YUI Orta explained

YUI Orta
Type:	studio
Artist:	Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson Band
Cover:	Yui Orta album cover.jpg
Released:	3 October 1989
Recorded:	1989
Studio:	Power Station, New York City
Genre:	Hard rock
Length:	71:11
Label:	Mercury
Producer:	Bernard Edwards
Prev Title:	Shades of Ian Hunter
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	The Very Best of
Next Year:	1990

YUI Orta is the seventh solo studio album by English singer Ian Hunter. The title is a play on the phrase "Why you, I ought to...". Hunter reunites again with longtime collaborator Mick Ronson, as The Hunter Ronson Band.

It was intended as a sort of comeback for both men, but the record company did little promotion and eventually they were dropped from the label.^[1] There were plans for a follow-up, but these were put on hold when Ronson was diagnosed with liver cancer. In "Big Time", Hunter borrows the riff from his own song "Once Bitten Twice Shy". In "Tell It Like It Is" Ronson borrows the riff from "Get It On".

In 2003, the album was reissued with two bonus tracks.

Track listing

All songs written by Ian Hunter except where noted

1. "American Music" – 4:12
2. "The Loner" – 4:47
3. "Women's Intuition" (Hunter, Ronson) – 6:31
4. "Tell It Like It Is" (Hunter, Ronson) – 4:23
5. "Livin' in a Heart" – 4:34
6. "Big Time" – 4:03
7. "Cool" (Hunter, Ronson) – 4:30
8. "Beg a Little Love" (Hunter, Robbie McNasty) – 6:26
9. "Following in your Footsteps" (Hunter, Ronson) – 5:02
10. "Sons 'n' Lovers" – 4:55
11. "Pain" (Hunter, Donnie Kehr) – 4:43
12. "How Much More Can I Take" – 3:48
13. "Sweet Dreamer" (Don Gibson, Ronson) – 6:28
14. "4th Hour of My Sleep" (Tucker Zimmerman) – 3:08 *
15. "Power of Darkness" (Ronson, Benny Marshall) – 3:32 *

• * Bonus tracks on 2003 CD re-release. This was a re-release of the January 1971 single by Ronno; which consisted of Benny Marshall (vocals), Mick Ronson (guitar), Tony Visconti (bass) and Woody Woodmansey (drums). Tucker Zimmerman was an American friend of Visconti.

Personnel

• Ian Hunter – lead vocals, backing vocals; piano on "Sweet Dreamer"
• Mick Ronson – guitars, backing vocals
• Pat Kilbride – bass
• Tommy Mandel – keyboards
• Mickey Curry – drums
• Joe Cerisano – backing vocals
• Carmella Long – backing vocals
• Donnie Kehr – backing vocals
• Robbie Alter – backing vocals
• Michèle Vice -backing voclas
• Carola Westerlund – backing vocals
• Bernard Edwards – bass on "Women's Intuition"
• Benny Marshall – vocals on bonus tracks

Technical

• David O'Donnell, Matthew "Boomer" Lamonica, Michael Christopher, Roy Hendrickson – engineer
• Bernard Edwards, Larry Alexander – mixing
• Mitchell Kanner – art director, designer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ian Hunter CD: "YUI Orta". Hunter-mott.com.