Hooked (Great White album)

Hooked is the fifth studio album by American rock band Great White, released on February 26, 1991. Though lacking a recognizable hit single and not as commercially successful as ...Twice Shy,^[4] it still managed to peak at No. 18 on the Billboard 200 album chart.^[5] The album was certified Gold in April 1991^[6] and was the band's last to feature bassist Tony Montana.

Hooked
Studio album by Great White
Released	February 26, 1991
Recorded	September–November 1990
Studio	Total Access (Redondo Beach, California)
Genre	Hard rock
Length	51:58
Label	Capitol
Producer	Alan Niven, Michael Lardie
Great White chronology
...Twice Shy (1989) Hooked (1991) Psycho City (1992)
Singles from Hooked
"Congo Square" Released: February 1991 "Desert Moon" Released: 1991 "Call It Rock n' Roll" Released: September 1991
Hooked
Alternative cover artwork.
Live in New York
Japanese edition bonus CD

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	4/10^[2]
Q Magazine	^[3]

In Q Magazine 's Jeff Clark-Meads described the album as "relaxed, mellow and endearing - though this is likely to engender disappointment for those who hitherto considered Great White a metal act."^[3]

Cover art

The original album cover art was photographed by famous fashion photographer John Scarpati and features a nude female model (Kristine Rose) being hoisted out of the sea by a large hook. The cover was judged too risque by the label and replaced by art director Hugh Syme shortly after the initial pressing with an alternative cover that has the hook still below the sea level and the model partially submerged, so that only her head and arms are visible.^{[citation needed]}

Desert Moon

The song "Desert Moon" was a minor hit and on February 20, 2003, was Great White's live opening song during which pyrotechnics ignited The Station nightclub fire, killing 100 people, including the band’s then-lead guitarist Ty Longley. The band did not perform "Desert Moon" live for six years after the fire, but as of 2009, they have resumed performing the song again.^{[citation needed]}

The initial Japanese pressing retained the original cover, and added a bonus CD entitled Live in New York, recorded at Electric Lady Studios on May 31, 1991.^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Call It Rock N' Roll"	Tony Montana, Michael Lardie, Alan Niven, Jack Russell, Mark Kendall	3:56
2.	"The Original Queen of Sheba"	Rick Brewster, Niven, Lardie	4:39
3.	"Cold Hearted Lovin'"	Mark Anderson, Niven, Russell	4:19
4.	"Can't Shake It" (The Angels cover)	John Brewster, Bernard Neeson, R. Brewster	4:45
5.	"Lovin' Kind"	Lardie, Niven	4:45
6.	"Heartbreaker"	Lardie, Niven, Kendall, Russell	6:44
7.	"Congo Square"	Kendall, Niven	6:57
8.	"South Bay Cities"	Niven, Lardie	5:25
9.	"Desert Moon"	Lardie, Niven, Kendall, Russell	4:32
10.	"Afterglow" (Small Faces cover)	Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane	5:49

Japanese 2005 remastered edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Train to Nowhere" (Savoy Brown cover)	Kim Simmonds, Chris Youlden	4:31
12.	"Weak Brain and Narrow Mind" (Willie Dixon cover)	Willie Dixon	3:12
13.	"Down at the Doctor (featuring Clarence Clemons)" (Dr. Feelgood cover)	Mickey Jupp	3:41
14.	"The Hunter" (Albert King cover)	Carl Wells, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson, Jr., Booker T. Jones	4:12

Live in New York

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro"	0:35
2.	"Train to Nowhere"	4:34
3.	"Cold Hearted Lovin'"	4:34
4.	"The Hunter"	4:24
5.	"Desert Moon"	4:15
6.	"Band Intro's"	1:04
7.	"Weak Brain and Narrow Mind"	3:04
8.	"Rock Me"	7:49
9.	"Down at the Doctor"	3:24
10.	"Can't Shake It"	4:46
11.	"Once Bitten Twice Shy"	6:13

Personnel

Great White

• Jack Russell – lead and backing vocals
• Mark Kendall – guitars, backing vocals
• Michael Lardie – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, producer, arrangements, engineer
• Tony Montana – bass
• Audie Desbrow – drums

Additional musicians

• Alan Niven – backing vocals, producer, arrangements
• Michael Thompson – slide guitar solo on track 3
• Simone Shook – backing vocals
• Terry Sasser – backing vocals

Production

• Melissa Sewell – engineer
• George Marino – mastering
• Hugh Syme – art direction, design

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1991) Peak position Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[8] 27 Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)^[9] 25 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[10] 32 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[11] 5 UK Albums (OCC)^[12] 43 US Billboard 200^[13] 18 Year-end charts Chart (1991) Position US Billboard 200^[14] 90

Singles Congo Square Chart (1991) Peak position UK Singles (OCC)^[15] 62 Desert Moon Chart (1991) Peak position US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)^[16] 16 Call It Rock 'n' Roll Chart (1991) Peak position UK Singles (OCC)^[17] 67 US Billboard Hot 100^[18] 53 US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)^[16] 4

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[19]	Gold	50,000^^
United States (RIAA)^[20]	Gold	500,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Huey, Steve. "Great White Hooked review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
2. Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
3. Clark-Meads, Jeff (March 5, 1991). "Hooked review". Q Magazine. 55: 68.
4. "Hooked Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
5. "Hooked Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
6. "RIAA Searchable Database: search for "Great White"". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
7. "Great White Live in New York". Heavy Harmonies.com. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
8. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 1503". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
9. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
10. "Offiziellecharts.de – Great White – Hooked" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
11. "Swisscharts.com – Great White – Hooked". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
12. "Great White | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
13. "Great White Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
14. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
15. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
16. "Great White Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
17. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
18. "Great White Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
19. "Canadian album certifications – Great White – Hooked". Music Canada.
20. "American album certifications – Great White – Hooked". Recording Industry Association of America.

External links

• John Scarpati official website