All American Alien Boy is the second 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...

. Because of management issues, Mick Ronson

Mick Ronson

Michael "Mick" Ronson was an English guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer. He is best known for his work with David Bowie, as one of The Spiders from Mars...

 did not appear on this album; instead, Hunter brought in keyboardist Chris Stainton

Chris Stainton

Christopher "Chris" Stainton is an English session musician, keyboard player and songwriter, who first gained recognition with Joe Cocker in the late 1960s...

 in order to act as a balancing force in the studio. Unlike his previous album, the album didn't feature any of his trademark rockers and he opted for a more jazzy direction.

In 2006, the album was reissued with several bonus tracks.

Track listing

All songs written by Ian Hunter

1. "Letter to Brittania from the Union Jack" - 3:48
2. "All American Alien Boy" - 7:07
3. "Irene Wilde" - 3:43
4. "Restless Youth" - 6:17
5. "Rape" - 4:20
6. "You Nearly Did Me In" - 5:46
7. "Apathy 83" - 4:43
8. "God (Take 1)" - 5:45
9. "To Rule Brittania from Union Jack" - 4:08 *
10. "All American Alien Boy" (Single Version) - 4:03 *
11. "Irene Wilde" (Take 1) - 3:53 *
12. "Weary Anger" - 5:45 *
13. "Apathy" - 4:42 *
14. "(God) Advice to a Friend" - 5:34 *

• * Bonus tracks on 30th anniversary edition

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
• Chris Stainton
  Chris Stainton
  Christopher "Chris" Stainton is an English session musician, keyboard player and songwriter, who first gained recognition with Joe Cocker in the late 1960s...
  
   – piano, organ, mellotron, bass guitar on "Restless Youth"
• Jaco Pastorius
  Jaco Pastorius
  John Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player....
  
   – bass guitar
• Aynsley Dunbar
  Aynsley Dunbar
  Aynsley Thomas Dunbar is an English drummer. He has worked with some of the top names in rock, including Eric Burdon, John Mayall, Frank Zappa, Ian Hunter, Lou Reed, Jefferson Starship, Jeff Beck, David Bowie, Whitesnake, Sammy Hagar, UFO, and Journey...
  
   – drums
• Gerry Weens – lead guitar
• David Sanborn
  David Sanborn
  David Sanborn is an American alto saxophonist. Though Sanborn has worked in many genres, his solo recordings typically blend jazz with instrumental pop and R&B. He released his first solo album Taking Off in 1975, but has been playing the saxophone since before he was in high school...
  
   – alto sax
• Dominic Cortese – accordion
• Cornell Dupree
  Cornell Dupree
  Cornell Luther Dupree was an American jazz and R&B guitarist. He worked at various times with Bill Withers, Donny Hathaway, King Curtis and Steve Gadd, appeared on David Letterman, and wrote a book on soul and blues guitar: Rhythm and Blues Guitar ISBN 0-634-00149-3...
  
   – guitar on "Letter to Brittania From the Union Jack"
• Don Alias
  Don Alias
  Charles 'Don' Alias was an American jazz percussionist.Alias was best known for playing congas and other hand drums...
  
   – congas
• Arnie Lawrence
  Arnie Lawrence
  Arnold Lawrence Finkelstein, better known as Arnie Lawrence was an American jazz saxophonist....
  
   – clarinet
• Dave Bargeron
  Dave Bargeron
  David 'Dave' W Bargeron is an American trombonist and tuba player from Athol, Massachusetts, most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears. He joined the group in 1970, after Jerry Hyman departed, and first appeared on the album Blood, Sweat & Tears 4...
  
   – trombone
• Lewis Soloff – trumpet
• Freddie Mercury
  Freddie Mercury
  Freddie Mercury was a British musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. As a performer, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and powerful vocals over a four-octave range...
  
   – backing vocals on "You Nearly Did Me In"
• Brian May
  Brian May
  Brian Harold May, CBE is an English musician and astrophysicist most widely known as the guitarist and a songwriter of the rock band Queen...
  
   – backing vocals on "You Nearly Did Me In"
• Roger Taylor
  Roger Meddows-Taylor
  Roger Meddows Taylor , known as Roger Taylor, is a British musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the drummer, backing vocalist and occasional lead vocalist of British rock band Queen. As a drummer he is known for his "big" unique sound and is considered one of...
  
   – backing vocals on "You Nearly Did Me In"
• Bob Segarini
  Bob Segarini
  Bob Segarini is a recording artist, singer, songwriter, composer and radio host. During a professional music career primarily developed between 1968 and the early 1980s, Segarani was particularly popular in Canada...
  
  – backing vocals
• Ann E. Sutton – backing vocals
• Gail Kantor – backing vocals
• Erin Dickens – backing vocals