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Short Back 'n' Sides is the fifth studio album by Ian Hunter. He collaborated with Mick Jones, fellow Clash member Topper Headon, as well as Todd Rundgren and Ellen Foley. In 1995, Chrysalis released a 2 CD set with a remastered version of the album and bonus CD with outtakes of the Chrysalis period.
As a solo artist, Hunter flourished with a succession of splendid collaborations with Mick Ronson, firstly on his debut album Ian Hunter. "The first time I went round to Mick's place after...
Mick had effectively stopped playing live earlier in the year, and Ian himself was unsure which (musical) direction to take. He got Mick Jones as producer, and on paper the fusion of Mott The Hoople with The Clash should have produced a phenomenal album.
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- “Goin’ Through the Motions,” Blue Öyster Cult (1977) Written by Ian Hunter and Eric Bloom. Off Blue Öyster Cult‘s fifth album, Spectres, Hunter co-wrote the heart-pulsing “Goin’ Through the Motions,” with the Cult’s guitarist and singer Eric Bloom.
- “Don’t Let Go,” Ellen Foley (1979) Written and produced by Ian Hunter. A longtime backing vocalist for Meat Loaf, Ellen Foley began working on her debut album, Night Out, in the late ’70s.
- “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” Hanoi Rocks (1984) Written by Ian Hunter, Andy McCoy, Bob Ezrin. In 1984, Finnish rockers Hanoi Rocks released their fifth studio album, Two Steps from the Move, which was also their final one with drummer Razzle (Nicholas Charles Dingley), who died in a car accident on December 8, 1984.
- “Red Letter Day,” Scott Folsom (1987) Written by Ian Hunter. Singer Scott Folsom released the softer pop-rocker “Red Letter Day” on his 1987 album, Simple Talk.
Jun 18, 2022 · The only original member, lead visionary Mick Jones, almost literally had to be wheeled out to play the few songs he sat in on. While they of course filled the stage with competent musicians slogging through Cold as Ice and Urgent, the whole thing was just … sad.
Hunter's first studio album of the 1980s was Short Back 'n' Sides (1981), produced in collaboration with Ronson and Clash guitarist Mick Jones. Ronson's input on Hunter's next album, All of the Good Ones Are Taken (1983), was restricted to playing guitar on a single track.
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Aug 15, 2020 · In between “Sandanista!” and “Combat Rock,” Mick Jones willed Ian Hunter back into the studio and asked Mick Ronson, Topper Headon (The Clash), Todd Rundgren and many others to join. Ian Hunter may not have needed reclaiming, but Mick Jones was going to do it anyhow.
