Shrunken Heads (album)

Shrunken Heads
Studio album by Ian Hunter
Released	15 May 2007
Genre	Rock
Length	50:31
Label	Jerkin Crocus
Producer	Ian Hunter, Andy York
Ian Hunter chronology
Rant (2001) Shrunken Heads (2007) Man Overboard (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

Shrunken Heads is the eleventh solo album of British singer-songwriter Ian Hunter and his first since 2001's critically acclaimed Rant . ^[3]

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

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [4]	20
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [5]	34

References

1. AllMusic review
2. Rolling Stone review ^{[ dead link ]}
3. "The Official Ian Hunter Website – Latest News". Ianhunter.com. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
4. "Norwegiancharts.com – Ian Hunter – Shrunken Heads". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
5. "Swedishcharts.com – Ian Hunter – Shrunken Heads". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 September 2024.