The Hunter (Jennifer Warnes album)

The Hunter is the seventh album by Jennifer Warnes, released in 1992. It peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts.

The Hunter was released five years after her breakthrough album Famous Blue Raincoat. Classified as adult contemporary, the album is jazz/R&B infused.^[2] 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 Warnes's mentor Leonard Cohen, who makes a guest appearance on the track.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Rock You Gently" (Henry Gaffney, Gregory Abbott ) – 4:24
2. "Somewhere, Somebody" (Max Carl, Andrew Kastner, John McNally) – 2:47
3. "Big Noise, New York" (Marcelle Clements, Donald Fagen) – 5:02
4. "True Emotion" (John Fannin, Bill Ginn, Jennifer Warnes) – 4:05
5. "Pretending to Care" (Todd Rundgren) – 4:43
6. "The Whole of the Moon" (Mike Scott) – 5:00
7. "Lights of Louisianne" (Bacal, Muerer, Warnes) – 4:24
8. "Way Down Deep" (Leonard Cohen, Steve Forman, Amy LaTelevision, Warnes) – 5:45
9. "The Hunter" (Warnes) – 4:52
10. "I Can't Hide" (Warnes) – 4:49

Personnel

• Produced by Elliot Scheiner ^[4]
• Mastered by Bernie Grundman ^[5]
• Jennifer Warnes - vocals, harmony vocals
• David Mansfield - Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Appalachian Fiddle
• Judd Miller - Wind Synthesizer
• Rob Muerer - Synthesizer, Keyboards
• John "J.R." Robinson - Drums
• Larry Steelman - Synthesizer Strings
• Larry Williams - Saxophone
• Jorge Calderón - Bass, Producer
• Blondie Chaplin - Vocals

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ AmazonReview
3. ^ ArtistDirect
4. ^ AcousticSounds
5. ^ AcousticSounds