Mott

A good album to chill

surprising...grew on me.

Классный альбом напомнил моего любимого Боуи. Глем-рок 70-х

All the young dudes! This song isn’t on this album but ya feel it still

Bowiesque

Classic rock tunes

Rock! And Roll!

Love this! Glad Bowie encouraged them not to break up.

It seems very of it’s time, not in a bad way, it’s not overly sexist or anything, they are singing about old a Stuff that at the time would’ve been new stuff.

At first I thought it sounded like any other rock n roll from that era and a bit forgettable but as it went on it got better, good fun. Can't believe Chole gave it a 1.

Surprised me, was very enjoyable and had a lot of different styles

It sounds a lot like Bowie. They were obviously inspired by him in some way, and I think they've done a fantastic job of recreating his sound and feel. Sure it's not a perfect replica but it's definitely not sub-par. Favorite track: I Wish I Was Your Mother

I love how influential this album is. I hear so much Dylan inspiration that would go on to inspire Bowie to create many great albums. I love the ensemble production on these songs with their wide arrangement of instruments, not to mention that they are bangers as well. My only complaint is that the first track has an annoying bit at around the 4 minute mark, but a great album over all. Highlights: 2, 3, 7, and 9.

Loved It. Brilliant stuff. A proper 1970s album. One for the car driving home from god knows where, on a Friday afternoon. 4/5.

I do remember them... but I liked them more on this album!

Ian Hunter's vocals sound so fresh despite the album being almost 50 years old. A good English rock album

I really loved the first song, so it's a shame that the rest of the album didn't quite live up to it. But I still quite enjoyed it. Just good old rock by some guys who may or may not have enjoyed some recreational marijuana or other substances (not judging). I also enjoyed the occasional harpsichord, sound samples and over the top guitars.

Great stuff. Some bits sounded like the love child of Davids Bowie and Gilmour.

Good album! Rock n roll!

Sehr wie früher Bowie, nett

much more classic rock than i was expecting. very good vibes.

Really enjoyable Glam Rock, never heard of this band, but glad this came up. I get why Bowie saw something here.

A decent album. Enjoyed it.

Really good - I can see why Mott fans love Mott!

Like the last Mott album I got, I was pleasantly surprised by this album. Maybe it was due to lowered expectations (I've had a lot of duds lately) butthe songwriting is surprisingly solid and, while there are some tracks that are way too try-hard, the band sticks to its own thing for the most part. And that thing is solid. Not amazing. But really solid.

Mott the Hoople were on their fifth LP and no one really cared about them when David Bowie gifted them one of the most iconic glam rock songs in “All the Young Dudes.” This is the next album after the one hit wonder someone else wrote for them. “Mott” continues being a passable cover act for Bowie, if you happened to feel that Aladdin Sane and Pin-Ups was too little Bowie-like work for 1973. It even has, ostensibly, a sequel to that ubiquitous hit, in “Hymn for the Dudes.” It's one of the Bowie-est things to be written and recorded by Not Bowie, and it admittedly hits the right notes overall. There are obviously many, many worse things to try and ape. The thing is, when you are aping a classic artist this hard, it is hard to hear your work in any other context… ESPECIALLY if your last album was intrinsically linked to that same artist. And compared to Bowie, ESPECIALLY Just Post Ziggy Bowie, this is thin homemade oat milk against double cream. Sure, you know what they think they're going for, but there's nothing to make you want this instead. As a mid-tier 70s rock album, it's probably a light ⭐️⭐️⭐️, but this is a must hear like Creed is a must hear because it sounds like a desperate Pearl Jam clone (hint: no one needs to hear Creed, and anyone recommending them shouldn't be trusted musically or probably around women).

The first track is a gem 🎸

3.6

Sounds like most English rock that came out around that time. Nothing bad but also nothing special

Not the hoopla

The album's almost so straightforward that it's surprising it worked as well as it did

I was trying to focus on this album, but someone on the bus had such bad BO that I think I went temporarily deaf for 15 minutes until they got off the bus. However, after I could hear again, I thought it wasn't bad but not very captivating.

Pretty good classic glam era album, never heard this before. Vocals and guitar performance are really strong, songs are decent.

I Mott my Hoople at you sir!

I enjoy these early glam, semi-proto punk albums, and this one did have a couple cool songs, even if they were a bit basic and kinda too Bowie-esque. A fun album even if not earth shattering.

i think this is better than I first thought but not sure it reaches must listen to status. Interesting band and lacking enough catchy tunes to keep strong interest in.

This was a perfectly nice album to listen to on a cycle into work. It had some really funky beats and felt very light and easy at 8am. However… i couldnt get the middle aged male listeners out of my head. And it also felt like AI couldve made it (to a very good standard!) if prompted to do something Bowie, ELO, Queen esque… Highlights for me were ‘I’m a cadillac’ and just the lyric ‘rock and roll slag, oh my, you’re such a drag’

It's a busy week okay. my head's not really in it. But this was fine I guess

I always thought Mott was kind of a lower east side kinda group, not glam rock. But they're pretty great! Hard not to compare them to NYDolls, but Mott is at least a fund album.

I’d never heard this album. I liked it quite a lot but I didn’t love it. However, Hymn For The Dudes is an extraordinary song. That song is absolute fire. I will definitely be listening to this album more. I know there’s something not clicking in just yet. I hope it does because it is beautifully crafted.

I’m not sure why I thought I was going to hate this, but I didn’t. Still it was just ok

Had never heard of this! Allison recommended and it’s been a thrill for a drive back to LI from a wonderful visit in the city.

Pleasantly surprised how much I liked some of this. Might revisit.

This takes me back, I'm surprised this group is on the list, not a group that readily comes to mind. I love the singles on the album, plus a couple of others, but remaining tracks are just ok at best.

Marrant pendant tout l'album j'ai cru que c'était David Bowie et en lisant la description en fait Bowie était fan. Sympa mais relativement mid.

70s English rock à la Bowie.

63/100. Disillusionment hurts because it forces us to exchange the life we imagined for the life that is actually possible. The album stays comfortably within its lane and rarely pushes toward anything especially memorable or surprising. What gives the record its identity is the emotional core beneath the glam rock exterior. Many of the songs deal with disappointment, disillusionment, and the struggle to keep moving forward when reality falls short of expectations. While I enjoyed the album, I kept waiting for a moment that would truly elevate it. The songs are consistently good, but few of them left a lasting impression once they ended.

Never really understood the appeal of this band- they sound like a knock of David Bowie (and I'm not huflge on David Bowie to begin with). Still- album was good enough. Somgs were catchy but no real standouts. Overall- 2.5/5

Not bad

Decent album of typical 70’s glam pop/rock. Nothing really exceptional but good to rock along to. 3

Good rock and roll album. Good enough to make me interested to hear the other Mott the Hoople album on this list and hope/expect it's better, but it definitely does not seem to belong on the list. 3/5

This artist has one hell of a name. How does one even come up with that. All the way from Memphis was a great way to start this album. So many fun horns, guitar moments, piano, it’s just all great. Whizz kid has a completely different vibe than the first track, but I still enjoyed it. I thought the kazoo, or kazoo sounding instrument was quite funny. Again, another completely different vibe with Hymn for the Dudes. Definitely more of a ballad style. I honestly really liked this one. Honaluchi boogie was a lot of fun! Violence was, for lack of a better term, weirdly violent. It didn’t really match the rest of the album and had a punk feel to it. Drivin Sister was a bop. Ballad of Mott the Hoople was quite good. It reminded me of a lot of the other ballads from around the same time, which is not a bad thing. I’m a Cadillac/El Camino was amazing. I was dancing along the whole time. The El Camino part was gorgeous, and a lovely contrast to the first half of the track. I wish I was your mother was just pure, random, fun. Rose was absolutely gorgeous. I loved this track. A perfect ballad to close off this album. I’m a bit confused at what to give this, because at some points there were great moments, but it was all very meh to me otherwise. 3/5 ⭐️ 152/1089

I listened to the original release (nine tracks). Just heard Mott yesterday on Sirius, but otherwise I rarely hear them. This album contains their hit “All the Way from Memphis”. Ian Hunter is still around surprisingly. The album is classic 1970s rock, brings back memories, and is good enough for 3.5 stars.

This was going to get a 2 for being derivative - everyone else has mentioned it sounds quite a lot like the worst parts of Bowie & Dylan so I shan't. 'I'm a Cadillac / El Camino Dolo Roso' is a really interesting song though. If the album had more like that it would've stood out far more. 3* is more than fair

Wel aardige glamrock, met hier en daar wat irritante aanstellerij (Violence). Bij vlagen wordt er best okee gespeeld, maar er is weinig reden om dit meer dan 50 jaar na dato nog op te zetten.

3.5

Song songs are catchy, but, overall, the album is unremarkable. That's why I'm a little surprised to learn that this is Mott the Hoople's 6th album ... I thought it might be their first or second.

Very David Bowie

Love hymn for the dudes, the others not so much

Glam rock.

as far as Alan Wilders rock goes, this wasn't half bad

One of the three star albums of all time

Enjoyable classic rock / glam stuff from Mott the Hoople. Not especially hooky or memorable but good nonetheless

I enjoyed Violence. I'm a Cadillac has some great guitar moments. Easy to listen to while I work, but not a lot caught my attention.

nice ! 3.75

There was a few tracks I really enjoyed but as for the rest of the album, nothing really stood out. Overall quite unmemorable. Top Track - Hymn For The Dudes

It’s a fun record from the early 70s glam era, with a little more pub rock feel. I’ll give it a solid 3.7

Enjoyable. Seems like they could have been more. Decent music but not the greatest songs.

Generic 70s rock and roll

Fine but forgettable.

Some classic ass dad rock right here.

I agree with most of the other comments: the songwriting is nothing special and the Bowie's impression of the vocals is quite annoying... Memphis is a good song though, mainly thanks to the killer sax of the great Andy Mackay...

Takie na 3. Jedna piosenka tylko się spodobała bardziej.

Best Song: Whizz Kid I'm going to start with, it's not great. Is it as bad as some of the reviews I've read? Not that I see. Is it a complete ripoff of Bowie and rather blah? Absolutely. Would I ever listen to it again with the amount of good music out there? Absolutely not. 3/5.

Yeah, I get why Bowie liked them. They sound exactly like him. 3/5.

Overall an enjoyable enough listen, even if I did spend the last half an hour of runtime checking Spotify to make sure the album hadn't finished and continued on to some lesser known Bowie. I can't hold that against them but it does rather beg the question why you would return to this one when you could listen to, well, Bowie

Like the sound, but this seemed a bit overlong and I got bored. Thought I had the other Mott album already but turns out I haven’t yet. Unsure if I’ve heard any of these tracks before.. 3/5

Solid, but not really unique. So for a genre that I'm not interested in to begin with, this doesn't do much for me.

This was a bargain bin buy for me 35 years ago and I got my $2 out of it for sure. I like glam well enough and there are enough good songs on this one to put up with the bad ones. All the Way from Memphis and Honaloochie Boogie are my favorites.

3/5 - I'll listen to All the Way from Memphis again, but that's probably it. I learned that they were named after a novel from the 60s and Hooples are squares. Glad I heard it despite some of the clunkers.

2.8 Im sure user reviews are saying how this is temu bowie or we have bowie at home sort of thing. Those thoughts are probably right with a single listen. And this is all it's going to get as I have 127 britpop albums to get through.

Fine? Generic glam rock that, while not terrible, gets tiring over the course of a whole album. Meh.

I liked listening through this one. There wasn't anything mind-blowing, but I still enjoyed each song

There’s some amazing guitar work on this album. The vocals were a bit too harsh for me though.

I’m not sure I’ll come back to this. I know David Bowie helped out but I can’t not hear him. The lead singer tried too hard to match Bowie.

I've always written Mott off as Bowie-lite for obvious reasons. Listening to the album all the way through, I kinda realized that's not an insult. Sometimes simpler, more fun Bowie is a good thing.

Rock divertido, os vocais são legais, especialmente as partes call and response. Instrumentais agradáveis, com alguns solos formidáveis e etc e tal. Não há muito o que dizer. Na época, se você comprasse esse LP, tiraria muita satisfação dele, com certeza. Hoje em dia, com tudo que temos acesso, não sei se é um disco que vale tanto a pena ser ouvido. O aspecto Glam Rock é interessante, mas não envelheceu tão bem. É mais fácil ouvir Bowie logo, mas as semelhanças com ele são positivas até. A influência é palpável. 3

This was a "not weird" album as my wife says. Would have been a 4-star rock album except for the squeaky balloon that makes it into a few tracks, so this drops to 3 stars.

Nice enough glam and they’re clearly having fun with it. It didn’t change my life but it did pass half an hour.

Another band I've only got a greatest hits album of. Probably all I need based on this. All The Way From Memphis is great

Generic Glam Rock from the early 70s

It doesn't really feel like it carries the weight of being a special album worthy of a prestigious list, moreso just a normal album by a normal artist. Doesn't stand out, the songs don't amaze, and past the first four tracks they don't particularly want to make any sort of great album Sounds pleasing enough and offers another piece to the early years of glam, at least

I started judging the band based on their name (a bit unfair, considering my favourite band is called Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci) and I expected them to either be really bad or unexpectedly good. They turned out to be just average. Didn’t really like the first two tracks, enjoyed I’m A Cadillac and the rest was okay. This album is just fine. It’s an album for sure.

President's Choice David Bowie.

seems they're doing their best Bowie impression; maybe that's just the glam scene writ large though 3/5

They’re solid enough but they do also sound like several other better bands all at the same time

Neato

Man, Bowie is so good that he made another band sound like a cover band when they were his contemporaries. I like some of the instrumental stuff going on. This is an interesting thing to hear and there isn't a ton of glam on the list. Sure, put it on. There's better. I had heard the name but never heard this band. There's worse on the list and All the Way from Memphis is fun enough. Trumpets showing up do something.

There is some fun music on here, but overall it's is a bit sloppy. I like the big sounds, and I'm pretty sure it influenced some of the artists I grew up listening to. Ballad of Mott the Hoople was a standout for me. I'd like to revisit this someday, I hope I do.

Glam rock - neither particularly great nor particularly bad.

Favorite Track: All the Way from Memphis

I’m not quite sure why this was bashed so much by reviewers on this page. They’re obviously big Bowie fans but they don’t try to hide that and it really works in their favour. The music is fantastic and I will be coming back to a lot of this. I found Violence quite naff though and I think that lowers the overall score for me.

It’s rock nothing special but a good album Fav Song: 6.2/10

This was pretty awesome. Kind of like Bowie meets Queen meets Skynyrd

3.0 - Ok

Part country rock, part glam rock, part Mockney knees up. Songs are well written, and well played but singles aside and closer Rose lack a lot of energy. It’s solid 70’s rock though

5.0/10 Right down the middle… don’t think I’ll listen to this one again

I’m having a very glam week, capped off by this one, and it’s a fun album, but it’s deffo the weakest of the bunch I’ve had.

Oh god. Don't talk to me about Mott the fucking Hoople. God. Listen it was a product of its time. All the young fucking dudes. God. I like this it's in the same venn diagram of Bowie and nerds that I used to call home. Great music. Classic sound. Sophie I miss you. Hymn for the dudes?? The young dudes, perhaps?? All of them? Just tell me a secret man. I wish I was my mother too. Favourite: Ballad of Mott The Hoople Least favourite: Honaloochie Boogie

That sure was some mediocre 70s rock

It’s easy to listen to, but not something I would reach for regularly.

I liked it

Un mix entre Bowie et Bob Dylan (intonations) qui fonctionne plutôt bien, malgré quelque (très) mauvais morceaux. 3-/5

Wasn't bad and sounded a lot like Bowie.

It's a jam. It's forty or so minutes of 70's glam from a band that Bowie was a fan of. I don't think it will blow your mind or reveal hidden depths of your soul but it may shed further light on what the 70's glam sound was -- a key component of the scene alongside T. Rex and Bowie, etc. I'm not going into a long review, for once. I just enjoyed listening to this and felt the first half stood out more to me than the second. I really enjoyed Mick Ralphs's guitar sound. Give it a go! I'm saying 3.4/5. Better than just a boring old 3 but not breaking through like I think my 4/5 standard has become. Certainly not a 5-star masterpiece. You really should listen to this before you die, though -- just like you should eat a poutine at least once.

Quality glam rock. Every song is good. Clear Bowie rip-off, but that’s okay sometimes. Just enjoying a good record and not being a dweeb about it.

Good, fits right in with a lot of the stuff from that era. Considering I had never heard of them and they don't sound out of place next to any of those bands is kind of sad. Surprised they didn't make it bigger

Pretty plain rock record. Nothing much that really grabbed my attention, but it was nice overall. This band never really does it for me, but it's not something I necessarily dislike.

All the Way from Memphis Whizz Kid Hymn for the Dudes Honaloochi Boogie Violence Drivin' Sister Ballad of Mott the Hoople I'm a Cadillac I Wish I Was Your Mother Rose Had to search these tracks out on Deezer, so cobbled together. I really like the music (guitars, mandolin, etc) but the vocals are just an ooph... Gets a 3/4 from me

Solid Bowie cover band.

The album isn't bad and sounds a little bit dated now, but the highlight of the album, is the opening track and hit single "All the Way from Memphis", although I quite liked "I’m a Cadillac / El Camino Dolo Roso". I've never realised before just how much Ian Hunter sounds like Steve Harley.

My first impression is mixed. There’s a lot here that comes off as cheesy and dated. There is quite a mix of different elements on several tracks that don’t seem to gel. Towards the end the album are a few tracks that drop the grandiosity and switch to a quiet acoustic folk sound which just works so much better. This is one of those albums that bears repeated listens. Those earlier tracks may grow on me.

I cannot even explain with earthly words how strange this experience was. At some point my coworker asked me what I was laughing about bc I could not fucking contain myself. This album is the strangest mix of pretty groovy tunes and completely insane artistic choices. There’s a part where it sounds exactly like someone is rubbing a balloon for an entire song. The vocalist(?) sometimes has spoken interjections that are in the exact same inflection as the way snoop dogg says “California” in California girls. I cannot tell if these people are 15 whining in their mother’s basement or 50 with mortgages

what if david bowie was totally swagless

They’re good at writing melodies and using different instruments and rhythms to express themselves. One of the worst vocals but blended well in their music. It’s a good local minimum - they do what they can and this is probably one of their best albums, but not good enough if you compare it with other albums.

A very interesting album from a band I had never heard of prior to this. Nothing offensive but it did seem to switch through genres and styles and that kept me on my toes. Decent but by no means was it anything spectacular.

Another perfectly fine album. Nothing innovative or special. Just fine.

Pretty good vibe but I don’t see anything special about this album

Ikke at æ har et forhold til Mott the Hoople, anna enn å ha hørt navnet, og etter det her tror æ ikke egentlig æ ser for mæ å ha et behov for å ha et forhold til Mott the Hoople, anna enn å synes at navnet e litt gøy, for det va ikke særlig interessant på nokka som helst vis, det her.

Maybe if they changed their name to something les stupid than Mott the Hoople more people would remember them. Nothing particularly terrible here, but they are trying so hard to sound like Bowie, why not just listen to him instead?

It’s not bad, but I expected to like this more than I did. I was kind of excited because I’ve heard and read some things about them being a big influence on the Clash. I can hear it, but I guess I expected a bit more, 3 stars.

I think this album had its ups and downs. It started off incredibly strong, but there were some moments it was just alright. Not exactly the strongest or most memorable album, but it was decent and enjoyable.

Solidan glamić ali ništa više

6/10… glam rock / pre punk / *1973

Feels like Bowie but it ain’t Bowie and that’s not a bad thing

I like Mott the Hopple but why is this a must listen? It's not bad but nothing special.

Reminds me on the music my father likes. So it's okay.

Just mid

Quite nice. But that's all.

Solid album. I think I listen to some Mott in high school as apart of my casual dabble. I never really went back into after that. My one true complaint is the slow songs are REALLY slow. Other songs seem overly produced, no room to breathe. I learned this is an early iteration of glam rock. I find that a little startling. The tone of the demo gave straight rock.

Boogie-glam with a strong taste of Bowie, but it never reaches anything beyond decent. I quite enjoyed some of the songs, and never hated anything, but I won’t be revisiting it. There is too much great music out there. It starts to wear a little thin with the overly long songs on the B-side

The ballads are what the people want.

Was pretty enjoyable. 3.5/5

- näyttää rajulta porukalta - the darkness ennen the darknesia? - tää oli aivan hyvä levy, toki en osaa arvioida ovatko he olleet ensimmäisiä lajin edustajia (veikkaan että eivät)

The Hymn for the Dudes war geil :D Ganz angenehmer Glam Rock, aber auch nicht überragend

ganz ok

Nice

Had not heard of this artist, but was interested to read that David Bowie produced with them at some point. Overall this was an easy/good listen but nothing stood out on the album to make me look much further.

great

The definition of average. Honaloochie Boogie was the one standout for me, everything else was fine - nothing great, nothing bad. Feels like an album I'd throw on to do dishes or something like that

It's fine. The guy really goes hard in the paint with Bob Dylan voice on a couple tracks.

Pretty standard 70s rock, but still overshadowed by the new Gorillaz album.

Whoa, bold of them to put a 70s English rock album on this list! I prefer Mott the applesauce. David Bowie & Bob Dylan had a kid who couldn’t make up their mind who they wanted to be. All that said, this was like kinda whatever. *learned after writing my review that Bowie saved the band from breaking up, offered them Suffragette City, they said no & he gave them some other song that ended up being their biggest hit lol

🎧I didn’t find it objectionable. Closer to a 2.5 than a 3. Favorite track: Hymn for the Dudes

I thought it was pleasurable enough. Some songs to take away from this, but overall just kind of run of the mill 70s glam rock.

All the young things

Nothing too impressive here, but it's listenable.

This was incredibly cromulent. I liked the first couple of songs, but there is not a lot of substance in any of them. They're catchy and sound like you expect glam rock songs to sound, but there is just no depth. It's very easy-listening and unchallenging.

Meh

yeah you can absolutely totally hear david bowie influence on this might as well be his album

Decent tunes, but I’m a little Bowie’d out at this point

Decent at times, generic at times. It's not bad, it's not great.

3.5 (43:00, 9 tracks, 6th album, 1973) Glam Rock (British) It is the last album to feature guitarist Mick Ralphs, and the first without organist Verden Allen; because of Allen's departure, most organ and other keyboard parts are played by Ralphs. They only had one more album with the main lineup after this. Glad I listened to Glam rock beginning – heavily influenced by David Bowie, in fact I thought All the Young Dudes was Bowie! They are very preoccupied with their American “star-spangled” experience and tour, most of the tracks relate to the struggles of touring. The band's name was taken from the 1966 novel Mott the Hoople by Willard Manus. The book's protagonist (Mott), an eccentric character who works in a circus freak show. The author, Willard Manus, based the term on a character named Major Hoople from the comic strip Our Boarding House. In the context of the novel and the comic, a "hoople" is a slang term for a fool, rogue, buffoon, or sucker. It often implies a "ne'er-do-well" or a lazy person who prefers scams over hard work. The band released albums at the beginning of the 1970s but failed to find any success. On the verge of breaking up, the band were encouraged by David Bowie to stay together. Bowie wrote their glam-style signature song "All the Young Dudes" for them (not on this album), which became their first hit in 1972. Bowie subsequently produced their album of the same name, which added to their success. Lead singer Ian Hunter departed the band in 1974, after which the band's commercial fortunes began to diminish. They remained together with continuing membership changes until their break-up in 1980. The band have had reunions in 2009, 2013, 2018 and 2019. "All the Way from Memphis", an edited version of which was released as a single, received considerable airplay on U.S. radio and captured the band overseas fans, as well as reaching the UK Singles Chart. The song is about how difficult it is to tour, especially in a foreign country and how unglamourous it is. Real life story where Mick Ralphs’ guitar was shipped to the wrong city (Oriole, KY and not Memphis) "You look like a star but you're still out on parole". “Whizz kid” was written for a street savvy young girl living fast (whiz not ‘high IQ’) who tried to get him to leave the band but they ‘have to eat.’ “Hymn for the Dudes” – cautionary tell for the dudes (aspiring musicians) and a follow up to their Bowie hit “All the Young Dudes” which celebrated Glam rock. “Honaloochie Boogie” – was a nonsense word placeholder meant to be replaced but the band liked it – I like this song, sounds like Bowie. “Violence” – prepunk sound, homage sort of to a Clockwork Orange – basically just about the disenfranchised youth of England at the time ‘street punks.’ "Drivin' Sister" not necessarily about anyone’s actually sister – just a girl driving too fast (Mott the Hopple has a lot of driving songs) listening to Mott on the 8-track. "Ballad of Mott the Hoople (26th March 1972, Zürich)" The specific date in the title refers to a disastrous gig in Zurich, Switzerland. Famously David Bowie intervened to prevent the band from breaking up and gave them their biggest hit (All the Young Dude). Probably a fairly common sentiment to not want the fame you so desired as a younger man. Greasepaint refers to their makeup. There is a line of discontent for each band member. "I'm a Cadillac / El Camino Dolo Roso" is a two-part composition from the 1973 album Mott, written and sung by lead guitarist Mick Ralphs (most were written by Hunter.) I like the U.S. cover, very 70’s. Dude on the left (short one) seems out of place with his cooler bandmates. Different album covers in the U.K. and U.S., as well as remastered tracks on some editions. The U.S. cover featured a photo of the four band members with the word "MOTT" on it, with "Mott The Hoople" written in the O. The U.K. front cover featured an illustration based on a bust of Roman emperor Augustus, the band's name written in a typeface simultaneously evocative of a 1920s Art Deco font and the "Future Shock" font inspired by computer-readable punch cards. In 2003, the album was ranked number 366 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and 370 in a 2012. 1. "All the Way from Memphis" – 4:55 2. "Whizz Kid" – 3:05 3. "Hymn for the Dudes" – 5:15 4. " Honaloochie Boogie " – 2:35 5. "Violence" – 4:37 6. "Drivin' Sister" – 4:42 7. "Ballad of Mott the Hoople (26th March 1972, Zürich)" – 5:40 8. "I’m a Cadillac / El Camino Dolo Roso" – 7:40 9. "I Wish I Was Your Mother" – 4:41 Mott the Hoople Ian Hunter – lead vocals; piano; acoustic guitar; rhythm guitar; echo vamper Mick Ralphs – lead guitar; backing vocals; organ; Moogotron; mandolins; tambourine; acoustic guitar (Track 8); lead vocals (Track 8) Pete "Overend" Watts – bass guitar; fuzz bass Dale "Buffin" Griffin – drums (All tracks)

I Wish I Was Your Mother is a banger All The Way From Memphis is a banger, great opener Hymn for the Dudes is anthemic

One of those bands whose name I know but had no idea what era they were from, what genre they performed... really anything about them. Not bad. Sounds almost like a lost Bowie album at times (no surprise, given the editors' serious hard-on for Bowie) or Dylan-gone-glam album.

This was a decent album, but I don’t feel like it’s best-album-list worthy.

This was a Hymn for the Dudes.

very much of that era, but didn't pierce through the moment for me

3 out of 5 This was pretty good. And did not sound like most music coming out of the 70s. Good time rock and roll

Now we’re getting somewhere. Mott the Hoople is some good old-fashioned English glam rock. Mott never got huge in America, and they almost broke up before they got huge in the United Kingdom. It seems they were about to pack it in when one of their biggest fans encouraged them to continue and even gave them a song to record that became their biggest hit. The song was called All the Young Dudes, which was written by their fan, David Bowie. The classic lineup of Mott the Hoople was made up of Ian Hunter, lead vocalist and songwriter, Mick Ralphs, guitarist, Verden Allen, keyboardist, Pete Overend Watts, bassist, and Dale “Buffin” Griffin on drums. Allen would leave the group before this album and Ralphs ended up playing all the keyboard parts. The group made one more album before breaking up. This album is one of their best, if not the best. Hunter would go on to have a rather successful solo career, and Ralphs would go on to form a little band called Bad Company that ended up being bigger than Mott the Hoople in the long run. Though Mott would develop a huge cult following and personally, I dig Mott more than Bad Company. Mott was their sixth album, and it’s great. It made it to number 7 on the British charts and produced one single that got almost as popular as All the Young Dudes called All the Way to Memphis. Track 1 is All the Way from Memphis and it’s your basic glam rock track, sticking close enough to 50s rock and roll, but updated for the 70s. Hunter is not the best singer. His voice is almost talky. But it works for the song he writes, and he can write some bangers. I really got into his solo stuff a few years ago as he released a couple of new studio albums in 2023 and 2024 and toured. Track 2, Whizz Kid, starts with a great guitar riff by Ralphs, very KISS-like. Then the song is joined by a piano, and as we get to the chorus, it opens up into some arena rock. Mott the Hoople were over the top, in the best way. The songs were simple, but they felt huge. Hunter took what Bowie gave them in All the Young Dudes and wrote a lot of songs in that style. You can see this in Track 3, Hymn for the Dudes, Hunter gives a sermon to all the glam rock fans,especially Mott fans. Basically saying Mott is touring and rock stardom is hard sometimes, but the group is always there for the fans, the dudes. At least that’s how I took it. Track 4, Honaloochie Boogie, was the second single from the album after All the Way from Memphis. It’s the perfect nonsense glam song of the time. Very T.Rex type lyrics. Hunter just wants to boogie. The song is more a piano driven rocker, but still in the big arena rock sound that Mott perfected. Track 5, Violence, takes a stab at writing about the frustrated youth in England during this time. The punk movement also sprang up in the United Kingdom around this period. Several of the songs are about the travails of being in a rock and roll band and how it can take a toll. Though I’m quite sure most of us would like to see that for ourselves. Track 7, The Ballad of Mott the Hoople, lays it all out for the listener. “Rock and roll is a loser’s game.” I’m certain it is for those who never got a taste of the fame and fortune Mott got in the mid to late 70s, but I would imagine the opposite end of the spectrum can also be true. Track 8, I’m a Cadillac/El Camino Dolo Roso, is written and sang by Ralphs. It’s very different from the rest of the songs on the album. Less glam and more straight-ahead rock and roll, though it doesn’t really give an indication of what was coming with Bad Company, other than it being your bog standard 70s rock and roll. Ralphs's voice isn’t great, but it doesn’t have to be in rock and roll. I really like this song. I’s one that reminds me of another band, and I can’t put my finger on it. Maybe Fleetwood Mac? There’s just a hint. El Camino Dolo Roso is a calmer rock song, and it points toward what would be coming with Bad Company. El Camino gives me desert vibes. This song is totally different from anything on the album. Ralphs would leave Mott after this album and form Bad Company with singer Paul Rodgers. That's a brief overview of Mott. I loved it, but I've been a Mott the Hoople fan for years. Is it a must-listen? If you've never heard the band before and you like Bowie or T. Rex, I think it is. I think anyone can be behind fun glam rock. But if T.Rex of early glam Bowie doesn't tickle your fancy, you can probably skip this. I'm going to add it to my rotation, though.

what am I listening for. . .the covers?

Good album but it feels a little too Bowie-esque without seeming to bring much new to the style. It’s mild glam rock without all the Glam and characters (for better or worse).

Better than I thought. Decent classic rock, haven’t really heard any of this before. Nothing special but nothing not special.

This was not a bad album by any means, but I couldn't shake the feeling the entire play through that this sounded like someone doing a crossover impression of David Bowie and Bob Dylan. Dylan came through on Ballad of Mott The Hoople; Bowie pretty much all the rest. And to that end, they did a pretty damned good impression and made some solid sounds. Gotta say though that the album cover goes the opposite of hard. Look like some average dudes playing rock band dress up. Though I do appreciate that far left is sharing clothes with dude second from the right. I'd say this is a mid 3 for me.

Not really much to say about this album. Just very standard 70's rock sounding. I'm a Cadillac was p f'in toight though

Definitely sounds like Bowie on Whizz Kid. Also hearing some Dylan on Hymn for the Dudes. Awesome name for a song, just wish it was better. I'm a Cadillac/El Camino Dolo Roso is a jam. This is a solid 3. Parts sound really good and then others it loses me.

Fine. Nothing really stuck out to me.

Fun from an unheard of band

It was fine.

Piano use 🤌🤌🤌

60% Rod Steward, 20% Bob Dylan, the rest is violins. Mildly interesting 3.1

Decent enough - very 70s/Bowie sound

Rv

I want to like this more than I do. It’s a perfectly serviceable rock record, but nothing jumps out as spectacular. I Wish I Was Your Mother is.. amusing, but the rest is just standard fare. Spins: 1 Playlist Additions - All the Way from Memphis - Honaloochie Boogie - I Wish I Was Your Mother

Es un disco de rock genérico, no? Rollo no lo pillo o no los ubico. Hay un buen saxo por ahí creo? No sé, se me hizo una experiencia con poco que destacar. Supongo que será hard rock clásico o glam o lo que sea, pero desde la portada a las canciones de la primera a la última me ha parecido como el grupo de rock que se inventan que eran famosos en una peli rollo universo paralelo. Yo que sé, tampoco quiero faltar, ya le daré.

Hmm. Weird squeaky sax solo on "All the Way from Memphis". This is... Fine. Inoffensive but uninspiring. Don't love the vocals. Music is solid. "Violence" is kind of annoying. Overall, meh. It's fine. Nothing I'd likely revisit.

kolejna pozycja z ktora czuje sie dziwnie, bo myslalem, ze motty juz byly przerabiane na podstawie all the young dudes, a jesli nie tutaj o nich pisalem, to pytanie gdzie i kiedy, bo czuje sie jakbym to robil, ale tym razem inny krazek brytyjskiego glamowego rock bandu mott the hoople zatytuowanym mott, ktory jest 6 pozcyja w ich dyskografii i kolejnym albumem wlasnie po wspomnianych dudach, ktore pewnie sa ich najbardziej klasyczna pozycja przez produkcje bowiego, ktorej ducha nadal czuc rowniez na tej plycie, jest tez wrazenie jakby serio stali sie big szotami po tym krazku wyprodukowanym przez bowiego, albo to tylko taka zludzenie lirycznie i taka satyra na wlasny sukces muzyczny, przynajmniej tak bym to odczytywal z niektorych trakow, jak chocby z openingowego all the way from memphis, na tym krazku banda jest ubozsza o jednego czlonka, organiste, nie oznacza to braku organowego brzmienia na plycie, ale jakies roszady instrumentalne byly robione, no i tak jak poprzednio troche dodatkowych grajkow sie znajdzie w creditach, bo jednak jest to bogate brzmienie glamu, 43 minuty materialu, ktory jednak nie jest rowny, z 9 trakow mam 3 kawalki ktore dodam na plejke, a kolejne 2 sluchalne, ale pozostale 4 wydaja sie odstawac w zla strone, sa zbyt typowe, albo tak brzmia przy o wiele ciekawszych pozcjach jak violence, i wish i was your mother czy honaloochie boogie, ktore leca na plejke, wiec momenty bardzo fajne, a inne generyczne

Hott the Moople

I actually got this album through the generator, but instead of listening to Mott, I accidentally listened to the album after it, The Hoople, which I really didn’t enjoy. Then I realized I listened to the wrong album and had to go through the pain of checking out another album from these guys. I can’t say I loved this one either, but it was definitely better than The Hoople. This album feels more balanced across the board when it comes to their grandiose, theatrical glam rock, and the overall energy is a bit more mellow and restrained compared to the album that followed.

A few fun tracks in the first half of the album, though the adoption of Bowie’s style is a bit too on the nose. Last half drags.

Such a generic 70's sound

I was previously familiar with Mott the Hoople but not this album. It has many of the glam elements that I knew from their other material, like All The Young Dudes, but this album also has an almost Americana sound (despite being British) that is reminiscent of The Band to my ears. I enjoyed this album and would listen again for sure.

All the Way from Memphis - 3.5/5 Whizz Kid - 3/5 Hymn for the Dudes - 2.5/5 Honaloochie Boogie - 3/5 Violence - 3/5 Drivin' Sister - 3/5 Ballad of Mott the Hoople - 2.5/5 I'm a Cadillac/El Camino Dolo Roso - 3.5/5 I Wish I Was Your Mother - 3/5 A fairly decent album that sounds a bit too much like a David Bowie knockoff. Granted I know he was responsible for their biggest hit in the album before but in retrospective it's kind of just "eh" overall. Nothing spectacular but nothing here to make it it awful. Overall: 3/5 Favorites: All the Way from Memphis, I'm a Cadillac/El Camino Dolo Roso

A pretty good album from a group I had only heard of in passing. Some of the songs stood out, with Violence being the most interesting imo. Not bad. 3/5

Perfectly adequate 70s rock. Nothing particularly memorable here, not sure why this gets a place in this list, to be honest. You’d easily go to your grave without having heard this and be perfectly ok!! Not that it’s bad, just not that special.

Perfectly listenable but quite generic.

Strong 70's sound - if you didn't tell m who it was, I would've need 25 guesses before I came up with these guys.

Extended Bowie universe, guy who clearly idolises Dylan plays glam rock and it sometimes works. I've always liked All The Way To Memphis, but never noticed the casual racism until today. Ho hum. The rest is better when the vocals are double tracked, the guitar tone is great. The last song (I Wish I Was Your Mother) comes out of nowhere and is beautiful - proper Dylan like and the lyrics are nicely odd but give a really sad, poignant end to an album that it shouldn't fit on, but does.

...And now for the David Bowie Tribute act! This was fine but I mean if I wanted to listen to David Bowie I'd listen to one his many albums and not someone trying very hard to be him. It's an alright Glam rock album, it's fun, it just feels weird to see a band whose identity is very clearly based around a dude who was still producing some of his best work at the time. I don't really like the singing either on some of these songs, like Violence. I'm not really sure what didn't hit for me like some other glam rock does but this felt very much "just okay" to me.

This was fine. A pretty standard glam rock album. Nothing about it really stood out in any way. 3/5

Fun generally

Bar music

Uninspired

A few good tracks but it feels like the novelty wore off quickly from Bowie's involvement.

Is this the original hair band?? Not exactly my favorite sound, and it seemed kinda bland, especially compared to what came later. But I do respect Mott a lot for being so far ahead of their time.

the boss for england

3.5

Solid

This is fine, but I'd I wanted to listen to something like this I'd just listen to david bowie. Mid 3

Eh... this just isn't for me I think? It sounds like everything else from that time period (at least my impression of things from that era). Maybe it's because this inspired others, but it's just not a sound I'm into right now.

Pretty average album, not much to say about it. the guitar solo in Hymn For The Dudes was great and I would have thought I Wish I Was Your Mother was the highest rated part of the album because it sounds the most catchy but it appears to be underrated. Not bad but also not great.

Ian Hunter and Mick Ralphs were pretty formidable as the key members of Mott The Hoople. Ian’s voice is in terrific form and Ralph’s’ guitar playing is excellent. The problem for me were the songs. The two singles from the record were pretty solid with All the Way to Memphis, in my opinion, better than Honaloochie Boogie. It may because Honaloochie Boogie is Ian with Andy McKay from Roxy Music. Neither are as strong as All The Young Dudes which was the single before this album was released. A few tracks suffer from being overly long. I enjoyed Ralph’s’ guitar work and as this was his last album with Ian and Mott, I sense that there was likely some tension during recording as the songs suffer a bit from excess and lack of editing - both musically and lyrically. Ralphs soon left after this forming Bad Company where his writing influence was more pronounced. It’s a solid record but not great. 3/5

Not one I’ve listened to before and not one I’ll likely listen to again. Far from terrible (see Queen). I’m just not a huge early 70’s rock / glam rock lover - though there’s a fair bit of variety here. Pound shop Bowie at times. Formulaic chugging rock and roll / metal on Drivin Sister. Violence was like something from Rocky Horror. Vocals a bit Dylanesque on I Wish I Was Your Mother. 2.7

I love glam rock but I can’t shake the feeling that they’re trying to be something that they are not. The songs are strong and production is great.

70s rock. Standard fare.

A solid 1970's rock album, but it feels like others have done the same things better. There's nothing special or memorable about it.

This was extra in kind of a fun way. I liked it more when they weren’t ripping off Dylan, though. Pretty mid album overall

Not my type of music, although they are gettingb3 stars just for the Bowie crossover. A bit too glam for me.

A name you can never forget - music you will never remember. Mid at best, and that’s being generous.

Niet alles werkt even goed, maar Hymn for the dudes is een heel vet concept. Bijna muisstil en meerdere keren heb ik het volume omhoog gedaan om te kijken of het daar aan lag en dan KLAPT het nummer er in. Ja misschien is het cheesy, maar ik ben een sucker voor dit soort dingen. Super vet. Violence is wel een stuk minder. Maar goed het nummer klinkt wel als de titel dus misschien is het volledig de bedoeling? De tragere nummers vind ik iets beter, maar het album in zn geheel? Prima. Agressief prima zou ik het noemen. Zou ik nummers hiervan ooit nog eens willen horen? Of zelfs herkennen? Ik denk eigenlijk alleen de Hymn for dudes, verder nee denk ik het niet. Oeh en Im a Cadillac/El Camino Dolo Roso. PRACHTIG! Die heerlijke(is het een flamenco gitaar?) solo is echt zo vet. 2e helft van het album is sowieso een stuk interessanter. Waar het begint met vrij standaard rock hoor je in de 2e helft een hoop andere stijlen zoals ballads en flamenco(!? of tenminste de gitaar) Jammer dat er niet voor is gekozen om het hele album een beetje van de norm af te wijken! Nu is het album alsnog dikke prima, maar het had denk ik iets meer kunnen zijn. Ach, soms is prima alles wat ik wil en dit is een goed verteerbaar albumpje op de donderdag. FAVO: All the way from Memphis, Hymn for the dudes, ballad of mott the hoople, Im a cadillac/ El Camino Dolo Roso

Well, now I feel like I know who David Bowie was channeling. Or vice versa - in any case, glam rock is not much my sound.

havent gotten out of bed yet. it's 11:52 on 15/12/2025. and im committing to this. It's a nice album. Good vibes. Off-brand david bowie vibes

Mott The Hoople is a band best known for a song that David Bowie wrote for them. It’s not on this album, but you can’t really tell because it all sounds kinda like a bunch of Ziggy Stardust outtakes. Anyway a fun listen since they rip off Bowie really well.

ended surprisingly strong

This album sounds like Bowie is lurking just off to the side, smoking a cigarette in a silver jumpsuit, giving the band a small, satisfied nod. I mean, "Whizz Kid" is the most Bowie-sounding song since "All the Young Dudes" - so much so, I had to look it up to see if he also wrote that one. The Bowie comparison isn't a bad one. Mott sounds like peak Ziggy Bowie, which can only be a good thing. It lacks the substance of Bowie, but it's top notch glam rock. 3.5 starman stars.

Mott is a solid glam-rock record that wears its Bowie-era influences right on the surface. The songs have that ragged swagger the band was known for, with theatrical vocals and loose, lived-in arrangements that give the whole album a certain charm. The opener is probably the strongest example of what the band does well—catchy, energetic, and full of attitude—though the squeaky horn bit near the end doesn’t exactly age gracefully. What stands out most is how the album sits in between eras. It’s firmly grounded in the glam sound of the early ’70s, but you can hear faint hints of the bigger, brasher rock that would show up in the next decade. Not enough to redefine the album, but enough to notice. I enjoyed it, even if it didn’t fully convince me to come back to it. There’s influence here, and a few memorable moments, but it lands more as a respectable listen than an essential one. A steady three stars.

Sko. Alveg fínasta tónlist en mér finnst hún mjög endurtekningarsöm. Ég myndi alveg hlusta á þá og þótt ég þekki hljómsveitina alveg mun ég samt gleyma henni

I mean, not as good as David Bowie of course but still had some pretty good songs. 3.5 I’d say. Might return to this sometime.

Textbook three-star record for this list. It balances pop hooks with mediocre songs, but it makes you feel good while listening to it.

All the Way From Memphis - 3/5 Whizz Kid - 3/5 Hymn for the Dudes - 3/5 Honaloochie Boogie - 4/5 Violence - 4/5 Drivin' Sister - 3/5 Ballad of Mott the Hoople - 2/5 I'm a Cadillac / El camino dolo roso - 4/5 I Wish I Was Your Mother - 3/5 Average score: 3.2/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ pretty unremarkable glam rock

I saw one review that said “unremarkable glam rock” and that pretty much nails it. It’s not awful, though.

Vamos nuevamente con una banda que desconozco totalmente. Si me baso en la estética de la tapa, es una banda glamera, detalle que se comprueba al instante al escucharlos. La voz del cantante está en la línea de Bowie, al igual que la música, lo que me hace ver lo impresionante que fue el tipo en su época. Sin más para agregar, me despido hasta la próxima.

Fine. A decent example of the genre. No standout tracks for these ears.

You know, pretty good. But there are other bands who do this sort of thing better. So yeah.

A pleasant surprise! I had heard a song or two from these guys before and wasn’t digging it but this album was cool. I would def listen to this again.

I like this album. Ian Hunter is a good, emotive songwriter backed by a strong band, but I can’t quite shake how much his vocal stylings mimic his inspirations: “Whizz Kid” sounds exactly like Ziggy-era Bowie, while his delivery sounds like Dylan on “I Wish I Was Your Mother.” (Interestingly, his singing on the verses of the terrific “Hymn for the Dudes” sounds like it inspired Damon Albarn of Gorillaz many years later.) Anyway, “Violence” rides a tough riff to a chorus in which Ian Hunter sings like a madman to a backing of a screeching fiddle. It’s demented and creepy and I love it. Vocally, guitarist Mick Ralphs doesn’t bring much to his contributed song “I’m a Cadillac,” though the track definitely finds its footing on the instrumental second half. A few dated ‘70s rock tropes also hold this one back.

The paradox of this band is that if T.rex and Bowie didn't exist, they would have likely been huge, but had that had happened , there goes their biggest influences and they also never make it huge. I also love the English pronunciation of "bew-ghee" for "boogie" from them and T.rex.

Glam rock and Bowie. Promising future. I was a chikd when this was coming around. Fun to hear after all these years…

All the Way from Memphis is definitely inspired by Ziggy Stardust-age glam rock. The piano, which is extremely consistent throughout the tracks, has that slightly underprocessed old-school timbre that was extremely prevalent in early 70s rock. Plenty of wall-of-sound techniques in the vocals, alluding to some Beach Boys and Ronettes tracks from the mid-60s. The lead singer's unashamedly thick British accent again calls back to Bowie and also to proto-punk and Syd Barrett-inspired psychedelia. So, plenty of influences. But does it pay off? Well... sort of. Ziggy Stardust, and off-branching albums like Aladdin Sane, Queen's debut, Roxy Music's debut, and some of Iggy Pop's material, all kind of cross-affect each other, to very positive effect. But that's because they're also very distinct from one another. On a first listen, Mott sounds completely plagiarised. Like Vanilla Ice, but in 1973. It still sounds really good for the most part, but I'm annoyed that it does. Hymn for the Dudes takes a while to get going and directly rips off the structure and lyrics of Rock 'n' Roll Suicide. But Rock 'n' Roll Suicide is also one of the most flawless songs ever recorded, so you can't go too wrong in drawing inspiration (even if that inspiration is a little too close to plagiarism for comfort). The song Violence goes all-in on weirdness and experimentation, and I don't think it works. At least not on a first listen. The singing is extremely bad and doesn't allow any room for other instruments to sound bad in the name of avant-garde-ness. I'm a Cadillac / El Camino Dolo Roso is surprisingly good, though I do wonder if a lot of my enjoyment comes from not having to hear Hunter's singing. The album closer, Rose, is passable but is a bit of a frustrating listen once you notice the climax isn't given time to sit. It's in one second, out the next, and the vast majority of the track is an indecisive, unsatisfying quietness. 3/5 Key tracks: All the Way from Memphis, Ballad of Mott the Hoople, I'm a Cadillac / El Camino Dolo Roso

This one I had to relisten to because I didn't finish all the way the first time. It has caught my ear, I found myself bopping to certain songs too. I think this is one of those albums that will grow with each listen.

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The Hoople

Aggressively average mid 70's rock. If this album was a color, it would be beige.

No bad, but a bit sub-Bowie and of its the time. I think I'll play this a few more times.

Better than I expected, enjoyed it.

This was glam rock but without Bowie’s charming weirdness. It was fine to listen to, but nothing jumped out to me as really all that good. 3/5

My run of less than great albums continues. It's been basically two weeks of average or worse albums that I have received, save for one 4-star record (thank you A Tribe Called Quest). Not that this is truly horrible, as it's not. There is something here. It reminds me of Meatloaf without all the drama/theatrics, perhaps even an early Alice Cooper. I could even argue that this is somewhat similar to Bad Company, except that the songs aren't nearly as good. Just more average stuff.

Like most people, I think (and already listened to) All The Young Dudes when it comes to Mott The Hoople, and their influence on glam rock and the 70s and something else about David Bowie. And well, this album doesn't have that song. It's otherwise what standard glam rock music sounds like in 1973. And while the album is fine and the band is good, I'm not sure about where Mott The Hoople stands in the music history world and what music it has influenced 50+ years from now, aside from glam rock itself as a genre. Mott The Hoople was a focal part of glam rock. Given that this is the only Mott The Hoople record in the 1001 list, I assume this would be the best representation of the band (instead of their biggest single). This is a long winded way to say that I guess this album would pass my own criteria if I were to let it stay or be removed from a revised version of the list. shoutout to I'm a Cadillac/El Camino Dolo Roso

Solid glam rock, but nothing outstanding.

I’ll go right down the middle with this one! Really enjoyable listen overall. Solid rock and roll music, some definite clunkers to go along with some high points. And overall really listenable. I’ll probably never listen to it again, but very glad to be exposed to this.

My nostalgic memories of this album were somewhat dampened by a re-listen. It seems to borrow heavily from the Ziggy Stardust days of David Bowie but without the crispness and energy.

A decent rock record, sounds very much like early Bowie, and it's hard for me to hear anything else. Highlights: "Whizz Kid" and "Violence"

Nice.

3.5

Enjoyed this. Can definitely hear the 1970s, and the influence of Bowie.

Une très bonne chanson en fin d'album sinon rien de spécial.

Pretty cool glam stuff.

Discount David Bowie

Better than anticipated. Great glam...they are certainly more than All the Young Dudes. 3.5/5

I feel like, I should like this a lot more then I did. It was good energy and good rock music. But it just didn't feel overly special of memorable.

Like it 3/5

A good album. I knew Ian Hunter more from his solo career, but of course knew of his history. Something super special, I'm not so sure but a very enjoyable listen.

all the way from memphis- 5 whizz kid- 5 hymn for the dudes- 5 honaloochie boogie- 5 violence- 5 driving sister- 5 ballad of mott the hoople- 5 im a cadillac- 4 im good bro wants to be bowie so bad and its just not gonna happen

funny some tracks I thought God he sounds like Bowie - turns out Bowie was closely related to them musically, gave them All the Young Dudes. Ha! Still, as influential as they may be, not my scene - but they helped turn out the Clash so a 3

Wah wah wah wahhh....crunch crunch crunch dun nuh da nuh da...drive drive drive drive. There. I did it. I wrote a review of a Mott the Hoople album without mentioning the - uh - West Midlands - home of Black Sabbath, ELO, Napalm Death, UB40, Dexy's Midnight Runners or Ned's Atomic Dustbin. All - with one exception - have at least one album on the list. Must be something the water (or maybe the rain).

I think it's consistently ok. I wouldn't want to turn it off it was on in the background of a party, but I wouldn't search it out.

Fine. Warmed over Bowie.

Enjoyable background vibes

A little too glam for me. But some catchy sounds. Happy-go-lucky pretty much the whole way through. And as far as glam rock goes, fairly inoffensive and pretty listenable.

It was good, not great not terrible. Fav lyrics: Ballad of Mott the Hoople Fav music: Ballad of Mott the Hoople Fav overall: Ballad of Mott the Hoople

Suena bien y lo mejor es cuando me recuerdan a ese hitazo que les regaló Bowie (All the young dudes) o los ratos que suenan a Dylan. En resumen tampoco me ha enamorado ninguna canción y todo suena un poco a canciones para ingleses borrachos (lo cual tampoco es malo) y se queda con 3 estrellas porque no puedo poner un 2,5.

This isn't helped by the fact that I have never really liked Ian Hunter's vocals. The album failed to grab me. Not unpleasant... just... not. An entirely mediocre 3/5.

Mott's Hoople Juice HARD 2 rounded up to a 3. Definitely hear a little Dylan.

Lleva la etiqueta de glam rock, pero me suena más a rock del clásico por momentos, un disco que divaga entre lo cínico y lo sentimental, sonando pese a ello bastante bien. Me parece un sonido que por lo general ha envejecido bien y aunque no tenga ese aura de música de culto que quizás tengan muchos álbumes rockeros de los 70, se hace ameno de escuchar. De hecho, me puse a escuchar un poquito más de ellos, y todas las canciones que escuché de otros LPs me parecieron mejores que las de este álbum, sobre todo las del álbum anterior y el posterior. Si alguno de sus proyectos debe entrar en un catálogo de imprescindibles, desde luego no es este. Aún así buen álbum, se hizo cortito. Favs: All The Way From Memphis, Violence

Disco de glam rock con momentos muy disfrutables. El opener es buenísimo pero luego el disco baja muchísimo el ritmo con las dos canciones siguientes. Aún así, retoma carrerilla con algunos momentos como el estribillo de Violence o Honaloochie Boogie, pero nunca llega a alcanzar la energía con la que empieza. Claramente el grupo está influenciado por David Bowie (Honaloochie Boogie parece una canción de Hunky Dory), que curiosamente era fan del grupo, les produjo el disco anterior a este (que en mi opinión, en lugar de Mott, debería estar en la lista) y escribió All the Young Dudes. ¿Esencial? Nah, no te ofrece nada que no puedas escuchar en un disco de Bowie. Eso sí, All The Young Dudes (la canción) sí que lo es. A la playlist: All the Way from Memphis, Honaloochie Boogie.

This reminded me so much of early David Bowie songs. I liked a lot of it, but inconsistently.

Day 53 Enjoyed this one, nothing hugely standout but a good listen, probably be about the millionth person to point out a lot of it sounds Bowie like. 7/10 Highlights All the way from Memphis Violence

Not bad

Has all the elements of great rock & roll music but it doesn't come together enough to make this album legendary. Not bad though

Glam

Not outstanding but fine

3.0 It's extremely mid 70's rock. And not mid as in the middle of the decade. I'm a Cadillac was a great stand out track, but the rest I was pretty unfazed by. Not entirely sure why it appears on this list, enlighten me. Oh, also, shite band name.

Listened to this one on a road trip during one of those thunderstorms with sheets of rain blowing sideways, and had to turn it off in a few spots in order to deal with only one bit of chaos at a time. This one is decent, but not revolutionary. Ian Hunter's voice takes some time to get used to. Overall, I think ELO does this style better, but Hymn for the Dudes is amazing! Giving it 3 stars (3.5)

Fine

Lo empecé a escuchar 3 veces. Siempre escribía Mott the people cuanfo lo hacía. Meh?

Mott, an alien from the planet Hoople, was saved from a grisly fate by local superhero Frank "Madman" Einstein when the voracious she-alien Zenelle tried to mate with him and eat him. Despite his weird appearance, he’s an overall good guy, and repaid Madman many times over for his help. If you don’t know who Madman is, he’s a zany but lovable hero created by indie comics legend Mike Allred (who is obsessed by cheesy 50s science-fiction, weird religions and underground rock - I think he even was in a band at some point). His comics are extra pulpy, with a notorious retro vibe and feel-good stories... ... What ? Wrong Mott ? Were we talking about the band ? Ugh... Well, they have long hair, they sing about Memphis and Cadillacs despite being from Herefordshire, and their most peculiar trait is being British on an absolutely-not-biased list made by a British guy. Not terrible, but not terribly good either, they’re the David Bowie that Temu delivered to Hereford when City Hall ordered one. Ok, I'm being unnecessarily harsh. I'll give them a 3* because they helped me wake up in a good mood this morning, and I enjoyed the first half of the album far more than I probably should have. There. Can we go back to talking about aliens ?

David, c'est toi ?

I had the feeling I was listening to David Bowie, Mick Ronson time. And Wikipedia tells me it's very possible since it seems the 25 years old dude spent most of his time playing, singing composing and producing his idols such as Loud Reed, Iggy Pop, and... Mott? It's quite allright though but not the same.

It sounds to me a bit familiar and outdated, good but not exceptional... It sounds like a good Plan B, but it's missing that certain something to make it a good album.

When a band’s big break basically comes down to one hit written by someone else (and honestly, that’s the only Mott song I knew), you can tell they are not exactly the greatest band in history. And on top of that, it’s British glam rock, double handicap! But hey, after all of Bruce’s redneck rock, a little flamboyance actually feels refreshing. Their glam vibe is also way less cheesy than I expected (except maybe on Drivin’ Sister). In the end, it’s a pretty solid rock album, well-balanced with some fun twists in both lyrics and solos. I dig it, and I might even give their other stuff a shot…

I was a huge REM fan back in the day and always had these guys on my list thanks to the Man on the Moon, but I think maybe I hyped them too much in my mind because this was pretty underwhelming!

Supermarket's own brand of David Bowie. Good fun but it always feels like your missing out on something better. Best Tracks: All the Way From Memphis; Honaloochie Boogie; I Wish I Was Your Mother

the who / beatles geschrammel (+ sax/strings)

Ik heb niet gekeken, maar ik ga er vanuit dat meer dan de helft van de reviews iet zeggen in de trend van 'ali express David Bowie'. Het zijn de melancholische doch opwindende tonen van glamrock, maar dan ook vooral de stem van Ian Hunter. En wat het nog ingewikkelder maakt is dat hun grote hit 'All The Young Dudes' gewoon een Bowie song is, en ook een versie bevat waarin hij de lead heeft. Enfin, vind het echt niet heel vervelend om naar te luisteren. Er zitten wat ongemakkelijke songs tussen zoals het genre dat omarmt, maar het is wel kleurrijk. Een 6,5. 6,5/10 Highlights: Honaloochie Boogie

This was a perfectly fine album. Had heard of the band but had never listened before. If one of the songs showed up on a playlist you wouldn’t skip track but you also wouldn’t pause in amazement.

I've never listened to this album (11). It's fine, not groundbreaking or anything but I like glam rock so it was a fun listen.

Glam rock is not my favourite, but this is good. 3.5 stars

This was a bit better than I remembered it. I'm still not super high on Mott the Hoople overall, but I think the first few tracks are pretty solid here. It sags a little bit in the middle, but bounces back at the end, with a song that might be my favorite Mott the Hoople track. Highlights are "All the Way to Memphis", "Hymn for the Dudes", and "I Wish I Was Your Mother". 3.5 stars.

Not so much David Bowie. More David Bloggs. This is about as average as the glam music scene gets. The melodies on this are a real middling bunch - the chorus of Violence happening and then violins sauntering merrily along in the background is probably the only noteworthy thing. So basically the best moment on the record is a bad dad pun. Not just a Mott but also a true mediocre ‘Blott’ on the 1001 list.

dad band! solid!