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Shrunken Heads | 
| Artist: Ian Hunter
Label: Yep Roc Records
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
Buy New: $13.99
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Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 15346
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 2152
UPC: 634457215221
EAN: 0634457215221
ASIN: B000NTPGCK
Release Date: May 15, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Words (Big Mouth) | | • | Fuss About Nothin' | | • | When the World Was Round | | • | Brainwashed | | • | Shrunken Heads | | • | Soul of America | | • | How's Your House | | • | Guiding Light | | • | Stretch | | • | I Am What I Hated | | • | Read 'Em 'N' Weep |
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Amazon.com
Though Ian Hunter hit his popular peak in the 1970s, as the frontman for Mott the Hoople and with solo favorites such as "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" and "Cleveland Rocks," fans who have followed his career ever since will find him in fine form here. Co-produced by Hunter and Andy York (guitarist for John Mellencamp), the album mixes the hard-crunching rock 'n' roll, literate lyricism, bittersweet balladry, and self-deprecating humor that have long marked Hunter's best work. Musically, both "Stretch" and the piano-driven "How's Your House" have the dynamics of Mott (though the latter was inspired by the aftermath of Katrina), while "When the World Was Round" and "I Am What I Hated When I Was Young" find Hunter in older-and-wiser mode. After "Brainwashed" attacks consumer culture with a feverish immediacy, Hunter finds soul-stirring redemption in "Guiding Light." --Don McLeese
Album Description
2007 release from the former singer/songwriter for Mott The Hoople and Rock legend! Shrunken Heads' is Ian Hunter's 12th solo album, released 32 years on from the 1975 eponymous debut. 11 tracks including 'Words (Big Mouth)', 'Brainwashed' and 'Read 'Em And Weep'. Jerkin Crocus.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 24 more reviews...
 Ian Hunter - The Soul Of America... November 8, 2008
Steven Sly (Kalamazoo, MI United States)
Ian Hunter came to fame with the band Mott The Hoople back in the early 70's and continued with a successful solo career after Mott had gone by the wayside. In 2007 Hunter is a crusty rock n roll veteran who is still mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. If you have ever been a fan of Hunter's unique take on life you will probably enjoy this disc. He has lost none of his fire with age. Hunter takes on some big topics here including world leaders in "Shrunken Heads", American consumerism in "Brainwashed", the aftermath of hurricane Katrina with the rockin "How's Your House", a lament for the past with "When The World Was Round", and the best song on the album "Soul Of America". Hunter also reflects on his own life and personality in songs like "Words (Big Mouth)", and the country tinged "I Am What I Hated When I Was Young" a song any of us coping with middle age can relate too. The album closes with a great little ballad "Read Em N Weep". All of the above are great songs, the rest are relatively average Hunter numbers, but there are no complete duds to be found. The first time I listened to this album I kept thinking the music sounded like something John Mellencamp might do. After looking through the liner notes I realized that Hunter's main musical collaborator on this disc is Andy York from Mellencamp's band, thus the similarities. This is a very good Ian Hunter album as he proves that he is still a vital and creative force well into his 4th decade.
 " Grammatical Bacteria " November 6, 2008
Philip J. Herman (NYC area)
When I was a kid ( I am 55 ) I remember buying the Mott The Hoople album with YOU REALLY GOT ME on it as an instrumental and thinking... ' how different '.
LOUNGE LIZARD and others from that era were my favorite songs, although I always preferred Zappa and TRex to Bowie and the more popular hits. When the internet happened, I re-discovered ALL AMERICAN ALIEN BOY ansd started burning it on CD collections to listen to.
Then I forgot about Ian... until I discovered SHRUNKEN HEADS in my local library collection.
I have to admit, I was unimpressed after the first few listenings, maybe the songs just seemed out of place and time in this hectic modern world. But slowly I started paying attention, and slowly I started reading the lyrics... and soon I was and am hooked. I have to say that WORDS is now my favorite Ian Hunter song... it is catchy, edgy, and witty... and hummable. Most of the rest of the songs on the SHRUNKEN HEADS CD are political ( all but three, which I do not care for and don't listen to ) and they flow from one into the other perfectly. WORDS stands alone as the best; although it has a strange off-key portion that doesn't add to the songs appeal. The soulful female voice at the end is under-used. FUSS ABOUT NOTHIN" is George Bush ranting to the liberal media. It's a brilliant way to express a different viewpoint... and the song flows. Again, though, where there should be a culminating high point, there's a strange boring crescendo. WHEN THE WORLD WAS ROUND is a Michael-Boltonish wailer, but it works and it's good. I think it's a 50-something's reflection after reading Tom Freidman's THE WORLD IS FLAT... so it's a cultural statement... and extremely hummable. BRAINWASHED is a neat little punk-type rocker, with a little bit of that fey glam-rock feel, but it's a very timely song now because of the credit crash and the bail-out. Although I generally like SHRUNKEN HEADS as a song, it's too long for no reason. And some of the imagery doesn't make sense... at least to me. The idea of the shrunken heads is great... and unique... and saves the song.The song about the soul of America should be our soldiers anthem, and I am surprised that I never heard about it before. Bravo, Ian. SHRUNKEN HEADS should be a more popular collection.
Mott Hoopleman has still got it. February 11, 2008
Hollywood Watson (Marietta, GA USA)
If all you know about Ian Hunter is Mott the Hoople's "All the Young Dudes," then you've missed a lot of history. Suffice to say, Ian today is probably the hit of his retirement community. He's still got his chops (and choppers!), and can still create good music. I played Shrunken Heads last weekend for a crowd of twenty- somethings, and they all raved about it, too. I highly recommend this cd, there is not a weak track on it.
Shrunken Heads January 14, 2008
Janet E. Trentham (Gulf Coast Area)
It is a great new work by Ian Hunter, but I would have expected no less from someone who has produced work on the edge for 30 plus years. When the World was Small is my favorite on this body of work and the piece that led me to purchase this CD. Ian Hunter has always had a way of capturing your mind, forcing you to think about what he is saying and leading the way in music long before the style becomes main-stream.
classic modern day hunter December 8, 2007
Caroline Ovens (scotland)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
i dont know why people are saying this is a return to form, when hunter has never lost it. ok, a couple of average album in the eighties, i admit that much, but by and large this guy never lets you down. "shrunken heads" is up there with any artist out there. "when the world was round" is one of the songs of the year, the title track just blows me away.(and wait till you hear it live)
if you like a songwriter with a track record, great lyrics, superbly played songs, then ian hunter is your man. dont miss out on this rock n roll gem.
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