Head Like a Rock

Head Like a Rock
Studio album by
Ian McNabb
Released4 July 1994
Recorded1993
StudioRed Zone Studios, Burbank, California; Mayfair Studios, Regents Park, London
GenreRock[1]
Length67:03
LabelThis Way Up
ProducerRobert Ian McNabb, John Porter
Ian McNabb chronology
Truth and Beauty
(1993) 		Head Like a Rock
(1994) 		Merseybeast
(1996)
Singles from Head Like a Rock
  1. "You Must Be Prepared to Dream"
    Released: June 1994
  2. "Go into the Light"
    Released: September 1994

Head Like a Rock is a 1994 concept album released on 4 July 1994,[2] and recorded by Ian McNabb.[3] McNabb's second solo album, it was nominated for the 1994 Mercury Music Prize.[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'. In early December 2013, 'Head Like a Rock (Expanded edition)' was announced on Amazon with a scheduled release date of January 28, 2013: "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]

  1. ^ Michael Sutton. "Head Like a Rock". AllMusic.
  2. ^ The Emotional Party: The Thoughts and Words of Ian McNabb
  3. ^ Leslie Carl Seiler. "merseybeasts - ian mcnabb discography". Merseybeasts.COM.
  4. ^ "Mercury Prize - Ian McNabb: Head Like a Rock - 1994 Shortlist - Albums of the Year". Mercury Prize. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  5. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 341. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  6. ^ "Head Like A Rock (2CD Expanded Edition): Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon UK. 2013.