Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Just Another Night
2. Wild East
3. Cleveland Rocks
4. Ships
5. When The Daylight Comes
6. Life After Death
7. Standin' In My Light
8. Bastard
9. Outsider
10. Don't Let Go
11. Ships
12. When The Daylight Comes
13. Just Another Night
14. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

Disc 2:

1. FBI
2. Once Bitten Twice Shy
3. Life After Death
4. Sons And Daughters
5. Laugh At Me
6. Just Another Night
7. One Of The Boys
8. Letter To Brittania From Union Jack
9. Bastard
10. All The Way From Memphis
11. Cleveland Rocks
12. All The Young Dudes
13. When The Daylight Comes
14. Sweet Angeline

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5272 in Music
• Released on: 2009-09-21
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .27 pounds

CD Description
You’re Never Alone with a Schizophrenic was originally released worldwide in April 1979 on Chrysalis Records and was Ian Hunter’s first release with the label. The former Mott the Hoople front man had launched his solo career in 1975.

The deluxe, re-mastered, 30th anniversary edition of this amazing album contains the original LP with bonus tracks, plus an extra disc featuring unreleased live performances from the period. The celebration is fully justified on three counts--Because this remains Ian’s biggest selling international solo album, because the live tapes have remained rare treasures in Hunter folklore until now and finally because the songs are just so very good.

The album title came about when Ian's musical partner (former Mott the Hoople and David Bowie guitarist) Mick Ronson found the slogan "you're never alone with a schizophrenic" scrawled on a New York toilet wall. Mick proposed that they use the phrase for Ian's record and then decided to retain it. Hunter then "traded" the title for a joint writing credit on the song "Just Another Night".

Customer Reviews

Great album, remaster worth it for bonus tracks and new live CD
Schizophrenic is possibly the finest moment of Ian Hunter's solo career. Everything comes together: a great band including the late Mick Ronson on guitar along with Roy Bittan, Max Weinberg and Gary Tallent from Bruce Springsteen's E Street band; a heartfelt vocal performance from Hunter; and above all a strong set of songs, from the raucous rock of Just Another Night to the tenderness of Ships (that pass in the night), a song which Cambell Devine's enclosed essay tells us was written about Ian's father.

Easy to recommend then; but the chances are that many potential customers for this package already have it. Is the remaster worth it?

It's nicely done, with a trifold sleeve, the aforementioned essay by Devine, five bonus tracks, and a second CD assembled from contemporary live performances. Sound quality wise, I didn't hear much improvement over the original CD release, but was relieved to find that it was not wrecked by excessive loudness.

The bonus tracks are demos and early takes, and good to hear though nothing special, with the exception of a very different early version of Just Another Night, less rocking, different lyrics, more emotion.

The concert CD is a treat, though we already have a decent live CD from the period in the form of Welcome to the Club. Still, there are a couple of songs here that are not on Club - Life After Death and Letter to Brittania from the Union Jack - and of course the performances are different. Some of the songs are from Mott the Hoople days, including the anthemic All the Young Dudes.

All very enjoyable, and should be snapped up by Ian Hunter fans.