Once Bitten Twice Shy

Once Bitten Twice Shy Artist: Ian Hunter
Label: Sony
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Box set
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2


UPC: 074646140628
EAN: 0074646140628
ASIN: B00004VW8F


Release Date: 2000-07-25

Once Bitten Twice Shy


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Tracks:

  1. Once Bitten Twice Shy
  2. Who Do You Love
  3. Colwater High
  4. One Fine Day
  5. The Truth, The Whole Truth, Nuthin' But The Truth
  6. All American Alien Boy
  7. Common Disease
  8. Justice Of The Peace
  9. When The Daylight Comes
  10. Cleveland Rocks
  11. Bastard
  12. Gun Control
  13. Speechless
  14. Traitor
  15. (I'm The) Teacher
  16. Great Expectations (You Never Know What To Expect)
  17. Good Man In A Bad Time
  18. Women's Intuition
  19. Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady
  20. All The Young Dudes (Live)

Tracks:

  1. Shades Off (Poem)
  2. Boy
  3. Letter To Brittania From Union Jack
  4. You Nearly Did Me In
  5. (God) Advice To A Friend
  6. Shallow Crystals
  7. Ships
  8. Standing In My Light
  9. The Outsider
  10. Junkman (With Genya Ravan)
  11. Old Records Never Die
  12. All Of The Good Ones Are Taken
  13. Seeing Double
  14. Bluebirds
  15. Sunshine Eyes
  16. Ill Wind
  17. All Is Forgiven
  18. Michael Picasso (Live)

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Ian Hunter is one of the great everyman rockers. Frontman for the mighty if ill-starred Mott the Hoople (whose big break was followed shortly by a lamentable implosion), Hunter went solo in the mid-1970s, scoring early on with the likes of "Once Bitten Twice Shy," "Cleveland Rocks," and "Ships" (the latter an unlikely hit for Barry Manilow). Into the '80s and '90s, the frizzy-haired Brit with the Dylanesque vocal delivery missed his mark as often as not, but one couldn't help root for a guy who reconciled his smart, sensitive, and impudent sides and made music that reflected those same qualities. This 38-track, two-CD retrospective organizes Hunter's post-glam solo work from 1975 'til 1996, clustering the rockers on the first disc and the ballads on the second. Further sequenced in chronological order, the discs lose momentum as they progress, but most of the two sides of Hunter range from good to grand. Not bad for a rock & roll journeyman. <I>--Steven Stolder</I>

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Ambitious 2 disk collection of 38 songs..........2004-10-11

Ambitious 2 disk collection of 38 songs with the first disk being rockers and the second ballads. In addition to the obvious songs it contains b-sides, alternate versions, songs from movie soundtracks and unreleased tracks. It also includes a nice 28 page booklet with some witty comments from Hunter on each song. Now to nit-pik, it should have been in chronological order, it skipped over several hits including Just Another Night, and it has him doing All The Young Dudes with Def Leppard. Yeach! I guess one of the best things about being old is that I was lucky enough to see a Mott The Hoople concert at their creative peak at the Boston Orpheum. Another plus to help offset Leppard is it has the Genya Raven duet, Junkman. Did you know that Van Morrison was supposed to be the male vocalist on that? Despite the nitpicking I still give it * * * * .
P.S. - I think that Hunter, along with Mick Jagger and Joe Strummer is one of the few British singers who actually sound British.

4 out of 5 stars The Best of...not really........2001-12-16

No matter how you view Ian Hunter's contributions to rock, his is a long, varied, and storied career. This collection gives you a listen to a number of Hunter's best work along with a variety of other tunes that are of interest to long time Hunter fans. But your first clue that this is far from a true best of comes when you realize the songs that are missing, "Irene Wilde","Just Another Night", "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" among the many tunes that should be here. (You are told to refer to the albums for these tunes...if you can't get the best songs on a best of collection what's the point?)Then read Hunter's own comments about the song "Justice of the Peace"- "Fabricated. The whole Overnight Angels album was recorded too high for my voice"...Does this sound like a greatest hit? I enjoyed this collection and the idea of dividing the songs into Rockers and Ballads but I'm still waiting for a true Greatest Hits collection for this incredible artist.

4 out of 5 stars A great collection, but not for Hunter neophytes.......2001-06-08

Putting together a collection like this always creates a dilemma, one that is usually solved by screwing true fans who have to pay for an album full of songs they already have in order to obtain a rarity or two. Because the compilers of this collection went the opposite way, I'm really inclined to give it 5 stars on general principle.

Out of the 38 songs on these two discs, only 12 are standard album versions, and of those 4 are from "Overnight Angels" and "All Of The Good Ones Are Taken" which are out of print and damn near impossible to find on cd. Everything else is an alternate take, a single edit, previously unreleased, or rare soundtrack material. Amazingly, none of these rarities coincide with the disc of rarities released with the reissue of "Short Back 'n' Sides" a few years ago. So what you have here is really a generous gift to the fans.

On the other hand, as several other reviewers have noted, the lack of some of Hunter's strongest and/or most familiar material (squeezed out by the large number of outtakes and rarities) makes this a very poor introduction/overview of Hunter's career. The casual fan just looking to get a standard "best of" compilation will likely be left cold, and this is certainly not the selection of tracks I would choose to introduce a friend to Hunter's quirky charms. Nevertheless, a lot of the rarities are quite good, especially the moving live performance of "Michael Picasso". If you are already among the converted, you will definitely want this one. If you are a casual fan, caveat emptor.

5 out of 5 stars Greatest Unknown Rockstar!?.......2001-02-10

I have followed Ian's career since the days of Mott The Hopple. He has released some of the best music in rock history, that is virtually unknown to the general public. All the Young Dudes is about the only recognizable song for most. This 2 CD set is a great starter for those about enter the world of Mr.Hunter. While I would have preferred to hear some other tunes that I think are perhaps better songwriting, I must leave it to Ian to provide us what HE thinks should be on His records. My only regret is that he did not include the song, American Music, one of the greatest tributes to the original roots of rock n' roll. I cannot say enough good things about this artist. Just listen to Once Bitten Twice Shy and God. Oh, by the way, the next one you should buy is Welcome To The Club with Mick Ronson, perhaps in the top 5 greatest live albums ever! Enough Said 'Rock On Ian'

5 out of 5 stars All The Way From Shropshire - A Real Rock Gem.......2001-02-06

When Mott The Hooples classic All The Young Dudes hit the shelf almost thirty years ago, I was one of the first in line to buy it - and the music of Ian Hunter has been one of the many constants in my life ever since.

This is the hidden history of rock and roll, the essential essence, its timeless qualities and haunting reminders of disquieting beauty, vulnerability and inner strength. Ian Hunter is one of rocks true long distance runners, who has made rock and roll his life, carried out with true dedication, professionalism and honesty that is reflected in his rockers and ballads. Ian Hunter is the real working class rock hero that Lennon characterized so well, and Ian knows and lets us know what he thinks this thing called life is all about.

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