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was mostly absent (he only played guitar on one track), because he was seriously considering quitting the music business. In 2007, the album was reissued with a single bonus track. In a recent biography Ian Hunter explained that the song "Death 'n' Glory Boys" was inspired by the then-current Falklands war. Also, "Somethin's Goin' On" reflects Hunter's reaction to the Nuclear arms race. "Speechless" was later covered by

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. "Every Step of the Way" was also later covered by

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on their reunion album '' Pool It''.

Track listing

All songs written by Ian Hunter except where noted # "All of the Good Ones Are Taken" (fast version) – 3:42 # "Every Step of the Way" (Hunter,

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) – 3:55 # "Fun" (Hunter, Mark Clarke,

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) – 4:21 # "Speechless" – 3:49 # "Death 'n' Glory Boys" – 5:57 # "That Girl is Rock 'n' Roll" – 3:18 # "Somethin's Goin' On" – 4:33 # "Captain Void 'n' the Video Jets" – 4:12 # "Seeing Double" – 4:24 # "All of the Good Ones Are Taken" (slow version) – 3:48 # "Traitor" (single version) – 3:57 #* bonus track on reissued CD

Personnel

* Ian Hunter - lead vocals, guitar, piano *

- lead guitar on "Death 'n' Glory Boys" * Robbie Alter - guitar, vocals *

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- keyboards *

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- keyboards *

- drums *

- bass guitar, vocals *

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- tenor saxophone on "All of Good Ones Are Taken" (slow & fast versions) and "Seeing Double" * Louis Cortelezzi - alto saxophone *

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- bass guitar on "Speechless" *

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- keyboards on "Speechless" *

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- guitars on "All of the Good Ones Are Taken" and "That Girl is Rock 'n' Roll" *

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- backing vocals on "All of the Good Ones Are Taken" *

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- backing vocals on "All of the Good Ones Are Taken" ;Technical * Mike Scott - engineer * Jon Mathias - remix * John Berg, Pietro Alfieri - art direction, design * Edie Baskin, Sharon Haskel - artwork

References

{{Authority control 1983 albums Ian Hunter (singer) albums Columbia Records albums Albums produced by Max Norman