Mott

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

Boring.

I liked it

I really don't fucking like anything about this band. The name is offensive to me in how stupid it sounds. Their big hit written by David Bowie is dumb and annoying. This album is much of the same, but at least it's not that song. Admittedly, there are some killer riffs and good solos on here, especially the Cadillac song. Those elements make it juuuuust barely scrape into a 2. But I would still never want to hear this band ever again

Solid classic rock album. I guess it was incredible for its time, but in hindsight it isn't the most mind blowing thing. Still, the songwriting is good and the singing/playing is, too. 4/5

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.

favs: i’m a cadillac / el camino dolo roso rating 0.4/5

la escuche un poco y me sorpendio porq no son tan conocido y sus canciones son buenas la vrd, todavia me faltan varias canciones pero lo escuchare despues definitivamente

nice

I love David Bowie, I like T. Rex and can understand the appeal of some of the hard rock bands, but Mott the Hoople doesn't seem to give me much.

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.

As a music teacher I encourage young people to be open minded about different kinds of music and avoid saying disparaging things about music they don't like because it may be something that someone else loves. From this vantage point I feel like I can appreciate many different kinds of music. But man, listening to this was ROUGH. Where to begin... without hyperbole, the lead singer was off key for the majority of the recording. It was as if he was recording vocals completely independent of the rest of the tracks. This added to the cacophony already present in the tracks. What was with the saxophone in the opening song?? Was that squeaking sound what they were actually going for? I've heard more pleasant sounds from fourth graders picking up the instrument for the first time. A few tracks start to approach something listenable... only to be marred by poor singing or something wonky in the production. I wanted to like I Wish I was Your Mother, but at one point the guitar came in sounding like rubber bands around a shoebox. The guitars licks were super repetitive and didn't seem to go anywhere, all the while using the same two effects/sounds that often felt awkwardly out of place. This album makes me rethink all of my ratings this far. I gave After the Gold Rush two stars... but that was miles ahead better than this nonsense, which I can't seem to be able to give less than 1 star. I feel bad as I write this because somewhere, someone obviously loves this enough to include it on their top albums list.

This glam rock style hasn’t done a whole lot for me thus far. Maybe one of these projects will change that but this one wasn’t the one. 1 listen

Expectation: -> The album cover is promising. After listening: -> The rock equivalent of B-list actors…but quite fun. Enjoyed this one. A bit Tom Petty-esque. Track ranking: Whizz Hymn Violence Cadillac Sister Boogie Memphis Ballad Mother Rose

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

I was into it until the singing started. Now my eye keeps twitching...

Solid Bowie cover band.

Not a fan

No, you can’t get David Bowie, We have David Bowie at home.

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.

‘We’ve got Bowie at home’

I can see how this might have been an origin point for some of the theatrical Almost-prog hard rock that I quite like. I kind of like it stylisticaly. In terms of this specific content, I couldn't particularly get into it on this day - maybe I ought to try again but I doubt I will

Pretty cool

Bangers

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.

A band remembered as a one hit wonder but are a lot better than that

Awesome album these guys rock. Should be much bigger. 9.2/10

I can see why Jason Reitman used All the Young Dudes in Juno, but I completely understand now why people liked this band and this album. Pretty stellar.

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

you know it's going to be a good day when this platform recommends me glam rock from half a century ago. this album is a really fun ride! flamboyant, entertaining, engaging... it's checking off all the marks here when it comes to the types of big fat classic rock music i naturally get attracted to. i listened to this album when i worked out today, and i loved sweatin' my ass off to these tunes. love it love it love it, gimme more.

Though I am generally a fan of Mott The Hoople and Ian Hunter, Mott, which is arguably their best album, feels underwhelming and not as "great" as I first remember it. It has two of their essential tracks, All The Way to Memphis and I Wish I Was Your Mother, but the rest ranges from okay to filler. I'm happy I own this album, but I don't spin it as much as I used to and I'm actually content listening to their greatest hits album.

what if david bowie was totally swagless

this album was mott very interesting

I've never heard of Mott the Hoople or any of the songs on this album. It's glam rock for sure. Honestly, this is one of those that has me scratching my head wondering how it ended up on this list. Doesn't seem like it had a ton of commercial or critical success. It doesn't mean it wasn't groundbreaking in some way just because I've never heard of it, but I didn't see anything that indicated it was groundbreaking when I read about the album. And I just didn't think it was very good.

A lot of people here are saying this is David Bowie for the poor. Guess I'm poor then—I liked this album more than Bowie. The sound is less pretentious, just straightforward rock with a few quirks in the arrangements.

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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.

this album falls into the category of "why is this on here". is this album really one of the 1,001 that i need to listen to? dunno, seems pretty weak. nothing really stood out to me on this album.

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

Discount David Bowie

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.

Meh ….

Zoggy Moonsand and The Ants From Jupiter

The Mott the Hoople album prior to this one has two excellent songs. Written by Lou Reed and David Bowie respectively. On this one they make the fatal mistake of writing theirown material in the style of the people who made them famous but without a shred of the talent.

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.

This album sounds exactly like the cover looks. Foppish, cheesy, completely overblown "rock star" trash.

I thought this was ok; but probably below average overall.

Glam rock, sounds ok but nothing new or exciting 2 star

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

They copied the sound of so many bands from the era, they would have been a great cover band.

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

2,5

I got very little out of this. Doesn't have their one good song.

Fine album, one of their best in my view. I prefer the UK cover art.

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

Poor Bowie pastiche. How did it make the list

We’ve already got Bowie on the list, why do we need this?

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

Just mid

Waiter, there's a fly in my soup.

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.

How is it possible for something to sound so good and so unremarkable at the same time?

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

Generic 70s rock music with too much Bowie influence.

This record seems to get some pretty mediocre reviews on this site, which I find a little surprising. And there are quite a few folks that note that Bowie produced this, and so it just sounds like a Bowie record. Here’s my controversial take: Mott the Hoople’s Mott is more enjoyable as a whole record than anything I’ve heard from Bowie. David Bowie’s hits are great, and I like most of those hits better than any one song on this record. But as a whole album, this stays pretty enjoyable from front to back, which has not been my experience with any David Bowie record I’ve sat down and listened to. Anyway, this is a solid record. I don’t know that I’ve been made a lifelong fan or anything, but I’m happy I heard this one. 7.6/10

This isn't anything special and sounds like a lot of rock made at the same time, but it is enjoyable and has variety. 3.5/5.0: Very Good

a little bland but the upbeat songs are still really enjoyable

Solid stuff

- 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

David Bowie in Scheiße (Ich finde David Bowie scheiße)

Nice

Oooh, this one's fun! Mott the Hoople are a band that I've certainly heard of, but I really didn't know what to expect going into this album of theirs. Turns out, this is some of the glammiest glam rock to ever glam and I kinda love it. The album's a little silly, maybe a little more that even, but I had quite a bit of fun with this. Ian Hunter isn't the best vocalist or anything, but he's fitting for the songs and that's all that really matters. The writing is neat. It's weirdly... self-referential in a way that somehow isn't annoying. Songs like "Ballad of Mott the Hoople" and the delightful opener "All the Way from Memphis" are basically story songs pertaining to the band itself and I find that neat. The rocking energy of the album is probably my favorite part. There are some genuinely stellar moments on this thing. Things like the ending of "Hymn for the Dudes" are just so cool. Maybe it's just the Bowie-esque nature of it all that appeals to me. I don't know. All I know is that I enjoyed the album. It's not an artistic masterpiece or anything, but it's a great time if I've had one. Light 4/5.

2/5. Some decent songs here. Some songs have some riff work that sounds downright futuristic compared to contemporaries. But wholly unforgettable.

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.

Super fun album, great "classic rock" sound. Lots of sexy songs, with real chuckle moments with some of the great lyrics.

Another Brit glam rock band... I do hear some reflections of this in later Brit pop groups, and tones of Rocky Horror Picture Show, but I just can't get into glam rock.

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 decided that I don’t really like David Bowie so not surprised that I don’t like Temu David Bowie either

A pretty useless collection of songs that all sound like the singer is doing a piss pops Bowie impression. The music itself sound derivative of New York Dolls mixed with (you guessed it!) Bowie, and the whole thing comes off feeling soulless and without a distinct personality of its own.

4/10

I've existed on the planet for decades, listened to lots of music, and I've never heard of this band before this album popped up on this site. There's a reason for that. Meh. Maybe Dimery wanted to hit a quota for glam rock albums and couldn't add another Bowie.

🎧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

Mick Ralphs passing in 2025 didn't make MC's final list in January. His influence is apparent here. An excellent album.

Didn’t make me want to listen more, felt like a chore

Struggled with this. Some occasionally great guitar work from Mick Ralphs, clearly honing his chops for Bad Company. But I don't like Hunter's constricted, sub-Bowie, voice or the artifice of the more proggy elements on the album. Left feeling there's a reason glam rock hasn't had a resurgence. Probably won't be troubling this album again. 2*

If I were in the Mood i may have liked it more, very Bowie

Nothing too impressive here, but it's listenable.

David Bowie without what makes David Bowie David Bowie.

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

This was a very boring listen. I'm a bit stunned that this is their 6th album. You'd think after 5 albums a band would know how to make somewhat decent music but here I stand corrected.

2 - like others have said, just worse Bowie

Unremarkable

It sounded like glam-era Bowie without the invention or songwriting craft.

I’m not sure if this was trying to emulate Ziggy Stardust era Bowie as much as it did but there are so many of the affectations that seem to be copied here it does sound like a tribute act. The songwriting pales in comparison though and very few of these stuck with me. Particularly disliked the first half of ‘I’m a Cadillac’ and even when it picked up in the latter half, I wasn’t enjoying it.

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

Not very exciting or great glam rock album in any way, I've found it pretty boring overall. There are much better albums in the genre which got 4 stars from me so I think it's a 2.5 star album at max, rounded down to 2.

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

this exists and i'm bored

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

Ziggy Stardust's adult contemporary side quest. Lots of 50's rock pastiches and all around fun, campy vibes (3.5-4)

Unmemorable but pleasant enough at times to avoid a 1.

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)

Mott!! 4

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

Ok

This music sucks. While it is referenced by many great artists of the era, it's just plain bad, uninteresting and dull.

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.

Tagged in the 1970s with the "Glam Rock" label, largely due to the David Bowie connection on the "All The Young Dudes" album, Mott the Hoople were certainly of their time. And yes, they "glammed" themselves up a bit for the cameras, but at their core, they were a Hard Rock band, and a jolly good one at that. However, it would be a mistake to dismiss Mott the Hoople as just another English rock band. If one cares to listen, the songs on "Mott" are remarkably varied in their delivery. This is a collection that offers drama, pathos, dynamics, humour, and grit; yet, when the moment calls for it, they truly "Rock." Standout tracks such as "All the Way from Memphis," "Hymn for the Dudes," "Honaloochie Boogie," "Drivin' Sister," "Ballad of Mott the Hoople" and the standout track for me "I Wish I Was Your Mother" all demonstrate this . They all showcase a band at the height of their powers. The album's self-produced mix and production have aged exceptionally well. The sound is crisp and clear, revealing a surprisingly sophisticated mix upon closer inspection. The production captures a "live in the room" energy where Ian Hunter’s vocals are refreshingly honest and unpolished. It is no surprise the album stands up so well, having been engineered by Bill Price, who later brought that same sonic punch to the Sex Pistols’ Never Mind the Bollocks and The Clash’s London Calling. Even the visual presentation was top-tier. The original UK artwork, a clever die-cut design by Roslav Szaybo, is fantastic, while the alternative US cover - a straightforward band photograph, plays effectively into their glam-era image. Mott is an album I have owned for years and enjoyed greatly. It remains a work by a band that is too often overlooked and criminally underrated. Five stars. 1 "All the Way from Memphis" (5/5) 2 "Whizz Kid" (4/5) 3 "Hymn for the Dudes" (5/5) 4 "Honaloochie Boogie" (5/5) 5 "Violence" (4/5) 6 "Drivin' Sister" (5/5) 7 "Ballad of Mott the Hoople" (5/5) 8 "I’m a Cadillac / El Camino Dolo Roso" (4/5) 9 "I Wish I Was Your Mother" (5/5) Total - 42 Average - 4.67 243/1001 134/243 albums reviewed were new to me

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

David Bowie, you are the goat. May you descend from the heavens and give the haters a copy of this album and a copy of Ziggy Stardust to show how many imitators you spawned, and how hard you gap those imitators. Apparently, you literally had a hand in the band staying together to make this album. So it all makes so much sense. These guys aren’t even that bad, it’s just so clearly a love letter to the style of music Bowie was lighting the world on fire with (the word ‘stardust’ is dropped in the song “Whizz Kid”, and the phrase ‘you are not alone’ dropped in “Hymn For The Dudes” — it’s so obvious). I genuinely had a hard time resisting the urge to put on Bowie’s “Time” during “Hymn For The Dudes”. Things started to meander around “Drivin Sister” for me. The novelty of sounding so familiar wore off by then. Got a little bit of juice back though during “Ballad Of Mott The Hoople” for a killer chorus. That one sounded a bit more earnest than most on this project. Unsure how I’m supposed to rate this one. I liked what I heard on the whole, but we all know that this project lives in the shadow of a generational artist who is on this list plenty of times. Sadly brings it down to a 2/5, even if musically it’s a solid 3/5 or better at moments

This was a Hymn for the Dudes.

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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

a mixed bag. some songs were a bit annoying, others a bit more vibey. generally faded into the background though and was forgettable.

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.

Surely there's enough Bowie on this list that we don't need a knock-off Bowie as well?

what am I listening for. . .the covers?

I would have been ok not knowing about TEMU Bowie

2.5

Correcto

Very glam, but not quite solid enough to hold my attention. Radio friendly, not much dynamism shown from anyone to bring this into 1001 album territory.

Although this album started off as a 1, it did grow on me slightly over time. That said, it ultimately faded into more white noise than anything memorable. It feels like the kind of music you might hear at a random bar with a live band on any given Friday or Saturday night, competent, inoffensive, but nothing special.

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.

Ok. Nothing spectacular. 2 stars.

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.

Was expecting some super whacky 80s album with a name like Mott The Hoople. Was not expecting some very solid classic rock with vocals that sound like Bob Dylan if he actual sang. Some absolute shredding in songs like Drivin' Sister, Violence, and Im a Cadillac. Never heard of these fellas but this was a fun one to listen to.

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.

I thought maybe I’d be into this … but I was wrong.

I had heard of this album but never listened to it before. It was a fun listen!

Big Dumb Rock with Big Dumb Roll. It's not bad, but it's not good either. It's fine when you want to turn off brain & listen. There's just so many other better Butt Rock bands than this. I really hate to use Butt Rock but... it's one of those things, when you hear it, you know it. 2 I Wish I Was Your Mother is probably the best song on here. The guitar is memorable & the lyrics are almost nonsense but he uses the same cadence as Bob Dylan when he sings. It's almost a parody. Someone mentioned on the another review & I can't unhear it. Listen to Bob- Weird Al Dylan+Palindromes=Brillant

Fun from an unheard of band

It was fine. There's not much else to say. Passed me by without much of a grab.

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

Is it David Bowie? Is it T-Rex? Not quite! It’s Mott The Hoople! It’s an autoplay on your 70s mix you don’t skip because you’re locked in to your work and, you know, it’s inoffensive. I would never choose to listen to this album. Also the name of the band makes me think of those early Saturday morning alien puppet shows where they came to earth to learn about stuffs and those were good so bonus points there. They were called the Havakazoo - now there’s an album I want to hear.

Strong 'we have David Bowie at home' vibes, kinda throws into relief how good he was compared to his contemporaries - this is fine, but just doesn't have that magic. Peak 70s TOTP energy, glittery streamers and feather boas and tight trousers and big hair, which is obviously no bad thing, and I can see why my mum liked it when she was a child. But yeah I can't say there's anything really that special going on here.

Wow not what I was expecting! I'd never listened to Mott The Hoople knowingly. I'd heard about them in passing, and thats it. But they were good?? Really liked this, great stuff! 4 ⭐️

I don't know what I expected here, but I was still a bit disappointed. This is like bootleg glam rock that I didn't want in the first place.

Early 70s glam rock. Love it. David Bowie loved them and wrote their biggest hit (preceding album) and you can really hear his sound in their music. Some songs also kinda sound like The Faces

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

Gostei bastante. Bem animado e divertido

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.

Enjoyed the sounds

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.

This kicks ass. I love some good 70s rock and this is great. Just a great thing to blast through your speakers while you drive down the highway. Highly recommend.

This is a surprising ride. Vocals sound very very Bowie (from a pre Bowie era) and the songwriting goes Elton John like at points. Need to re-listen. Scoring a 4 as I suspect this was very innovative and influenced a lot of artists who went on to be much bigger than they were.

Bowie/Dylan wannabes and it definitely doesn't work for them.

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

so theres two mott the hoople albums on this list and that just pisses me off. at least on the next one i get to listen to All the Young Dudes but what the hell is this on the list for

Largely unremarkable glam rock, seemingly trying to replicate "All the Young Dudes." The opening track is the strongest (I liked the sax), but it doesn't keep up the momentum. Hunter doesn't really have the voice for "I Wish I Was Your Mother" (which may seem odd to say for a Dylan knockoff).

The squeaky guitar—no. Just no. Some of this was fun. Like everybody else said, reminiscent of Bowie; at some points sounding like a Bowie impersonation band! Didn’t hate it, didn’t love it.

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.

I wouldn’t put this on my list but hey it’s not my list

I was annoyed at first but this is better than average! Rather this than the beattles. 4/5

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.

2.4 1x not bad and final track pretty cool

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

Mott the Whoople? God, gammaldags 70-tallsrock, typ glam. Her skal jeg innrømme at jeg er svak. Musikken kan beskrives som mye Bowie, litt Dylan. Catchy låter med vokaler som står til estetikken. At de bringer ut saksofonen på første låt gjør heller ingen skade. Dette er jo rett og slett skikkelig bra. Føler likevel at jeg må trekke en stjerne for litt inkonsekvent kvalitet. Top 3: I'm a Cadillac / El Camino Dolo Roso, All the Way from Memphis, Whizz Kid

Hat mir schon immer gefallen.

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

Didn't do much for me

Man this guy's vocals and my brain don't get along. All the Way From Memphis ★★☆☆☆ Whizz Kid ★★★☆☆ Hymn for the Dudes ★★☆☆☆ Honaloochie Boogie ★★☆☆☆ Violence ★★☆☆☆ Drivin’ Sister ★☆☆☆☆ Ballad of Mott the Hoople ★☆☆☆☆ I’m a Cadillac / El Camino Dolo Roso ★★☆☆☆ I Wish I Was Your Mother ★★☆☆☆ Rose ★★☆☆☆ Honaloochie Boogie (demo version) ★★☆☆☆ Nightmare (demo) ★☆☆☆☆ Drivin’ Sister (live, Hammersmith Odeon) ★☆☆☆☆ Average Album Rating: 1.8/5.0 ★★☆☆☆

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.

Favorite Track: All the Way from Memphis

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.

A great collection of typically 70s rock glam. Held together but the dulcet unmistakable tones of Ian Hunter. Not the greatest voice, but then neither is Rod Stewart's. 4½

another acutely forgettable 70s brit rock album, but this time it's doing their best david bowie impression because for some reason bowie encouraged the band to keep producing shit. the opening track "all the way from memphis" is probably the most interesting on the album with its sax and piano which unfortunately gave me hope that this album would maybe be Something. everything else? distinctly nothing. i think it's a marvelous feat of illusion to trick the audience into thinking they're listening to music for 40-odd minutes where at no point could i focus on a particular moment that anything actually happened. pure dissociation fuel.

...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.

#821. That violin shrieking should be illegal. 2/5: stop it.

Straight-forward early 70's rock 'n roll I dont hear anything exceptional on this collection I wonder if their inclusion on this list is driven mainly by the Bowie connection

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

Fun as hell glam rock, excellently performed, killer vocals and fun off-kilter songwriting. One of those 4s that's almost a 5. A couple of songs were just meh. But this is definitely a must-listen, #277.

Fun generally

Bar music

little better than expected.

You can hear why Bowie liked them and also how his example helped reshape them. And yet, for me, there are too many plodding tracks that invite a moment of critical creep (both in the encroaching and personified sense). I don't know if that's the right phrase, being one I just made up, or so says my memory, but it's like the flip side of cinema's suspension of disbelief. It's the moment where the mood is broken or no longer sustained. It's like I'm there and aware that I'm listening to the music and not moved. It's the experience of being in and then out of the flow of what they're trying to craft for me (as opposed to some idea of sustained critical distance). I almost feel it's worse to be pulled in by one song like All the Way from Memphis and then to fall out of things on Whizz Kid. This happens both at the song level on this record and within tracks that showed promise. While it's not without its shining glittery-glam rock moments — ultimately, it's Mott's unevenness and inability to sustain my interest that lets the critical creep in.

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

Pretty solid rock album representative of the times, though I can't get past how gibberish the band's name is. That aside, "Honoloochie Boogie" was my favorite song of the album.

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.

Fantastic album from one of my favorites.

If I was a football pundit that spoke only in cliches, I would be reaching for 'bang average' after listening to this. Nothing objectively wrong, but never really piqued my interest.

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

Przesłuchałem raz i myślałem, że to będzie 2. Ale postanowiłem dać temu drugą szansę. Będzie 1. Mam nadzieję nigdy więcej nie usłyszeć tego wokalisty. Ani saksofonu - przez połowę czasu brzmiał jak muzyka z Benny Hilla, a przez drugą jakby ktoś spuszczał powietrze z balonu ściskając wentyl tak, żeby piszczało.

Lackluster

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

Liked the first track, then got very old very quickly. They all sounded like poorer variations of All The Young Dudes

All the Young Dudes is great but not on this album. They dont appear the most creative band, album title wise. I see a self titled "Mott the Hoople"' a "Mott" and a "The Hoople".

If AI created a Bowie tribute band which dabbled in Dylanesque tracks, this would be the album it created.

Glam er bare pænt pisse dumt...

Chippy Shop Ziggy Stardust

This wasn’t anything particularly fantastic. It’s good for what it is, but nothing that’s going to amaze anyone listening to 52 years after its release. It seemed to get better as it went on though. Violence was a stand out track for me.

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.

Bowie wrote one of their songs. Need I say more. 4/5

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.

Horrible

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

If you like the music of the 70s... I do not.

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

Skippable

only on whizz kid but the album seems boring so far even though i feel like its something id usually like

Oh this grew on me very quickly

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

Pish

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

I'm a Cadillac/El Camino Dolo Roso actually kinda rocks but it comes on the heels of seven songs that are grating, plodding, and dull. Too little, too late.

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.

i don't want any more of these dumb british album rock bands please Would I listen again: No Deserves to be on this list: No 2.4

Right up there with some of the best of the glam rock releases of the early seventies and follow up to All The Young Dudes. Good mix of songs lots of roadworn music industry cynicism. Ralph's last full album with some good guitar work make this well worth a listen.

Classic album from a band I have never heard of. Not bad, nothing that really stood out though. 2.5 star

Subtitled: A collection of Bowie b-sides and outtakes.

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

The boogie and swagger tunes are on a par with Big Star's best tunes. The anthems are dirgey slogs on a par with Aerosmith's most overwrought late stage power ballads. Unfortunately the ratio of slog to kickass is like the rent- too damn high.

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.

Pretty boring. Not the type of thing I like.

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.

Primark Bowie

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

Emotional and autobiographical. David Bowie, Queen, The Clash. Underground pop band every big names love.

Mott The Hoople just knows how to have fun. Their sound stands out in such an interesting way and it always feels just zany enough to be fresh but not too zany that it feels disingenuous or goofy. Best Track: Hymn for the Dudes

pretty good

Actually truly bangin, great jam

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.

The definition of 'fine enough'

If I didn’t have 70’s rock fatigue, this would probably get a 3.

Only a few good songs. Bowie produced and you can tell.

This album would have been good if they didn't just blatantly rip off Bowie track for track. It also would have been better if they didn't suck at doing so. And also if they were better at playing their instruments. I guess it would have been good if a different band recorded it.

Only ever heard of these guys because they supported Queen for a couple of tours in the '70s and their concert staple Now I'm Here is dedicated to Mott, but I'd never actually listened to anything they recorded. Enjoyed it a lot.

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.

Yeesh. Started out strong, but the rest of this fell pretty flat.

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.

Mott the Hoople is like a David Bowie who might also help you move to a new apartment. What I want out of BIG ROCK - swagger betraying vulnerability, knuckleheadedness laced with insight, Olympian inaccessibility woven in with "That could be me." "I Wish I Was Your Mother" is one of the weirdest conceits for a great love song. This and Brain Capers are two of my favorite rock albums ever.

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.

Finally, a hymn for the dudes. This thing is pretty doodoo minus some good cheesy guitar licks. I struggled to get through this one, lot of Costco brand Bowie.

I'm sorry how is this on the list? This was everything bad about glam rock in one album. That first song was nearly unlistenable, but it kinda leveled out later into boring garbage. I know this band has good songs, but I fail to see them here. T. Rex is better. 1/5 what a disappointment

Art, funk, pure 70s rock

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

Meh.

i'm rating this lower than i normally would but i'm so tired of glam rock and all of the lyrics associated with it that i just can't do this anymore

this is like rock music i can appreciate for being rock but i will never listen willingly again.

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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eh, not my favorite

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.

Ended up listening to it twice, but I don't actually remember any of it but 5 hours later. Didn't dislike it but I didn't find it memorable.

I think Mott the Hoople would have been better in concert than what the album offers, but the album is still pretty good. 4 stars or B-.

Not really sure why this is on here, it's fairly unremarkable

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