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(14) Ian Hunter & The Rant Band - When I'm President (2012)

At the age of 72, Glam-rock icon Ian Hunter is now on his 20th solo album since Mott the Hoople threw in the sequin towel in 1974.
Don't read too much into the release of "When I'm President" just weeks prior to the 2012 U.S. Presidential election. This is by no means a protest record. Ian Hunter isn't nearly as angry as he was back in 2007, when he released the savagely funny Shrunken Heads, nor is he as reflective as he was on 2009's "Man Overboard". Perhaps inspired by the brief but glorious reunion of Mott the Hoople, Hunter indulges in good old-fashioned noise, grinding out three-chord boogies and occasionally slipping into a sweet reverie, the slower tunes letting the faster ones kick a bit harder. Backed once again by the Rant Band, the music is loose and earthy, easily swinging into a snippet of gospel at the end of "Wild Bunch" or quoting Jerry Lee Lewis on "What For," and it's a pure pleasure to hear them play whether they're luxuriating in a ballad or updating Chuck Berry, but once again, the key to When I'm President is Hunter's sharp, incisive songwriting. He may not go broad, but he does go deep, finding new twists within his sonic signatures and writing lyrics that cut to the quick. As always in Hunter's third act, there's an acknowledgment of his advancing age but he never dwells on it, never spends time making "When I'm President" into a last testament. It's a snapshot of where he is, and he's in a wickedly joyous mood.

Track listing

01.  Comfortable (Flyin' Scottsman)  (Ian Hunter)  - 3:02
02.  Fatally Flawed  (Ian Hunter)  - 5:03 
03.  When I'm President  (Ian Hunter)  - 4:21 
04.  What For  (Ian Hunter)  - 4:22 
05.  Black Tears  (Ian Hunter)  - 3:37 
06.  Saint  (Ian Hunter, James Mastro)  - 3:35 
07.  Just the Way You Look Tonight  (Ian Hunter)  - 3:34 
08.  Wild Bunch  (Ian Hunter)  - 3:54 
09.  Ta Shunka Witco (Crazy Horse)  (Ian Hunter)  - 5:47 
10.  I Don't Know What You Want  (Ian Hunter, Jesse Hunter Patterson)  - 3:47 
11.  Life  (Ian Hunter)  - 4:58

Release:  September 4, 2012
Recorded at:  A-Pawling Studios, Pawling, NY
Label:  Slimstyle Records
Genre:  Pop, Rock
Length:  46:00
Producer:  Ian Hunter, Andy York
Gary Ljungquist:  Assistant Engineer
Peter Moshay:  Engineer, Mixing

Personnel
Ian Hunter - Guitar (Acoustic), Piano, Composer, Vocals, Handclapping
Rick Tedesco - Guitar (Electric), Soloist
James Mastro - Guitar, Dobro, Mandolin
Rant Band - Vocals
Jesse Hunter Patterson - Composer, Vocals
Christine Ohlman - Vocals, Vocals (Background), Girl's Choir, Screams
Paul Page - Bass
Mark Rivera - Flute, Saxophone
Andy York - Guitar, Harmonium, Tambourine, Vocals (Background), Handclapping, Mellotron, Dulcitone
Mark Bosch - Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Group Member
Andy Burton - Piano, Accordion, Keyboards, Clavinet, Bells, Vibraphone, Farfisa Organ, Wurlitzer, String Samples, Hammond B3
Steve Holley - Drums, Group Member, Shaker, Tambourine
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