The Artful Dodger (album) explained

The Artful Dodger
Type:	studio
Artist:	Ian Hunter
Cover:	The_Artful_Dodger_album_cover.jpg
Released:	1996 Norway; April 21, 1997 UK
Recorded:	1995
Studio:	Nidaros Studios, Trondheim, Norway. Additional recordings at The Time Machine, Vermont, USA. Track 7 recorded live 4 October 1995, overdubbed later
Genre:	Rock
Length:	55:09
Label:	Citadel
Producer:	Björn Nessjö
Prev Title:	Dirty Laundry
Prev Year:	1995
Next Title:	Rant
Next Year:	2001

The Artful Dodger is the ninth solo album of Ian Hunter. Impressed with the production on Dirty Laundry, Hunter collaborated again with Björn Nessjö on this album.^[1]
The album was initially released in Norway only, because Hunter felt that he needed management before he could release it in the UK and the US.^[1]
The track "Michael Picasso" was a tribute to the late Mick Ronson. The temp is different from the version performed at the Mick Ronson Memorial Concert in 1994^[2]

The album received a broader re-release through MIG Music on July 7, 2014. This release features the original track listing plus one bonus track, "Fuck It Up".

Track listing

All tracks written by Ian Hunter except where noted.

1. "Too Much" – 4:44
2. "Now Is the Time" – 4:54
3. "Something to Believe in" – 5:46
4. "Resurrection Mary" – 6:11
5. "Walk on Water" (Hunter, Robbie McNasty) – 3:48
6. "23A, Swan Hill" – 4:47
7. "Michael Picasso" – 5:45
8. "Open my Eyes" (Hunter, Darrell Bath) – 5:42
9. "The Artful Dodger" – 4:21
10. "Skeletons (In Your Closet)" (Hunter, Darrell Bath, Honest John Plain) – 4:00
11. "Still the Same" – 5:06

Bonus Track On Reissue

1. “Fuck It Up” - 6:02

Personnel

• Ian Hunter - lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, harp
• Darrell Bath - acoustic, electric and Baryton guitars, lead vocals
• Torstein Flakne - guitars, vocals
• Per Lindvall - drums, percussion
• Sven Lindvall - bass
• Robbie Alter - acoustic, electric and slide guitars
• Kjetil Bjerkestrand - keyboards
• Dennis Eliott - drums
• Pat Kilbride - bass, acoustic bass
• "Honest" John Plain - vocals, lead vocals
• Frode Alnaes - guitar
• Mariann Lisland - vocals
• Per Öisten Sörensen - vocals
• The Vertago String Quartet - strings

References

1. Web site: Ian Hunter CD: "The Artful Dodger".
2. Web site: Ian Hunter CD: "The Artful Dodger".