1992 Jennifer Warnes – The Hunter

The Hunter is the seventh studio album by Jennifer Warnes, released in 1992.

The Hunter was released five years after her breakthrough album Famous Blue Raincoat. Classified as adult contemporary, the album is jazz/R&B infused. The album includes several covers, including Todd Rundgren’s “Pretending To Care”, The Waterboys “The Whole Of The Moon”, and “Way Down Deep”, co-written by Amy La Television, and Warnes’s mentor Leonard Cohen

Tracks

1  Rock You Gently (Gregory Abbott; Henry Gaffney) 04:21
2  Somewhere, Somebody (Andrew Kastner; Larry John McNally; Max Carl) 02:45
3  Big Noise, New York (Donald Fagen; Marcelle Clements) 04:59
4  True Emotion (Bill Ginn; Jennifer Warnes; John Fannin) 04:01
5  Pretending To Care (Todd Rundgren) 04:40
6  The Whole Of The Moon (Mike Scott) 04:58
7  Lights Of Louisianne (Stephen Foster; Jennifer Warnes; Nancy Bacal; Rob Meurer) 04:21
8  Way Down Deep (Amy LaTelevision; Jennifer Warnes; Leonard Cohen) 05:41
9  The Hunter (Jennifer Warnes) 04:49
10  I Can’t Hide (Jennifer Warnes) 04:49

Musicians

1 Rock You Gently

DrumsVinnie Colaiuta
GuitarDavid Mansfield
GuitarMike Landau
GuitarRoscoe Beck
SynthesizerBill Ginn
SynthesizerRoscoe Beck
EWIJudd Miller
ProgrammingRoscoe Beck
PercussionLenny Castro
Background VocalsPerla Batalla
VocalsJennifer Warnes


2 Somewhere, Somebody

BassJorge Calderon
PercussionLenny Castro
Background VocalsPerla Batalla
VocalsJennifer Warnes
VocalsMax Carl


3 Big Noise, New York

BassRoscoe Beck
DrumsJR Robinson
DrumsVinnie Colaiuta
GuitarMike Landau
GuitarRobben Ford
KeyboardsRussell Ferrante
SynthesizerRoscoe Beck
Strings (Synthesizer)Larry Steelman
Strings (Synthesizer)Roscoe Beck
FlugelhornJerry Hey
SaxBob Malach
SaxLarry Williams
TromboneBill Reichenbach
Background VocalsDonald Fagen
Background VocalsFrank Floyd
VocalsJennifer Warnes


4 True Emotion

BassRoscoe Beck
DrumsVinnie Colaiuta
GuitarMike Landau
GuitarRobben Ford
Hammond OrganRussell Ferrante
KeyboardsRussell Ferrante
PercussionLenny Castro
Background VocalsArnold McCuller
Background VocalsKevin Dorsey
Background VocalsPhillip Ingram
VocalsJennifer Warnes


5 Pretending To Care

BassRoscoe Beck
PianoRandy Kerber
SynclavierBill Ginn
SynclavierStephen Croes
SynthesizerRandy Kerber
EWIJudd Miller
ViolinJoel Derouin
PercussionLenny Castro
VocalsJennifer Warnes


6 The Whole Of The Moon

BassRoscoe Beck
DrumsVinnie Colaiuta
GuitarDavid Grissom
GuitarMike Landau
MarxaphoneBill Ginn
PianoBill Ginn
SynclavierStephen Barber
SynclavierStephen Croes
EWIJudd Miller
ViolinJoel Derouin
VocalsJennifer Warnes


7 Lights Of Louisianne

BassRoscoe Beck
GuitarRichard Thompson
GuitarMitch Watkins
Acoustic GuitarEric Johnson
Acoustic GuitarMitch Watkins
SynthesizerRob Meurer
AccordionVan Dyke Parks
CelloSuzie Katayama
ViolaNovi Novog
ViolinJoel Durouin
ViolinSid Page
EffectsDavid Mansfield
EffectsJennifer Warnes
EffectsLenny Castro
ShakerLenny Castro
VocalsJennifer Warnes


8 Way Down Deep

BassJorge Calderon
Acoustic GuitarDavid Grissom
Lap SteelDavid Mansfield
KeyboardsRussell Ferrante
FiddleDavid Mansfield
CongasPaulinho Da Costa
CongasLenny Castro
DoumbegPaulinho Da Costa
RattleLenny Castro
ShakerPaulinho Da Costa
ShekereLenny Castro
SurdoSteve Forman
TambourineLenny Castro
Tar DrumSteve Forman
Background VocalsKevin Dorsey
VocalsBlondie Chaplin
VocalsJennifer Warnes


9 The Hunter

BassRoscoe Beck
DrumsVinnie Colaiuta
KeyboardsKim Bullard
SynclavierBill Ginn
SynclavierStephen Croes
CelloLarry Corbett
ViolaRobert Becker
ViolinJoel Derouin
ViolinSid Page
VocalsJennifer Warnes


10 I Can’t Hide

ArtistJennifer Warnes
BassRoscoe Beck
DrumsTom Brechtlein
DrumsVinnie Colaiuta
Slide GuitarEric Johnson
KeyboardsBill Ginn
KeyboardsRob Meurer
SynthesizerRob Meurer
VocalsJennifer Warnes

Liner Notes

Producer – Jennifer Warnes, Roscoe Beck, Elliot Scheiner
Producer – Rob Meurer (Tracks 7, 10)
Producer – Jorge Calderón (Track 8)
Co Producer – Walter New
Arranged By – Van Dyke Parks (Track 7)
Arranged By (Horns) – Roscoe Beck (Track 3)
Arranged By (Rhythm Preliminary) – Steve Forman (Track 8)
Arranged By (Synthesisers, Voilins) – Stephen Barber (Tracks 5, 6)
Arranged By (Strings & Synclaviers) – Bill Ginn (Track 9)
Edited By – Chris Bellman
Engineer – Elliot Scheiner, Walter New
Engineer – Chet Himes, Steven Strassman (Tracks 7, 10)
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Mixed By – Elliot Scheiner
Mixed By (Assistant) – Martin Brumbach

Art Direction – Melanie Penny
Photography – Peter DeLory

Mastered At Bernie Grundman Mastering
Mixed At The Village Recorder
Recorded At Acme Recording Studio, Sherman Oaks, CA
Recorded At Amigo Studios
Recorded At Capitol Studios
Recorded At Conway Studios
Recorded At Groove Masters
Recorded At Soundcastle
Recorded At The Village Recorder
Recorded At The Hit Factory
Recorded At River Sound
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