Postscript, Ian Hunter, YUI Orta, 8th Album

YUI Orta was issued by Mercury Records in America on 3 October 1989 and 22 January 1990 in Britain. The album artwork by Martin Kanner included photography by Mick Rock and critics generally praised the effort. The album hit #157 for Billboard but did not chart in Britain. It was marketed by Mercury Records with the American Music single and Women's Intuition. Polygram produced an impressive marketing video for American Music dramatically revealing a boy-girl relationship highlighting the 1950s glory of Jerry Lee Lewis, Muddy Waters, Little Richard, and Chuck Berry. 

The band played twenty five concerts during January and February 1990 and crowds celebrated but some members of the press flaunted ageism. It was poor timing in that Ian's mother Freda Patterson had passed away in early 1989 and unfortunately was aware of bad reviews. 

Poor sales scuttled further discussion of additional touring or label interest in another recording. Label upheaval ended any further promotion which killed the record. Hunter reflects that perhaps the production is lacking but was still proud of Following in Your Footsteps and Sweet Dreamer.

Respectfully disagreeing with Hunter this was the most powerful and hardest rocking album of his solo career but once again his career appeared to be at a standstill despite producing an exceptionally strong effort. 

If that were not bad enough a total tragedy was about to strike. 

Ian Hunter On Track for Sonicbond Publishing, TheDoctorOfDigital@pm.me