the World Falls Down

4. Trouble With Me

5. Life's a River

6. You and Me

7. Colour Me

8. Take a Long Line

9. Midnight Love

10. All the Young Dudes [Live]

Editorial Reviews

Heaven and Hull turned out to be the last album from legendary axeman Mick Ronson. As it stands, the album is a worthy addition to his body of work. It features an impressive array of guest artists, including Def Leppard's Joe Elliott, Chrissie Hynde and Martin Chambers of the Pretenders, David Bowie, John Mellencamp, and Ian Hunter. There is also a frenetic cover of Like a Rolling Stone and a live version of All the Young Dudes, performed with the surviving members of Queen. A fitting send-off for an oft-overlooked talent. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "...a smile on your face as you floated thru space...", May 22, 2003

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Brent (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heaven & Hull (Master Series) (Audio CD)

I never was into "glam," being southern/redneck/homophobic, your choice. So I had to be literally restrained in the fall of 1972 to listen to "Ziggy Stardust." And still, to this day, all I could/can think is "WHO'S PLAYING THAT GUITAR?" OK, I've been obsequious about Ronno in my review of his Memorial set (GET THAT if you don't own it!) And I have to say, Mick had a lot of 'nads to produce/perform a work like "Heaven & Hull" while he was in his final illness. You've read the other reviews: "intense version of Like A Rolling Stone with Bowie"...Chrissie Hynde...Mellonhead...and Ronno's final live performance at the Freddie Mercury concert of "All the Young Dudes" with both Ian Hunter and David Bowie. But for my money, this CD's shining moment is the transcendant track,"Colour Me," which affects me - to TEARS - on two levels: the initial level, of course, is the astounding guitar. Indeed, if you listen closely, you can hear Bowie murmer "play that guitar" during the second lead break. On another level, when I'm concentrating on the words, it brings to mind the inevitibility of mortality. I asked a doctor friend of mind what was so..."important" about "color" that prompted Mick to write, perhaps, the strongest song in the CD, and I was told that "color therapy" is an "alternative treatment" for cancer. Which explains, "color me...a dangerous magenta," et al. But for me, the price of the CD is justified for that one line, "...colour me...and as I'm floating thru space/you'll see a smile on my face." Nothing else need be said. RIP, Mick.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars RONSON'S LAST HURRAH, September 3, 2001

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Patrick Earley (Edmond, Oklahoma USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heaven & Hull (Master Series) (Audio CD)

Mick Ronson was a great guitar player who never really got the recognition he deserved. He never showed alot of flash in his playing, which is why he didn't reach the heights of some of those other guitar heroes of the 70's. But this guy was on the most wanted list when it came to being a guitar player/producer for hire. He propelled David Bowie to super-stardom during his 1972-74 Ziggy Stardust days. He produced Lou Reed's comeback album. He was a member of Bob Dylan's 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue. And he collaberated with Mott The Hoople and was Ian Hunter's guitar player for years. Some of these friends he helped along the way, he gathered for this all-star solo release, which turned out to be his own posthumous tribute album, which was released a year after his death. Special guests on here that do most of the vocal chores are David Bowie, who does "Like A Rolling Stone". Chrissie Hynde, who does a nice vocal duet with Ronson on "Trouble With Me". John Mellencamp, vocals on "Life's a River". Joe Elliott from Def Leppard, who had a big part in making this album happen, does the vocals on the great opening tune "Don't Look Down". And his longtime friend Ian Hunter, who does vocals on a little more rocked up version of the classic "All The Young Dudes". Ronson shows some of his best fretwork on the rockin' "Colour Me", and the beautiful instrumental "Midnight Love". Except for the first cut "Don't Look Back", there's nothing here that absolutely knocked my socks off. But it's still a good solid effort that I liked better than his 2 mid-seventies albums that were critically praised, but sounded like they were a little bit too much on the David Bowie glam rock side for my taste. Heaven and Hull is a good addition to the Ronson catalogue.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a last chance listen, March 29, 2002

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patrick j. martinez (los angeles, ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heaven & Hull (Master Series) (Audio CD)

everything in life is temporary, including life. mick ronson's life ended too early, but he did leave behind many musical masterpieces, "heaven and hull" being one of them. his guitar playing remained raw and edgy, as evidenced in the explosive "color me", "don't look down", and "life's a river" to name but a few tracks from his last studio release. after listening to this i can't help but always ask, what if. it's like when tommy bolin released "private eyes" and then died within six months. you were left wanting more and wondering what if. mick's guitar is silent now, but thankfully we have his swan song preserved for all that have the ability to listen and the desire to hear one of the very best guitarists of all time. his gorgeous music can be heard from "heaven and hull".