Head Like a Rock

Head Like a Rock is a 1994 concept album[2] by Ian McNabb.[3] The album was nominated for the 1994 Mercury Music Prize and was McNabb's second solo album.[4] The album was recorded in Los Angeles with the backing band Crazy Horse. The album peaked at No. 29 on the official UK charts.[5]

Head Like a Rock
Studio album by Ian McNabb
Released	4 July 1994
Recorded	1993
Studio	Red Zone Studios, Burbank, California; Mayfair Studios, Regents Park, London
Genre	Rock[1]
Length	67:03
Label	This Way Up
Producer	Robert Ian McNabb, John Porter
Ian McNabb chronology
Truth and Beauty (1993) Head Like a Rock (1994) Merseybeast (1996)
Singles from Merseybeast
"You Must Be Prepared to Dream" Released: June 1994 "Go into the Light" Released: September 1994

Late in 2012, Ian revealed that his first three studio albums were to be re-released as 'expanded editions' and subsequently in early December, a listing for 'Head Like a Rock (Expanded edition)' was put on Amazon with a scheduled release date of 28 January 2013. The product description reading; "This expanded version has been re-mastered by Ian himself and is a testament to the great album it was, enhanced with upgraded packaging and a bonus disc of the B-sides that came with the assorted singles. This is a great addition to the canon of Ian's work"[6]

Track listing

1. "Fire Inside My Soul" (8:35)
2. "You Must Be Prepared to Dream" (6:57)
3. "Child Inside a Father" (9:02)
4. "Still Got the Fever" (7:29)
5. "Potency"(4:38)
6. "Go Into the Light" (4:08)
7. "As a Life Goes By" (4:42)
8. "Sad Strange Solitary Catholic Mystic" (4:45)
9. "This Time Is Forever"(5:38)
10. "May You Always" (10:51)

Expanded Edition (Disc 2)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"That's Why The Darkness Exists" (B-side of "You Must Be Prepared to Dream", With guest drummer Zak Starkey)	3:23
2.	"Sometimes I Think About You" (B-side of "You Must Be Prepared to Dream")	4:20
3.	"Woo Yer" (B-side of "You Must Be Prepared to Dream")	3:20
4.	"Love Is A Wonderful Colour" (B-side of You Must Be Prepared to Dream)	4:17
5.	"When It All Comes Down" (B-side of "You Must Be Prepared to Dream")	4:27
6.	"Time You Were In Love" (B-side of "Go into the Light")	4:25
7.	"Go Into The Light (Celestial Dub Mix)" (A-side of "Go into the Light")	7:21
8.	"Rock" (B-side of "Go into the Light")	3:00
9.	"I Stood Before St Peter" (B-side of "Go into the Light")	3:47

Personnel

• Ian McNabb - guitar, vocals
• John Porter - acoustic guitar, keyboards, dobro
• Billy Talbot - bass, backing vocals
• Ralph Molina - drums, backing vocals
• Tommy Eyre - keyboards, organ
• James Hutchinson - bass
• Joseph Modeliste - drums
• Tony Braunagel - percussion
• Greg Leisz - pedal steel guitar
• Scarlet Rivera - violin
• Roy Corkill - acoustic guitar, bass
• Mike "Tone" Hamilton - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Nick Warren - keyboards
• Martin Tillman - cello
• Marty Grebb - alto saxophone
• Maxi Anderson, Mona Lisa Young, Terry Young - backing vocals

References

1. Michael Sutton. "Head Like a Rock". AllMusic.
2. The Emotional Party: The Thoughts and Words of Ian McNabb
3. Leslie Carl Seiler. "merseybeasts - ian mcnabb discography". Merseybeasts.COM.
4. "Mercury Prize - Ian McNabb: Head Like a Rock - 1994 Shortlist - Albums of the Year".
5. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 341. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
6. "Head Like A Rock (2CD Expanded Edition): Amazon.co.uk: Music".