YUI Orta is the seventh solo studio album by English singer
Ian Hunter. The title is a play on the phrase "Why you, I ought to...". Hunter reunites again with longtime collaborator
Mick Ronson, as The Hunter Ronson Band.
It was intended as a sort of comeback for both men, but the record company did little promotion and eventually they were dropped from the label.[2] There were plans for a follow-up, but these were put on hold when Ronson was diagnosed with
liver cancer.[2] In "Big Time", Hunter borrows the riff from his own song "Once Bitten Twice Shy". In "Tell It Like It Is" Ronson borrows the riff from "
Get It On".
In 2003, the album was reissued with two bonus tracks.[2]
Track listing
All songs written by Ian Hunter except where noted
"American Music" – 4:12
"The Loner" – 4:47
"Women's Intuition" (Hunter, Ronson) – 6:31
"Tell It Like It Is" (Hunter, Ronson) – 4:23
"Livin' in a Heart" – 4:34
"Big Time" – 4:03
"Cool" (Hunter, Ronson) – 4:30
"Beg a Little Love" (Hunter, Robbie McNasty) – 6:26
"Following in your Footsteps" (Hunter, Ronson) – 5:02
"4th Hour of My Sleep" (Tucker Zimmerman) – 3:08 *
"Power of Darkness" (Ronson, Benny Marshall) – 3:32 *
* Bonus tracks on 2003 CD re-release. This was a re-release of the January 1971 single by Ronno; which consisted of Benny Marshall (vocals), Mick Ronson (guitar),
Tony Visconti (bass) and
Woody Woodmansey (drums). Tucker Zimmerman was an American friend of Visconti.
Personnel
Ian Hunter – lead vocals, backing vocals; piano on "Sweet Dreamer"