Heaven and Hull [Live]

Track Listings

1. Don't Look Down

2. Like a Rolling Stone

3. When the World Falls Down

4. Trouble With Me

5. Life's a River

6. You and Me

7. Colour Me

8. Take a Long Line

9. Midnight Love

10. All the Young Dudes

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Heaven and Hull turned out to be the last album from legendary axeman Mick Ronson. As it stands, the album is a worthy addition to his body of work. It features an impressive array of guest artists, including Def Leppard's Joe Elliott, Chrissie Hynde and Martin Chambers of the Pretenders, David Bowie, John Mellencamp, and Ian Hunter. There is also a frenetic cover of Like a Rolling Stone and a live version of All the Young Dudes, performed with the surviving members of Queen. A fitting send-off for an oft-overlooked talent.

Tracks:

Don't Look Down
Like A Rolling Stone
When The World Falls Down
Trouble With Me
Life's A River
You And Me
Colour Me
Take A Long Line
Midnight Love
All The Young Dudes

Album Description

Heaven and Hull turned out to be the last album from legendary axeman Mick Ronson. As it stands, the album is a worthy addition to his body of work. It features an impressive array of guest artists, including Def Leppard's Joe Elliott, Chrissie Hynde and Martin Chambers of the Pretenders, David Bowie, John Mellencamp, and Ian Hunter. There is also a frenetic cover of Like a Rolling Stone and a live version of All the Young Dudes, performed with the surviving members of Queen. A fitting send-off for an oft-overlooked talent.

Customer Reviews:

Thank You Mick and Crew.......2005-09-04

Well the lead off track "Don't Look Down" is very cool because it rocks hard and rides free thanks to Joe Elliott who seems to have helped give the music a modern edge. Ian Hunter/Elliott on "Take A Long Line" thunders with rage and anger!
Hyde from the Pretenders is great as well. BUY THIS ALBUM!!

"...a smile on your face as you floated thru space...".......2003-05-23

I never was into "glam," being southern/redneck/homophobic, your choice. So I had to be literally restrained in the fall of 1972 to listen to "Ziggy Stardust." And still, to this day, all I could/can think is "WHO'S PLAYING THAT GUITAR?" OK, I've been obsequious about Ronno in my review of his Memorial set (GET THAT if you don't own it!) And I have to say, Mick had a lot of 'nads to produce/perform a work like "Heaven & Hull" while he was in his final illness. You've read the other reviews: "intense version of Like A Rolling Stone with Bowie"...Chrissie Hynde...Mellonhead...and Ronno's final live performance at the Freddie Mercury concert of "All the Young Dudes" with both Ian Hunter and David Bowie. But for my money, this CD's shining moment is the transcendant track,"Colour Me," which affects me - to TEARS - on two levels: the initial level, of course, is the astounding guitar. Indeed, if you listen closely, you can hear Bowie murmer "play that guitar" during the second lead break. On another level, when I'm concentrating on the words, it brings to mind the inevitibility of mortality. I asked a doctor friend of mind what was so..."important" about "color" that prompted Mick to write, perhaps, the strongest song in the CD, and I was told that "color therapy" is an "alternative treatment" for cancer. Which explains, "color me...a dangerous magenta," et al. But for me, the price of the CD is justified for that one line, "...colour me...and as I'm floating thru space/you'll see a smile on my face." Nothing else need be said. RIP, Mick.

a last chance listen.......2002-03-30

everything in life is temporary, including life. mick ronson's life ended too early, but he did leave behind many musical masterpieces, "heaven and hull" being one of them. his guitar playing remained raw and edgy, as evidenced in the explosive "color me", "don't look down", and "life's a river" to name but a few tracks from his last studio release. after listening to this i can't help but always ask, what if. it's like when tommy bolin released "private eyes" and then died within six months. you were left wanting more and wondering what if. mick's guitar is silent now, but thankfully we have his swan song preserved for all that have the ability to listen and the desire to hear one of the very best guitarists of all time. his gorgeous music can be heard from "heaven and hull".

RONSON'S LAST HURRAH.......2001-09-04

Mick Ronson was a great guitar player who never really got the recognition he deserved. He never showed alot of flash in his playing, which is why he didn't reach the heights of some of those other guitar heroes of the 70's. But this guy was on the most wanted list when it came to being a guitar player/producer for hire. He propelled David Bowie to super-stardom during his 1972-74 Ziggy Stardust days. He produced Lou Reed's comeback album. He was a member of Bob Dylan's 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue. And he collaberated with Mott The Hoople and was Ian Hunter's guitar player for years. Some of these friends he helped along the way, he gathered for this all-star solo release, which turned out to be his own posthumous tribute album, which was released a year after his death. Special guests on here that do most of the vocal chores are David Bowie, who does "Like A Rolling Stone". Chrissie Hynde, who does a nice vocal duet with Ronson on "Trouble With Me". John Mellencamp, vocals on "Life's a River". Joe Elliott from Def Leppard, who had a big part in making this album happen, does the vocals on the great opening tune "Don't Look Down". And his longtime friend Ian Hunter, who does vocals on a little more rocked up version of the classic "All The Young Dudes". Ronson shows some of his best fretwork on the rockin' "Colour Me", and the beautiful instrumental "Midnight Love". Except for the first cut "Don't Look Back", there's nothing here that absolutely knocked my socks off. But it's still a good solid effort that I liked better than his 2 mid-seventies albums that were critically praised, but sounded like they were a little bit too much on the David Bowie glam rock side for my taste. Heaven and Hull is a good addition to the Ronson catalogue.

such a guitar player such a great album such loss.......2001-08-16

guitar players like him can be numberd on one hand . he is multi - inturmental (lead + bass) and he does them SO GOOD (life's a river) why the best always have to die ? do a favor to the british jimmy hendrix and buy his album , mick discribes life from a very intresting point of view , like each of the other dead legends.

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The Complete Psalms of David (Limited Edition) (Box Set)

Manufacturer: Priory Records UK
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Heaven and Hull is EXCELLENT!
Another reason why he's missed so much

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Tracks:

Don't Look Down
Like A Rolling Stone
When The World Falls Down
Trouble With Me
Life's A River
You And Me
Colour Me
Take A Long Line
Midnight Love
All The Young Dudes

Customer Reviews:

Heaven and Hull is EXCELLENT!.......2001-05-10

This CD is a must for any Ronson fan. Mick's talents really shine through. And with the help of many other artists like Bowie, Mellencamp, and Elliott, there is something for everyone on this CD. Great songs, and great guitar work from Mick.

Another reason why he's missed so much.......2000-10-10

Heaven and Hull was completed just prior to Mick's death with the help and assistance of friends and colleagues who admired his brilliant play. Issued postumously, this album contains wonderful power chord rockers as well as sweet melody instrumentals. Don't Look Down, combines Mick at his rocking best with Joe Elliott's vocals to create one of the best straight ahead rockers ever recorded. Other collaberations, including songs with Chrissie Hynde and John Mellancamp show Mick's virsatility. Life's a River, with Mellancamp on vocals, is a great tune that shows just how good Mick's guitar playing was. It has been only since his passing that we've been able to see and more importantly hear this great music and other recently issued material. He is missed.

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Thank You Mick and Crew
"...a smile on your face as you floated thru space..."
a last chance listen
RONSON'S LAST HURRAH
such a guitar player such a great album such loss

Heaven and Hull
Mick Ronson
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Release Date: 2001-08-21

Tracks:

Don't Look Down
Like a Rolling Stone
When the World Falls Down
Trouble With Me
Life's a River
You and Me
Colour Me
Take a Long Line
Midnight Love
All the Young Dudes

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Customer Reviews:

Thank You Mick and Crew.......2005-09-04

"...a smile on your face as you floated thru space...".......2003-05-23

a last chance listen.......2002-03-30

RONSON'S LAST HURRAH.......2001-09-04

such a guitar player such a great album such loss.......2001-08-16

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1. Don't Look Down
2. Like a Rolling Stone
3. When the World Falls Down
4. Trouble With Me
5. Life's a River
6. You and Me
7. Colour Me
8. Take a Long Line
9. Midnight Love
10. All the Young Dudes