Mott

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One of the albums of all time

Nr. 32/1001 All the Way from Memphis 4/5 Whizz Kid 3/5 Hymn for the Dudes 4/5 Honaloochi Boogie 3/5 Violence 3/5 Drivin' Sister 4/5 Ballad of Mott the Hoople 4/5 I'm a Cadillac 4/5 I Wish I Was Your Mother 4/5 Rose 4/5 Average: 3,7 Nothing extraordinary, but thoroughly enjoyable

Mott the Hoople are a weird one - started life as a meat'n'potatoes rock band much like early Slade, then got lucky at the last minute with a Bowie song, glammed it up and never looked back (for a while). Ian Hunter can't really sing, but his voice sounds great in context. Weirdly self-mythologizing, about of half of their big glam songs seem to be tales of hardship in their workhorse period, as if they were folk heroes returning from a foreign war or something. Obviously, stick to the Greatest Hits, but fully 50% of this album is on there. Have a 4 for the greatest hits (check out Roll Away The Stone, my favorite glam song, Bowie included) and for the fabulous album cover!

Always a fan of this group!! Not an album I had heard ..Loved it!

Unremarkable glam rock. Apparently Mott was offered Suffragette City by Bowie - they should have taken it.

Glam rock is one of the easiest genres to mess up. It can be really good, or really bad. It isn’t hard to go completely off the deep end and make something really lame. Such is the case with this album. Most of what I’m about to say is going to sound really harsh. And I get it. If you and your bandmates had been at it for almost 4 years, were 6 albums deep, and had tried a multitude of different genres ranging from heavy psych to country rock, anybody would want to be like Bowie after seeing the success he had with Ziggy Stardust. And they had already attempted the glam rock thing in previous years. But what I wouldn’t recommend doing is swinging for the fences as hard as they do here. Maybe it’s not as bad as I’m making it out to be, but it feels like they are trying to really capture that same lighting in a bottle energy. Especially with the singer. Dude sounds eerily similar to Bowie. The problem with trying to “capture” that same energy is that there is only one David Bowie. And there’s a reason why no one has really come close to mastering the genre in the way he did. This has none of the personality or flair, and as far as I’m concerned, doesn’t revolve around any story or concept. Bowie always put a piece of himself into every project, one way or another. It’s what set him apart. This is just another 70s band of guys with long hair. Even with T. Rex, at least they had a little more going on. Beyond all of that, this is also very uninteresting. It feels stale after the first song, and the only real highlights are basically below average 70s rock songs. Just another one of the seemingly endless number of albums I’ll probably forget about a week from now. Rating: 4/10

9/10 fantastic glam rock album really love this stuff

Fun & upbeat. Reminded me a bit of some popular artists, one that comes to mind is Billy Joel.

I've only listened to the radio songs by this band. High energy rock and roll with plenty of entertainment value. If this doesn't put a smile on your face it's not Mott's fault.

Mott 4 Ever.

Great

Loved everything about this album.

BOP AFTER BOP

I have always loved this album. It may have taken Mott a while to find their footing (with more than a little help from David Bowie and Mick Ronson), but they put it all together on this one. It didn't last long and after one more great album Ian Hunter went on to a long solo career (and is still making vibrant music in 2023 into his mid-80s). The combination of classic rock, glam and punk was perfect. Hunter's voice, always limited in range, wrote songs and arrangements that were aligned with such limitations, and Mick Ralphs guitar (on his last Mott outing before forming Bad Company) is tasteful and powerful.

Never heard of them before. I thought they sounded like David Bowie and then looked up the bands history. Awesome album.

Hadn’t listened to any albums, but liked their popular songs. This was great.

Mott the Hoople in the game of life.... yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.... in all seriousness, this is some stellar stuff and way more than I was anticipating. Whether this was at the zenith of the glam rock zeitgeist or at the beginning of the end, Mott is pure glamorous swagger throughout, from album cover on down. Don't dismiss the more soulful songs that are on the album too, Hymn for the Dudes and Ballad of Mott the Hoople!

Good classic rock

Fun

Great album this if you like influential Glam/Rock. Thanks to David Jones these boys played a little longer than they should. If it hadn't been for Bowie letting them have All The Young Dudes as a single after this then they would have quit a lot earlier than they did. Love "All The Way From Memphis" "Honaloochie Boogie" and "The Ballad Of Mott" which gives some insight into how close they where to quitting. Good Album and definitely on my list of Albums to hear before you die!

oooh I like this already. some incredible 70s rock n roll. wasn’t a fan of the first half of the double track “I’m A Cadillac/“El Camino Dolo Roso” but the second half was amazing made me feel some kinda way. love me an all guy band with tight trousers and long hair 😍

Decent stuff, you can hear Bowie inmost of their songs.

I don't really know anything about Mott the Hoople, but from start to finish this sounds *exactly* like a musical soundtrack album. I have no idea what the plot of the musical is, but the band is really into it, and it seems to be filled with a lot of campy, knowing irony. If nothing else, it feels like Meatloaf and Pulp traveled back in time and had this as a baby. An ugly, awkward but very musical screaming baby, with David Bowie perhaps looking on as godfather. Fun, but weird. (A shame that the Wikipedia entry has literally *nothing* useful about this album, although it *does* note that Bowie did indeed have a connection to them, having offered them two songs, "Suffragette city" (declined) and "All the young dudes" (fully embraced).) Edit: somewhat hilariously, I got about halfway through what I thought was this album (having followed the YouTubeMusic link from the project page), when I discovered that I'd been listening to "Hoople" (1974). Amazingly, when I found the correct album, I discovered my review so far remained largely the same, although I'd say that "Hoople" is if anything a bit more glam and musical-sounding, while "Mott" is a bit more Bowie-reverent.

Sometimes there are records that you should like or at least find interesting based off of your other tastes, but they end up doing nothing for you. This is one of those for me. Its a fine glam record, but it doesn’t really have charm or the highs of a Bowie or T-Rex record. Solid, but not earth shattering.

Subjectively, drab. Objectively, drab. Would anyone be talking about Mott were it not for Bowie? I doubt it.

(if you want a more passable and more influential Mott album go with "All the Young Dudes") Mott the Hoople had a couple releases so far and if it wasn't for the smash hit 'All the Young Dudes', they would've broke up with today no one knowing who they were. But this single kept them above water for a couple more years until they disbanded in '74. This album is one of the two that most people point to as their biggest achievement album-wise and if you listen to the album, you soon realise that their highest points were pretty average and there isn't much special about the album. It's okay Glam Rock that definitely tries way to hard while succeeding with the fewest moments. Opening track 'All the Way From Memphis' sounds like Proto-Britpop which already throws me off. The hook's quite nice even if they should've done more and the piano riff is kinda cool but overall the song feels so over the top with what they tried to do that nothing really fits together and I am left wondering how this was extended into 5 minutes of a song. This should've been a two minute intro at max but not the fourth longest song. The bridge, the guitar, the vocals, nothing fits and it feels so... just not good. It's a bad song that could've been saved but wasn't. There's a little bit of Hard Rock in 'Whizz Kid' and that actually improves the song. It's got a nice theatrical structure with how the verses are presented and how they move into the pre-chorus. The vocals are less annoying, the guitar sounds good and it overall just works better even if it stays pretty boring. The first song was at least memorable for being not good, this is just boring with a couple of nice moments that aren't really extended on. 'Hymn for the Dudes' is dramatic, full of theatrical performance and builds up like some sort of Opera. It is a pretty decent song, I especially like the intro, and it for some reason reminds me of a certain song but I cannot pin down which one. But the song in general is, again, pretty boring. It's got moments that make me hope that it'll turn better but they just build on the basic aspects of the song instead of the good ones. The song's just a full on snoozer until the guitar solo but then it goes right back. With 'Honaloochie Boogie' we get the first actual good song. It has a nice Pop melody and some weird effects as well as a pretty alright chorus that is weirdly fun to listen to and pretty energetic. The song isn't like perfect or anything but it's alright. It's good. Listenable. And with 'Violence', the first half already ends. The song's a slight return to the heavier sound from Track 2 but this time with some Proto-Punk style both with the vocal delivery and the guitar riff. For some reason they added strings which doesn't fit at all and makes the song sound really weird and dissonant and not in the way were it's good, no this just makes the song bad. It doesn't work. The whole song feels off and like they can't play any of their instruments. It's just terrible, like actually unpleasant and not in the good way. 'Drivin' Sister' gets things going on the second side with some nice guitar riffs and an okay song arround it. It's got a Rock n' Roll feel to it with a lot of Boogie arround it. It's alright but the bridge doesn't fit at all and makes the whole thing twice as boring. The car sound effect is a nice detail but it doesn't safe the song from falling pretty short in general. It's not good and just boring. The slight harmonica blues additions on 'Ballad of Mott the Hoople' are quite interesting and the songs structure creates some moments that aren't bad at all. The main problem is just that the song is way to long and for being a ballad about themselves... it's pretty boring which does pretty much summarize them, I guess. Yeah, not a good song. For some reason they though having a 5 minute snoozer wasn't enough because they added a nearly 8 minute song right after. 'I'm a Cadillac / El camino dolo roso' is made up of two parts but that doesn't really matter as the first part, which is actually quite a good song, gets destroyed by the second half which is just... wait let say it in universal words: "Zzzz Zzzz". After around 3 minutes, the song removes most of the energetic Glam Rock and adds some very present acoustic guitar and turns the whole song into classic British Folk Rock but in bad. These few minutes are dreadfull boring with the few exceptions of a guitar breaking through which awake you from your slumber but as there isn't much more, you fall right back into other worlds that try to avoid whatever hits your ears as much as possible. Ok, that was maybe a bit too harsh but the song gets ruined and ends up being boring. The daring idea of the song is just not converted well at any point. 'I Wish I Was Your Mother' closes the album and the song is like most stuff here, pretty boring and without many interesting things. The only thing that makes the song somewhat cool? is the fact that the vocals for some reason feel a lot like some parts on "Pictures of You" by The Cure. Don't ask me why I think they sound alike but I do know that one of them is much better. This song is pretty boring and why the actual f is there a mandolin here??? favourites: Honaloochie Boogie, Whizz Kid least favourites: Violence, El camino dolo roso, All the Way From Memphis, I Wish I Was Your Mother Rating: light to decent 4 https://rateyourmusic.com/~Emil_ph for more ratings, reviews and takes

Deeply disappointed, to where I started getting angry on behalf of all the talented people who never got any support from a record company while these guys apparently floundered for half a dozen albums. As far as I can tell, their only great work was whatever Bowie and Ronson had left in the tank after Ziggy Stardust and Lou Reed.

Exactly what I expected, which was excellent, hooky, darkly funny songs.

Probably a 4.5 really, so rounding up in this case, vibe hard with the sound 👍

Amazing proto glam rock that clearly inspired 1000k musicians. Love hearing the slippery smooth stylings that inspired david bowie.

Great album. Exceeded my expectations.

Brilliant glam/rock album, I have the LP (original English cover art is much better)

9/10. In my opinion, 1970's hard rock is hard to get wrong. This isn't the most innovative album of all time, but it is still thoroughly enjoyable!!! :)

Mott The Hoople were the living embodiment of rock and roll - and Ian Hunter still is. I love this band. Their Live album is criminally underrated and is easily in the top 5 live albums ever.

Really great album. Glam meets boogie rock perfected.. So many great songs, All the Way From Memphis, Honaloochie Boogie, Violence, Drivin' Sister and I Wish I Was your Mother. I l also just absolute love the way Ian Hunter sings on this album.

Really great record that doesn’t fit neatly into any category. Is it glam? There’s definitely a Bowie influence (or was it the other way around?). Rock and roll with sax and piano and Ian Hunters fantastic emotive vocals pulling all together perfectly. Also, I was introduced to Mott the Hoople in high school by a buddy who was a huge fan so there’s a big nostalgia factor here.

I cannot express to you enough how much I loved the music on this album. I literally lost myself when I was listening to the musical aspect. The vocals(although worked well with some songs) overall is just not my thing. Reminded me a lot of Bob Dylans voice, which again, I just can't appreciate. I would however keep this album in my steady rotation for the music alone. SO GOOD!

This album is so influenced by Bowie that it might as well be by The Spiders from Mars. To be clear, that is a compliment from me. Favorite track: Honaloochie Boogie

All The Young Ddudes – what a great track!

Banger enjoyed it very much. It’s as old as my mum also 🙃 8-9/10 idk.

Goofy hippies all day.

Great Album. Ian Hunter is underrated. One of the best, most identifiable voices in Rock. Big fan of his solo work. Saw the “reunion” show a few years ago and it was fantastic. These songs remind me of what it could of been if I was a few years older when this was released. Mandolin on “ I Wish I Was Your Mother”…now that’s Glam!

Pretty fire

Amazing

I love it

This is fine stuff, hitting the sweet spot between glam, hard rock, rock n roll and pop. Ian Hunter has the perfect voice for a mid-70s band, the songs are dry and witty and Mick Ralphs guitar is wonderful. One of those albums you can play time and time again with tiring of it.

👍🏻

Gute Rockmusik mit solider Handarbeit, etwas Stones, etwas Doors und etwas Who. Gutes Album.

I love Bowie and Dylan so I’m not surprised that I loved this album, although it was my first time hearing it. Happy discovery.

The beginnings of the 70’s Glam rock scene.. Weird song titles, a bit spacey but some damn good strong riffs in many of the songs.

Great album with some glam rock vibes

4/5

"I think we should sound like Bowie." "I think we should sound like Dylan." "Guys, lets compromise."

I guess I was in the mood for some glam rock, because I enjoyed this. Yes, they sound like a Bowie knock-off, and on one song a Dylan knock-off, but I don't have a problem with that

TIL that David Bowie gifted them with “all the young dudes” after Mott the Hoople turned down “Suffragette City,” which is wild because who hears suffragette city and isn’t like “damn this rules so hard”

I think I like the sound and vibe of this album a little more than I liked all the songs. I was at a four, might’ve slipped down to a three, but I’m sticking to my original assessment. Like the riffs, Ian Hunter is an easily recognizable vocalist. What the fuck is a hoople?

Jäkligt nice glammigt album. Någon låt för långt och lite otajt på nåt sätt men annars gött. Wish I was your mother är en låt jag tar med mig från detta.

With an excess of success under their belts Mott the Hoople bring out a near-concept album about rock n roll excess. The trademark Stones influenced loose sleaze is there, with Ian Hunter’s Dylan tribute vocal style. There’s also an audible influence of glam on this record, again a product of Hunter’s knowingly suggestive delivery. Like so many records of this era, there’s more than a touch of nostalgia for simpler times, not to say a dose of darkness, as if the young dudes have come awake the morning after and noticed they are in a nightmare. By the way, you’ve got to love Hunter for the track title, ‘I wish I was your mother’!

Rockcito clásico. Bien setentoso

Great Glam Rock album. Seemed influenced by Bowie and his stylings. Enjoyable and would listen again.

Really good album, a lot of fantaisy in their songs a bit like Queen, it sounded really original not a classic rock album from the 70s. I particularly enjoyed "All The Way From Memphis" with a really good sax solo. "Honaloochie Boogie" and "Ballad of Moot People" were pretty nice too especially the second one really chill but with something really powerful in the voice.

Thoughts before listening: Glam rock band who is famous for a Bowie cover with "All the Young Dudes". I didn't know all that much about them otherwise. Review: So this is the follow up to All the Young Dudes, and while nothing really rises to the heights of that song, this is still a very fun listen. In fact, this was one of those albums that grew on me more and more as I listened. There are some really cool songs on here, and I'm surprised that Mott the Hoople aren't more celebrated outside of their biggest hit. 4-stars

This was a lot more fun than I thought it would be. I really liked it

Before you dog on this album for being a "Bowie ripoff" or whatever, do a little thought exercise with me. You stumble into a bar on a Thursday night, you've had a long day, and you'd like to take the edge off with a few beers. Lo and behold, Mott the Hoople is the band tonight. They start playing this album. After a few beers, are you really gonna sit there and say, "Man this sucks" or are you gonna be in awe of the best damn Bowie cover band you've ever seen? Just think about that.

First listen to this album from start to finish. Mostly familiar with the hits of this band. I dug it. This is in my lane. Enjoyable listen.

It's store own brand David Bowie, but it's the kind of own brand product that's actually a good alternative.

Looks like I’m an outlier. But u always enjoy the energy from Mott the Hoople. No idea what their name means but their music is fun. 4/5

4 out of 5. I've heard of Mott the Hoople as one of Mick Jones' influences so it was nice to finally take some time to listen to this album.

This is good

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If you like Ziggy Stardust era David Bowie, but hate his voice, this is the album for you. For me, it is a good album, that might have been great if it had David Bowie.

Overall, I like this. It falls between early Roxy Music and The Sweet as far as art vs. aspirations for pop stardom, and the Bowie connection/worship is also evident. If you like that stuff you'll probably like this.

Lot of fun, did peak with the first song

Great fun

Nice.

It is insane how much this sounds like Bowie. I read that Mott the Hoople was offered the rights to Suffregate City and turned it down, so then Bowie took it. Solid album! Favourite songs: Drivin' Sister, Whizz Kid, All the Way From Memphis, I'm a Cadillac/El Camino Dolo Roso, I Wish I Was Your Mother, Honaloochie Boogie, Ballad of Mott the Hoople Least favourite songs: Hymn for the Dudes 4/5

Enjoyed it, never have listened to them much, not have I listened to this album all the way through.

These guys are blatant Bowie ripoffs (which makes sense considering Bowie wrote their biggest hit), but as a Bowie fan I don't mind. They stay within the style of Bowie's more straightforward rock songs of the era and do a lot of cool stuff with dynamics in particular. There's not a lot here that feels innovative for 1973, but again, I feel like I'm only saying that because these guys wear their Bowie influence on their sleeves.

Not much to say other than I liked most of this and wouldn't think twice about playing it again. 3.5/4

Great alhum. Hadn't heard it before but of course this sounds like Bowie. This is more straightforward though. Still really enjoyed it. 4/5

Mott the Hoople are a good band, should listen to them more. Maybe they seem kinda generic in the scheme of things but their sound is appealing to me and the songwriting is tight. B

Although the Bowie associations are obvious, Mott the Hoople seems to have also taken a fair bit of inspiration from Bob Dylan. This aural combo of Bob and Bowie, two of my top musical artists of all time, makes for an alluring album about a band in transit, touring, never boring, and always in trouble.

Great album that I had not heard before. All The Young Dudes album beats it by a whisker.

Pretty cool, but nothing spectacular. Interesting band to end up here, but I can dig it.

Very solid 70s album with great musicians. The lead singer definitely shows the influence Bowie had on him.

It’s a good deep dive. I’m a new fan.

Violence, Violins...get it? (Okay maybe that's corny but I loved it anyway.) I'd heard of this band, but did not know any of their songs. I learned that David Bowie didn't want this band to break up and produced the album that came before this one. His continued influence is quite loud. I thought this was really fun and am surprised how much I like it. Probably a high 3 / light 4, so rounding up.

Solid. I wasn't feeling it at first, but it ended up growing a bit on me. I wasn't too blown away, but I did enjoy the instrumentals. Vocal work was decent. 'I'm a Cadillac / El Camino Dolo Roso' was my pick for a fave.

It's by no means ground breaking, but a really enjoyable listen with a rockier edge than it's very obvious influences

not long before i actually got around to listening to this my grandma got me slightly drunk which was bad for my ability to write a meaty description but probably v good for my enjoyment. melodic and inventive and super super fun, a lot more dylan DNA then i expected from a glam rock act, and with a similar strange and charming sense of humor. it would take more knowledge of the band and familiarity with their music to parse that self-conscious silliness to any greater degree but it was maybe the most delightful surprise for me! sorta fitting for their coach z ass band name

## In-Depth Review of *Mott* by Mott The Hoople *Mott*, released in 1973, marks a significant turning point for Mott The Hoople, showcasing a blend of glam rock and poignant storytelling that defines their sound. This album not only solidified their place in rock history but also served as a personal reflection of the band's journey through the tumultuous music industry. ### ****Lyrics The lyrics of *Mott* are characterized by their autobiographical nature and emotional depth. Lead vocalist and primary songwriter Ian Hunter explores themes of disillusionment, fame, and the struggles of life on the road. The lyrics resonate with a sense of authenticity, as Hunter candidly expresses the bittersweet realities faced by a band on the brink of success yet grappling with internal conflicts. - **"All the Way From Memphis"**: This track is based on a true story about guitarist Mick Ralphs' misadventures while touring. The lyrics convey a sense of longing and frustration, encapsulating the chaotic life of a touring musician. - **"Honaloochie Boogie"**: Here, Hunter captures the essence of the glam rock scene, celebrating its vibrancy while acknowledging its superficiality. The playful lyrics juxtapose the excitement of fame with the emptiness that often accompanies it. - **"Ballad of Mott the Hoople (26th March 1972, Zurich)"**: This song serves as a poignant reflection on the band's struggles and eventual disbandment. Hunter's storytelling shines through as he recounts personal experiences and acknowledges the harsh realities of their journey. Overall, Hunter's lyrics are both relatable and introspective, providing listeners with a glimpse into the emotional landscape of a band navigating the highs and lows of rock stardom. ### ****Music Musically, *Mott* is a rich tapestry that blends rock, glam, and elements of blues. The album showcases Mott The Hoople's versatility and growth as musicians. - **Production**: For this album, Mott The Hoople took on production duties themselves after previously working with David Bowie. This shift allowed them to explore their sound more freely. The production is characterized by a raw energy that captures the band's live performance essence while incorporating polished arrangements. - **Instrumentation**: The album features dynamic guitar riffs, driving rhythms, and layered harmonies. Songs like "All the Way From Memphis" open with catchy piano chords that set an upbeat tone, while "I Wish I Was Your Mother" transitions into a haunting ballad that highlights Hunter's vocal range. - **Song Structure**: Tracks are well-crafted with memorable hooks and engaging choruses. The balance between rock anthems like "Honaloochie Boogie" and more reflective pieces like "I Wish I Was Your Mother" creates a diverse listening experience. ### ****Themes *Mott* encapsulates several overarching themes that resonate throughout its tracks: - **Disillusionment with Fame**: Many songs reflect on the darker side of celebrity culture and the challenges faced by artists in maintaining authenticity amidst commercial pressures. - **Nostalgia and Reflection**: Hunter's lyrics often evoke feelings of nostalgia as he looks back on his experiences with both fondness and regret. - **Identity Crisis**: The album explores themes of self-discovery and identity within the context of fame, as Hunter grapples with his role in the band and his personal life. These themes contribute to an emotional depth that elevates *Mott* beyond mere entertainment; it becomes a narrative about resilience in the face of adversity. ### ****Influence *Mott* has had a lasting impact on rock music and continues to influence artists across genres. Its blend of glam rock aesthetics with introspective songwriting paved the way for future musicians to explore similar themes. - **Glam Rock Movement**: The album is often cited as one of the defining works of glam rock, influencing bands like Queen and T. Rex who embraced theatricality in their music. - **Legacy**: Tracks from *Mott* have been covered by various artists over the years, showcasing its enduring appeal. The album's exploration of complex emotions within a rock framework has inspired countless musicians to delve into personal storytelling in their work. ### ****Pros and Cons #### Pros - **Authenticity**: The album's introspective lyrics provide an authentic glimpse into the band's experiences, resonating deeply with listeners. - **Musical Diversity**: A well-rounded mix of upbeat tracks and poignant ballads showcases Mott The Hoople's versatility as musicians. - **Production Quality**: Self-produced by the band, *Mott* captures a raw energy while maintaining polished arrangements that enhance its overall sound. #### Cons - **Inconsistent Tone**: Some critics argue that while many tracks shine, others may feel less focused or lack cohesion within the album's broader narrative. - **Production Choices**: Although self-produced, some fans feel certain elements could have benefitted from tighter production to enhance energy levels in specific tracks. ### Conclusion In conclusion, *Mott* by Mott The Hoople stands as a landmark album in rock history. Its combination of compelling lyrics, diverse musical styles, and significant themes creates an enduring legacy that continues to resonate with audiences today. While it may have its flaws, *Mott* remains a powerful testament to the band's journey through fame and self-discovery, solidifying its place among classic rock masterpieces.

Had forgotten about this album, solid work and great music.

a nice listen!! very bowie-esque at times (one song just sounds like they wrote a bowie song and sang with a bowie impression) but overall cool

This album fells like it would fit in the Bob Dylan catalog in the mid to late 70s. Enjoyable.

better than i thought it would be

Never listened to Mott and surprised how much I enjoyed this. Bowies influence all over it probably inflated the score but still some great songs (Memphis and hymn were highlights)

It got a bit messy in the middle, but other than that, I quite enjoyed that. My favourites were All the Way from Memphis and Ballad of Mott The Hoople.

4.0

The lyrics are a bit unremarkable, but sometimes they’ll unleash the tastiest guitar tone ever. Overall it’s a bit of a wash, but I want the info on their rig.