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Hooked (Great White album)

Hooked is the fifth studio album by American rock band Great White, released on February 18, 1991. Though lacking a recognizable hit single and not as commercially successful as ...Twice Shy,[5] it still managed to peak at No. 18 on the Billboard 200 album chart.[6] The album was certified gold in April 1991.[1] It was the band's last album to feature Tony Montana on bass guitar.

Hooked
Studio album by
Great White
ReleasedFebruary 18, 1991 (1991-02-18)[1]
RecordedSeptember–November 1990
StudioTotal Access (Redondo Beach, California)
GenreHard rock[2]
Length51:51
LabelCapitol
Producer
Great White chronology
...Twice Shy
(1989) 		Hooked
(1991) 		Psycho City
(1992)
Singles from Hooked
  1. "Congo Square"
    Released: February 1991
  2. "Desert Moon"
    Released: 1991
  3. "Call It Rock n' Roll"
    Released: September 1991
Hooked
Alternative cover artwork.
Live in New York
Japanese edition bonus CD
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal4/10[3]
Q[4]

Q Magazine's Jeff Clark-Meads described the album as "relaxed, mellow and endearing - though this is likely to engender disappointment for those who hitherto considered Great White a metal act."[4]

Cover art edit

The original album cover art was photographed by famous fashion photographer John Scarpati and features a nude female model (Kristine Rose) being hoisted out of the sea by a large hook. The cover was judged too risque by the label and replaced by art director Hugh Syme shortly after the initial pressing with an alternative cover that has the hook still below the sea level and the model partially submerged, so that only her head and arms are visible. The initial Japanese pressing retained the original cover, and added a bonus CD entitled Live in New York, recorded at Electric Lady Studios on May 31, 1991.[7]

Desert Moon edit

The song "Desert Moon" was a minor hit and on February 20, 2003, was Great White's live opening song during which pyrotechnics ignited The Station nightclub fire, killing 100 people, including the band’s then-lead guitarist Ty Longley. The band did not perform "Desert Moon" live until the band toured to support the release of Back to the Rhythm.

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Call It Rock N' Roll"Tony Montana, Michael Lardie, Alan Niven, Jack Russell, Mark Kendall3:56
2."The Original Queen of Sheba"Rick Brewster, Niven, Lardie4:39
3."Cold Hearted Lovin'"Mark Anderson, Niven, Russell4:19
4."Can't Shake It" (The Angels cover)John Brewster, Bernard Neeson, R. Brewster4:45
5."Lovin' Kind"Lardie, Niven4:45
6."Heartbreaker"Lardie, Niven, Kendall, Russell6:44
7."Congo Square"Kendall, Niven6:57
8."South Bay Cities"Niven, Lardie5:25
9."Desert Moon"Lardie, Niven, Kendall, Russell4:32
10."Afterglow" (Small Faces cover)Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane5:49
Total length:51:51
Japanese 2005 remastered edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Train to Nowhere" (Savoy Brown cover)Kim Simmonds, Chris Youlden4:31
12."Weak Brain and Narrow Mind" (Willie Dixon cover)Willie Dixon3:12
13."Down at the Doctor (featuring Clarence Clemons)" (Dr. Feelgood cover)Mickey Jupp3:41
14."The Hunter" (Albert King cover)Carl Wells, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson Jr., Booker T. Jones4:12
Total length:67:27
Live in New York
No.TitleLength
1."Intro"0:35
2."Train to Nowhere"4:34
3."Cold Hearted Lovin'"4:34
4."The Hunter"4:24
5."Desert Moon"4:15
6."Band Intro's"1:04
7."Weak Brain and Narrow Mind"3:04
8."Rock Me"7:49
9."Down at the Doctor"3:24
10."Can't Shake It"4:46
11."Once Bitten, Twice Shy"6:13
Total length:44:42

Personnel edit

Great White

  • Jack Russell – lead and backing vocals
  • Mark Kendall – guitar, backing vocals
  • Michael Lardie – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, producer, arrangements, engineer
  • Tony Montana – bass
  • Audie Desbrow – drums

Additional musicians

  • Michael Thompson – slide guitar solo on "Cold Hearted Lovin'"
  • Alan Niven – backing vocals
  • Simone Shook – backing vocals
  • Terry Sasser – backing vocals

Production

  • Alan Niven – producer, arrangements
  • Melissa Sewell – engineer
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Hugh Syme – art direction, design

Charts edit

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[15] Gold 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[1] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "American album certifications – Great White – Hooked". Recording Industry Association of America.
  2. ^ a b Huey, Steve. "Hooked – Great White". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  4. ^ a b Clark-Meads, Jeff (March 5, 1991). "Hooked review". Q. Vol. 55. p. 68.
  5. ^ "Hooked Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
  6. ^ "Hooked Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
  7. ^ "Great White Live in New York". Heavy Harmonies.com. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
  8. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 1503". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
  9. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  10. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Great White – Hooked" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
  11. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Great White – Hooked". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
  12. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
  13. ^ "Great White Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
  14. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  15. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Great White – Hooked". Music Canada.

External links edit

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