Overnight Angels is the third solo album by Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter (singer)

Ian Hunter Patterson is an English singer-songwriter. He was the lead singer of the English rock band Mott the Hoople from its inception in 1969 to its dissolution in 1974, and he again fronted them at the time of their 2009 reunion. Hunter was a musician and songwriter before Mott The Hoople, and...

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After the poor sales of his previous album

All American Alien Boy

All American Alien Boy is the second solo album by Ian Hunter. Because of management issues, Mick Ronson did not appear on this album; instead, Hunter brought in keyboardist Chris Stainton in order to act as a balancing force in the studio...

, Hunter's apparent aim for this record was to re-emphasize faster songs with more of a rock feel, and he recruited the well-regarded Roy Thomas Baker

Roy Thomas Baker

Roy Thomas Baker is a multiple award-winning Anglo-American music producer, songwriter, arranger and Recording Academy Governor, who has produced Platinum and Gold certified pop and rock records from the 1970s to the present.- Career :Baker began his career at Decca Records in England at the age...

 to produce. However, the album received mixed reviews, and Columbia Records

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

 refused to release it in the U.S. According to Hunter because he had just fired his manager. Columbia reportedly told Hunter they would release it once he had a manager and tour in place to support the album. The release didn't occur however as Hunter left the label but the album did become available as an import when Hunter!s next album became a minor hit.. Hunter later disavowed the album and described it as a "mistake".

Hunter later went on record as stating he disliked the album because he felt the album was forced and, in particular, his vocals which he felt he sang in too high a register.

The song "England Rocks" (originally a non-album B-side) would become one of his best-known songs, retitled "Cleveland Rocks

Cleveland Rocks

"Cleveland Rocks" is a rock song by Ian Hunter from his 1979 album You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic. The song is seen as a de facto anthem in Cleveland, Ohio. The song was played every Friday at 6:00 PM on Cleveland radio station WMMS beginning in 1979 and is used as a victory song for the...

" on Hunter's next tour), and re-recorded with the new title for his next album

You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic

You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic is the fourth solo album by Ian Hunter. The album features members of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band as the backing band. It is considered by many to be Hunter's best recording....

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Tracklisting

All songs written by Ian Hunter except where noted

1. "Golden Opportunity" - 4:31
2. "Shallow Crystals" - 3:58
3. "Overnight Angels" - 5:12
4. "Broadway" - 3:46
5. "Justice of the Peace" - 3:01
6. "(Miss) Silver Dime" (Hunter, Earl Slick
   Earl Slick
   Earl Slick is a guitarist best known for his collaborations with David Bowie, Jim Diamond and Robert Smith, although he has also worked with other artists , John Waite, and even released some solo recordings.In the early 1970s, Earl Slick gained his...
   
   ) - 4:34
7. "Wild 'N Free" - 3:08
8. "The Ballad of Little Star" - 2:32
9. "To Love a Woman" - 3:54
10. "England Rocks" - 2:53
    • bonus track on remastered CD

Personnel

• Ian Hunter
  Ian Hunter (singer)
  Ian Hunter Patterson is an English singer-songwriter. He was the lead singer of the English rock band Mott the Hoople from its inception in 1969 to its dissolution in 1974, and he again fronted them at the time of their 2009 reunion. Hunter was a musician and songwriter before Mott The Hoople, and...
  
  : Lead vocals, Rhythm guitar, Piano, Backing vocals
• Earl Slick
  Earl Slick
  Earl Slick is a guitarist best known for his collaborations with David Bowie, Jim Diamond and Robert Smith, although he has also worked with other artists , John Waite, and even released some solo recordings.In the early 1970s, Earl Slick gained his...
  
  : Lead, slide, Rhythm guitars
• Peter Oxendale: Keyboards
• Rob Rawlinson: Bass, Backing vocals
• Dennis Elliott
  Dennis Elliott
  Dennis Leslie Eliott is most famous as the drummer who played for Foreigner from 1976 to 1992. In later years he became a professional sculptor.-Life and careers:...
  
  : Drums
• Miller Anderson
  Miller Anderson (musician)
  Miller Anderson is a UK based blues guitarist and singer.Apart from pursuing his own solo career, he was a member of the Keef Hartley Band. Other groups Anderson has been associated with are; the Spencer Davis Group, Broken Glass, The Dukes, Savoy Brown, T.Rex and Chicken Shack...
  
  : Backing vocals on "Broadway"
• Lem Lubin: Backing vocals on "Broadway"
• Roy Thomas Baker
  Roy Thomas Baker
  Roy Thomas Baker is a multiple award-winning Anglo-American music producer, songwriter, arranger and Recording Academy Governor, who has produced Platinum and Gold certified pop and rock records from the 1970s to the present.- Career :Baker began his career at Decca Records in England at the age...
  
  : Percussion