''Heaven and Hull'' is the final solo album by

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, released in 1994, following Ronson's death the previous year. It featured collaborations by longtime friends of Ronson including

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, and Ian Hunter. Other artists included

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and

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and

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. The "All the Young Dudes" track on ''Heaven and Hull'' is from the

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, where Ronson was suffering from cancer. It was his last concert. On the CD notes, there is a quote from Sham Morris, one of the album's producers: "During the making of ''Heaven and Hull'' (working title ''To Hull and Back''), I asked Mick to visualize a characteristic from his home town of Hull. His first thought was the Humber Bridge. The bridge became very symbolic for those of us working on the album and it was his wish to incorporate it in the artwork. Mick has crossed the bridge now and left us this swan song." It is worth noting that the bridge actually shown in the album artwork is not the Humber Bridge. Two songs from the album, "Midnight Love" and "Like a Rolling Stone" were included in the 2017 feature-length biographical documentary, and compilation Soundtrack, entitled '' Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story''.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Mick Ronson and Sham Morris; except where indicated # "Don't Look Down" (

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) - vocals by

# "

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" (

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) - vocals by David Bowie # "When the World Falls Down" # "Trouble With Me" - vocals by Chrissie Hynde # "Life's a River" - vocals by John Mellencamp and Sham Morris # "You and Me" (Ronson, Suzanne Ronson) # "Colour Me" # "Take a Long Line" (Rick Brewster, Doc Neeson, John Brewster) - vocals by Ian Hunter and Joe Elliott # "Midnight Love" (

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" (Live at Freddie Mercury London Tribute) (

) - lead vocals by Ian Hunter; vocals by David Bowie, Joe Elliott and Phil Collen

Personnel

*Mick Ronson - vocals, guitar, bass, all Instruments *Sham Morris - guitar, keyboards, bass, vocals, drum machine *Peter Noone, Rene Wurst, Peter Kinski - bass *John Webster - keyboards *

, Mick Curry, Martin Barker - drums *

- vocals on "Trouble With Me" *

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- guitar on "All the Young Dudes" *Keith Scott - guitar on "Like A Rolling Stone" *

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- bass on "All the Young Dudes" *

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- drums on "All the Young Dudes" *

- vocals, alto saxophone on "All the Young Dudes" *Joe Elliott - vocals *Ian Hunter - vocals *John Mellencamp - vocals *Sam Lederman, Steve Popovich, Suzanne Ronson - executive producers

References

1994 albums Mick Ronson albums Albums published posthumously Albums produced by Mick Ronson Albums produced by Bruce Fairbairn Epic Records albums {{1990s-rock-album-stub