''Head Like a Rock'' is a 1994 concept album released on 4 July 1994. by

Ian McNabb Robert Ian McNabb (born 3 November 1960) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Previously the frontman of The Icicle Works, McNabb has since embarked on a solo career and performed with Ringo Starr, Neil Young/Crazy Horse, Mike Scott ...

. The album was nominated for the 1994

Mercury Music Prize The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize, is an annual music prize awarded for the best album released in the United Kingdom by a British or Irish act. It was created by Jon Webster and Robert Chandler in association with the B ...

and was McNabb's second solo album. The album was recorded in Los Angeles with the backing band Crazy Horse. The album peaked at No. 29 on the official UK charts. Late in 2012, Ian revealed that his first three studio albums were to be re-released as 'expanded editions'; subsequently, in early December 2013, 'Head Like a Rock (Expanded edition)' was announced on Amazon with a scheduled release date of January 28, 2013: ''"This expanded version has been re-mastered by Ian himself and is a testament to the great album it was, enhanced with upgraded packaging and a bonus disc of the B-sides that came with the assorted singles. This is a great addition to the canon of Ian's work"''

Track listing

All tracks composed by Ian McNabb # "Fire Inside My Soul" (8:35) # "You Must Be Prepared to Dream" (6:57) # "Child Inside a Father" (9:02) # "Still Got the Fever" (7:29) # "Potency"(4:38) # "Go Into the Light" (4:08) # "As a Life Goes By" (4:42) # "Sad Strange Solitary Catholic Mystic" (4:45) # "This Time Is Forever"(5:38) # "May You Always" (10:51)

Personnel

*Ian McNabb - guitar, vocals *

John Porter John Porter may refer to: Politicians * John Porter (portreeve), 1390–94, Member of Parliament (MP) for Taunton * John Porter (Illinois politician) (1935–2022), Illinois politician, U.S. Representative * John Porter (MP for Bramber) (died 1599 ...

- acoustic guitar, keyboards; dobro on "As a Life Goes By" *

Billy Talbot William Hammond Talbot (born October 23, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the bassist of Crazy Horse. Music career Born in New York City, Talbot started his musical career singing on street corners at the age o ...

- bass, backing vocals *

Ralph Molina Ralph Molina (born June 22, 1943) is an American musician, best known as the drummer for Neil Young's backing band Crazy Horse. Born in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth o ...

- drums, backing vocals; co-lead vocals on "Child Inside a Father" *

Tommy Eyre Tommy Eyre (5 June 1949 – 23 May 2001) was an English session keyboardist from Sheffield, England, who appeared on records by Joe Cocker, John Martyn, Gary Moore, Michael Schenker, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Greg Lake, B.B. King, ...

- organ; piano on "This Time is Forever"; synthesizer and string arrangement on "Sad Strange Solitary Catholic Mystic" * James Hutchinson - bass *

Joseph Modeliste Joseph "Ziggy" Modeliste (born December 28, 1948), also known as Zigaboo, is an American drummer best known as a founding member of the funk band the Meters. He is widely considered an innovator in the funk genre and New Orleans style drumming. ...

- drums *

Tony Braunagel Tony Braunagel is an American drummer, producer, and songwriter from Houston, Texas, United States, who is based in Los Angeles, California. Braunagel has played on many film scores and television shows as well as numerous albums as a musician, ...

- percussion *

Greg Leisz Gregory Brian Leisz ( ; born September 18, 1949) is an American musician. He is a songwriter, recording artist, and producer. He plays guitar, dobro, mandolin, lap steel and pedal steel guitar. Biography Leisz grew up in the garage band cultu ...

- pedal steel guitar; lap steel on "Potency" *

Scarlet Rivera Donna Shea, better known as Scarlet Rivera is an American violinist. She is best known for her work with Bob Dylan, in particular on his 1976 album '' Desire'' and as part of the Rolling Thunder Revue. Career Bob Dylan is said to have discove ...

- violin on "Potency" and "Sad Strange Solitary Catholic Mystic" *Roy Corkill - acoustic guitar, bass *Mike "Tone" Hamilton - rhythm guitar, backing vocals *Nick Warren - keyboards on "Still Got the Fever" and "This Time is Forever" *Martin Tillman - cello on "Potency" and "Sad Strange Solitary Catholic Mystic" *Marty Grebb - alto saxophone on "Go Into the Light" *Maxi Anderson, Mona Lisa Young, Terry Young - backing vocals ;Technical *Joe McGrath - engineer *Ian McNabb, Pete Schwier - mixing *

Phil Smee Philip Lloyd-Smee is an English music journalist, designer and record collector, most widely known for designing music album covers and his Bam-Caruso music label, best known for the Rubble series of albums. Much of Smee's design work was done f ...

- design *Theo Westenberger - front cover photography of Reggie J. Trickpus (Alan Ende Ventriloquist Collection)

References

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