The Hunter

by Jennifer Warnes

Overview

It took Jennifer Warnes five years to construct a follow-up to Famous Blue Raincoat, and she still wasn't able to come up with a unifying concept as simple and workable as recording a set of songs by Leonard Cohen. She did find some excellent covers, including Todd Rundgren's "Pretending To Care" and The Waterboys' "The Whole Of The Moon," that may have been new to her listeners, and she got a song from Donald Fagen ("Big Noise, New York"). She also did some of her own writing, and got participation from Cohen on "Way Down Deep." All of which is to say that there are some worthy selections on The Hunter, but on the whole, this record doesn't match its illustrious predecessor. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	03/17/2009
Label:	Cisco
UPC:	0899360002010
Rank:	30272

Tracks

1. Rock You Gently
2. Somewhere, Somebody
3. Big Noise, New York
4. True Emotion
5. Pretending to Care
6. The Whole of the Moon
7. Lights of Lousianne
8. Way Down Deep
9. The Hunter
10. I Can't Hide

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jennifer Warnes   Primary Artist,Vocals,Voices,Bird Calls,Vocals (Background)
Donald Fagen   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Van Dyke Parks   Guest Artist,Accordion
Blondie Chaplin   Guest Artist,Vocals
Max Carl   Guest Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Rob Muerer   Keyboards,Synthesizer
Larry Williams   Saxophone
John "J.R." Robinson   Drums
Jerry Hay   Flugelhorn
Eric L. Johnson   Slide Guitar,Guitar (Nylon String)
Rob Meurer   Synthesizer,Keyboards
Roscoe Beck   Bass,Guitar,String Bass,Synthesizer,Synthesizer Strings
Phillip Ingram   Vocals (Background)
Judd Miller   Wind Synthesizer
Perla Batalla   Vocals (Background)
Richard Thompson   Guitar (Electric)
Michael Landau   Guitar
Tom Brechtlein   Drums
Arnold McCuller   Vocals (Background)
Robert Becker   Viola
C. Roscoe Beck   Bass,Guitar,String Bass,Synthesizer,Synthesizer Strings
Kevin Dorsey   Vocals (Background)
Robben Ford   Guitar,Guitar (Rhythm)
Mitch Watkins   Guitar,Archguitar,Guitar (Acoustic)
Novi Novog   Viola,Strings
Bill Ginn   Piano,Keyboards,Marxophone,Synclavier,Synthesizer,Guitar (Synthesizer),Drums
Bob Malach   Saxophone
Larry Corbett   Cello
Kim Bullard   Keyboards
David Mansfield   Fiddle,Guitar,Bird Calls,Lap Steel Guitar
Eric Johnson   Guitar,Slide Guitar,Guitar (Nylon String)
John "4 Daddman" Robinson   Drums
Steve Croes   Synclavier
Larry Steelman   Synthesizer Strings
Stephen Croes   Synclavier
Randy Kerber   Piano,Synthesizer
Steve Forman   Surdo,Taragat
Paulinho Da Costa   Congas,Dumbek,Shaker,Rattles,Shekere,Talking Drum
Sid Page   Violin,Strings
William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr.   Trombone
Russell Ferrante   Keyboards,Organ (Hammond)
Joel Derouin   Violin,Strings
David Grissom   Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic)
Jorge Calderon   Bass
Lenny Castro   Congas,Dumbek,Rattle,Shaker,Rattles,Shekere,Bird Calls,Percussion,Tambourine,Talking Drum
Frank Floyd   Vocals (Background)
Jerry Hey   Flugelhorn
Vinnie Colaiuta   Drums
Stephen Barber   Synclavier
Suzie Katayama   Cello,Strings

Technical Credits

Sarah Jarman   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Rob Muerer   Composer
John Fannin   Composer
Norman Seeff   Photography
Peter DeLory   Photography
Melanie Penny   Art Direction
Amy LaTelevision   Composer
Patricia Bukur   Design,Photo Effects
Veronica Albano   Production Coordination
Charlie Paakkari   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Nancy Bacal   Composer
Andrew Castner   Composer
Roscoe Beck   Arranger,Programming,Drum Programming,Brass Arrangement
Perla Batalla   Composer
Nathaniel Kunkel   Archivist
Max Carl   Duet,Composer
Mike Scott   Composer
Steven Strassman   Engineer
C. Roscoe Beck   Arranger,Producer,Drum Programming
Walter New   Engineer,Associate Producer
Van Dyke Parks   Arranger,Adaptation
Martin Brumbach   Mixing,Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Tom Winslow   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Todd Rundgren   Composer
Novi Novog   String Arrangements
Henry Gaffney   Composer
Bill Ginn   Arranger,Composer,String Arrangements
Leonard Cohen   Composer
Chris Bellman   Remastering,Digital Editing
Chet Himes   Engineer
Larry John McNally   Composer
Elliot Scheiner   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Donald Fagen   Composer
Gregory Abbott   Composer
Marcelle Clements   Composer
Mark Harder   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
David Michael Dill   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Terry Allan Smith   Executive Producer
Marnie Riley   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Paul Dieter   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Andrew Kastner   Composer
Steve Forman   Rhythm Arrangements
Sid Page   String Arrangements
Bernie Grundman   Mastering
Joel Derouin   String Arrangements
Jorge Calderon   Producer
Jennifer Warnes   Composer,Producer
Rob Meurer   Composer,Producer
Stephen Barber   Arranger
Suzie Katayama   String Arrangements
Steve Strassman   Engineer