''The Artful Dodger'' is the ninth solo album of
Ian Hunter. Impressed with the production on ''
Dirty Laundry'', Hunter collaborated again with Björn Nessjö on this album.
The album was initially released in Norway only, because Hunter felt that he needed management before he could release it in the UK and the US.
The track "Michael Picasso" was a tribute to the late
Mick Ronson
Michael Ronson (26 May 1946 – 29 April 1993) was an English musician, songwriter, arranger, and producer. He achieved critical and commercial success working with David Bowie as the guitarist of the Spiders from Mars. He was a session music ...
. The temp is different from the version performed at the Mick Ronson Memorial Concert in 1994
The album received a broader re-release through MIG Music on July 7, 2014. This release features the original track listing plus one bonus track, "Fuck It Up".
Track listing
All tracks written by Ian Hunter except where noted.
# "Too Much" – 4:44
# "Now Is the Time" – 4:54
# "Something to Believe in" – 5:46
# "Resurrection Mary" – 6:11
# "Walk on Water" (Hunter, Robbie McNasty) – 3:48
# "23A, Swan Hill" – 4:47
# "Michael Picasso" – 5:45
# "Open my Eyes" (Hunter, Darrell Bath) – 5:42
# "The Artful Dodger" – 4:21
# "Skeletons (In Your Closet)" (Hunter, Darrell Bath, Honest John Plain) – 4:00
# "Still the Same" – 5:06
Bonus Track On Reissue
# “Fuck It Up” - 6:02
Personnel
*
Ian Hunter - lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, harp
* Darrell Bath - acoustic, electric and Baryton guitars, lead vocals
*
Torstein Flakne
Torstein Flakne (born December 17, 1960 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian singer and guitarist, best known for being the founder of the Norwegian rock band Stage Dolls. He is from Melhus and played in the band The Kids (Norwegian band), The Ki ...
- guitars, vocals
* Per Lindvall - drums, percussion
* Sven Lindvall - bass
* Robbie Alter - acoustic, electric and slide guitars
*
Kjetil Bjerkestrand
Kjetil Bjerkestrand (born 18 May 1955 in Kristiansund, Norway) is a Norwegian musician (keyboards), composer, arranger and record producer, known as music arranger for artists like Ray Charles, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Keith Emerson, Ian Hunter, ...
- keyboards
*
Dennis Eliott - drums
* Pat Kilbride - bass, acoustic bass
* "Honest" John Plain - vocals, lead vocals
*
Frode Alnaes - guitar
* Mariann Lisland - vocals
* Per Öisten Sörensen - vocals
* The Vertago String Quartet - strings
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Artful Dodger, The
1996 albums
Ian Hunter (singer) albums