All of the Good Ones Are Taken

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All of the Good Ones Are Taken
Studio album by Ian Hunter
Released	1983
Recorded	Winter 1982–83
Studio	Wizard Sound, New York
Genre	Rock
Length	42:03
Label	Columbia
Producer	Max Norman, Ian Hunter
Ian Hunter chronology
Short Back 'n' Sides (1981) All of the Good Ones Are Taken (1983) Shades of Ian Hunter (1988)

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All of the Good Ones Are Taken is the sixth solo studio album of Ian Hunter. The album contains a mix of several styles. Longtime collaborator Mick Ronson was mostly absent (he only played guitar on one track), because he was seriously considering quitting the music business.^[2]

In 2007, the album was reissued with a single bonus track. In a recent biography Ian Hunter explained that the song "Death 'n' Glory Boys" was inspired by the then-current Falklands war. Also, "Somethin's Goin' On" reflects Hunter's reaction to the Nuclear arms race. "Speechless" was later covered by Status Quo. "Every Step of the Way" was also later covered by The Monkees on their reunion album Pool It! (1987).