Heaven and Hull was the final solo

Solo (music)

In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...

 album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by 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...

, released in 1994, following Ronson's death the previous year. With collaborations by long time friends of Ronson including: David Bowie

David Bowie

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, Joe Elliott

Joe Elliott

Joseph Thomas "Joe" Elliott Jr is an English singer-songwriter, and musician, best known as the lead vocalist and occasional rhythm guitarist of the British rock band Def Leppard. He has also been the lead singer of David Bowie cover band, the Cybernauts and the Mott the Hoople cover band, Down...

, and 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...

. Other artists include: Peter Noone, Martin Chambers

Martin Chambers

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 and Chrissie Hynde

Chrissie Hynde

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, Phil Collen and John Mellencamp

John Mellencamp

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. The "All the Young Dudes" track on Heaven and Hull is from the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, where Ronson himself was suffering from cancer. He appears very thin on the DVD, while still playing blistering guitar. It was his last concert.
On the CD notes, there is a striking photo of a suspension bridge (supposedly the Humber Bridge

Humber Bridge

The Humber Bridge, near Kingston upon Hull, England, is a 2,220 m single-span suspension bridge, which opened to traffic on 24 June 1981. It is the fifth-largest of its type in the world...

 from Ronson's home town) and a quote from Sham Morris, one of the album's producers: "During the making of Heaven and Hull, (working title To Hull and Back) I asked Mick to visualize a characteristic from his home town of Hull. His first thought was the Humber Bridge. The Bridge became very symbolic for those of us working on the album and it was his wish to incorporate it in the artwork. Mick has crossed the Bridge now and left us this swan song. "

Track listing

All tracks composed by Mick Ronson and Sham Morris; except where indicated

1. "Don't Look Down" (Ronson, Joe Elliott
   Joe Elliott
   Joseph Thomas "Joe" Elliott Jr is an English singer-songwriter, and musician, best known as the lead vocalist and occasional rhythm guitarist of the British rock band Def Leppard. He has also been the lead singer of David Bowie cover band, the Cybernauts and the Mott the Hoople cover band, Down...
   
   )
2. "Like a Rolling Stone
   Like a Rolling Stone
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   " (Bob Dylan
   Bob Dylan
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   )
3. "When the World Falls Down"
4. "Trouble With Me"
5. "Life's a River"
6. "You and Me" (Ronson, Suzanne Ronson)
7. "Colour Me"
8. "Take a Long Line" (Rick Brewster, Doc Neeson, John Brewster)
9. "Midnight Love" (Giorgio Moroder
   Giorgio Moroder
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   )
10. "All the Young Dudes
    All the Young Dudes
    All the Young Dudes is an album by Mott the Hoople, released in 1972. Their initial album for the CBS Records label , it was a turning point for the then-struggling British band. They were about to break up when David Bowie stepped in and gave them the song "All the Young Dudes"...
    
    " (Live) (David Bowie
    David Bowie
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    )