Head Like a Rock

Studio album by Ian McNabb

Released

July 1994

Recorded

1993

Genre

Rock^[1]

Length

67:03

Label

This Way Up

Producer

Robert Ian McNabb

Ian McNabb chronology

Singles from Merseybeast
Truth and Beauty (1993)	Head Like a Rock (1994)	Merseybeast (1996)
"You Must Be Prepared to Dream" Released: June 1994 "Go into the Light" Released: September 1994

Head Like a Rock is a 1994 concept album^[2] by Ian McNabb.^[3] The album was nominated for the 1994 Mercury Music Prize and was McNabb's second solo album.^[4] The album was recorded in Los Angeles with the backing band Crazy Horse. The album peaked at No. 29 on the official UK charts.^[5]

Late in 2012, Ian revealed that his first three studio albums were to be re-released as 'expanded editions' and subsequently in early December, a listing for 'Head Like a Rock (Expanded edition)' was put on Amazon with a scheduled release date of 28 January 2013. The product description reading; "This expanded version has been re-mastered by Ian himself and is a testament to the great album it was, enhanced with upgraded packaging and a bonus disc of the B-sides that came with the assorted singles. This is a great addition to the canon of Ian's work"^[6]

Track listing

"Fire Inside My Soul" (8:35)
"You Must Be Prepared to Dream" (6:57)
"Child Inside a Father" (9:02)
"Still Got the Fever" (7:29)
"Potency"(4:38)
"Go Into the Light" (4:08)
"As a Life Goes By" (4:42)
"Sad Strange Solitary Catholic Mystic" (4:45)
"This Time Is Forever"(5:38)
"May You Always" (10:51)

Expanded Edition (Disc 2)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"That's Why The Darkness Exists" (B-side of You Must Be Prepared to Dream, With guest drummer Zak Starkey)	3:23
2.	"Sometimes I Think About You" (B-side of You Must Be Prepared to Dream)	4:20
3.	"Woo Yer" (B-side of You Must Be Prepared to Dream)	3:20
4.	"Love Is A Wonderful Colour" (B-side of You Must Be Prepared to Dream)	4:17
5.	"When It All Comes Down" (B-side of You Must Be Prepared to Dream)	4:27
6.	"Time You Were In Love" (B-side of Go into the Light)	4:25
7.	"Go Into The Light (Celestial Dub Mix)" (A-side of Go into the Light)	7:21
8.	"Rock" (B-side of Go into the Light)	3:00
9.	"I Stood Before St Peter" (B-side of Go into the Light)	3:47

References

↑ Michael Sutton. "Head Like a Rock". AllMusic.
↑ The Emotional Party: The Thoughts and Words of Ian McNabb
↑ Leslie Carl Seiler. "merseybeasts - ian mcnabb discography". Merseybeasts.COM.
↑ "Mercury Prize - Ian McNabb: Head Like a Rock - 1994 Shortlist - Albums of the Year".
↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 341. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
↑ "Head Like A Rock (2CD Expanded Edition): Amazon.co.uk: Music".

Ian McNabb

Studio albums	Truth and Beauty Head Like a Rock Merseybeast A Party Political Broadcast on Behalf of the Emotional Party Ian McNabb The Gentleman Adventurer Before All of This Great Things Little Episodes Eclectic Warrior

Side albums	Waifs and Strays Boots People Don't Stop Believin Krugerrands Respectfully Yours

Compilation albums	My Own Way: The Words & Music of Ian McNabb Potency: The Best of Ian McNabb

Live albums	Live at Life How We Live: At the Philharmonic

Singles	Great Dreams of Heaven These Are the Days If Love Was Like Guitars I'm Game (I Go) My Own Way You Must Be Prepared to Dream Go into the Light Don't Put Your Spell on Me Merseybeast Little Princess Let The Young Girl Do What She Wants To

Related articles	The Icicle Works Solo Discography Songs

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