The Artful Dodger (album)

The Artful Dodger
Studio album by
Released1996 Norway; April 21, 1997 UK
Recorded1995
StudioNidaros Studios, Trondheim, Norway. Additional recordings at The Time Machine, Vermont, USA. Track 7 recorded live 4 October 1995, overdubbed later
GenreRock
Length55:09
LabelCitadel
ProducerBjörn Nessjö
Ian Hunter chronology
Dirty Laundry
(1995)
The Artful Dodger
(1996)
Rant
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic
Classic Rock

The Artful Dodger is the ninth solo album of Ian Hunter. Impressed with the production on Dirty Laundry, Hunter collaborated again with Björn Nessjö on this album.
The album was initially released in Norway only, because Hunter felt that he needed management before he could release it in the UK and the US.
The track "Michael Picasso" was a tribute to the late Mick Ronson. The temp is different from the version performed at the Mick Ronson Memorial Concert in 1994

The album received a broader re-release through MIG Music on July 7, 2014. This release features the original track listing plus one bonus track, "Fuck It Up".