Shrunken Heads (album) explained

Shrunken Heads
Type:	studio
Artist:	Ian Hunter
Cover:	Shrunken_Heads_album_cover.jpg
Released:	15 May 2007
Genre:	Rock
Length:	50:31
Label:	Jerkin Crocus
Producer:	Ian Hunter, Andy York
Prev Title:	Rant
Prev Year:	2001
Next Title:	Man Overboard
Next Year:	2009

Shrunken Heads is the eleventh solo album of British singer-songwriter Ian Hunter and his first since 2001's critically acclaimed Rant.^[1]

A bonus CD containing an additional three tracks was included with preorders placed on Ian's web site.

Track listing

All tracks written by Ian Hunter except where noted

1. "Words (Big Mouth)" (Hunter, Andy York) – 5:03
2. "Fuss About Nothin'" – 3:44
3. "When the World Was Round" – 4:50
4. "Brainwashed" – 3:40
5. "Shrunken Heads" – 7:45
6. "Soul of America" – 4:43
7. "How's Your House" – 4:18
8. "Guiding Light" – 4:09
9. "Stretch" – 4:12
10. "I Am What I Hated When I Was Young" – 3:05
11. "Read 'Em 'N' Weep" – 5:02
12. "Your Eyes" – 3.49 *
13. "Wasted" – 5.05 *
14. "Real or Imaginary" – 3.39 *

• * Tracks on the bonus CD

Personnel

• Ian Hunter - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, harmonica, backing vocals
• Andy York - acoustic, electric, 12-string guitar, piano, banjo, ukulele, Wurlitzer, backing vocals, gang vocals
• Steve Holley - drums, percussion, gang vocals
• Graham Maby - bass, gang vocals
• James Mastro - slide, electric, solo, Barytone, buzzsaw guitar, e-bow
• Andy Burton - keyboards, Wurlitzer, organ, accordion, piano
• Jack Petruzzelli - mando, electric, Leslie, Phaser guitar, Omnichord, Wah-Wah
• Mark Bosch - solo guitar
• Soozie Tyrell - strings
• Peter Mushay - keyboards
• Rick Tedesco - staccato piano
• Tony Shanahan - upright bass
• Mary Lee Kortes - vocals, backing vocals
• Christine Ohlman - vocals, backing vocals
• A. Buryon - gang vocals
• Jesse Hunter Patterson - gang vocals
• Dennis Dunaway - gang vocals
• Jeff Tweedy - backing vocals on tracks 1, 2, 8

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Official Ian Hunter Website – Latest News . Ianhunter.com . 9 March 2012.