Mott

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.

Never listened to Mott the Hoople before. This was a bit shit, like early '70s Bowie or Elton John but watered down, a bit of Bob Dylan in the vocal delivery at times. I don't hate it but it feels pretty derivative at every turn, doesn't have the magic to be talked about in any way other than a lesser version of something else.

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

Some meh songs, but the good songs balance it out

Mott was certainly a pretty fun album. I went in initially thinking i was not gonna like it despite my love for hard rock music but against all odds, i ended up enjoying this album. On the surface, it doesn't really do much other than be a typical 70s glam rock album with all the bells and whistles you would expect from the genre. But in my eyes, it doesn't really need to be anything more than that. I still had fun with this album on each and every song. Be they fast or slow, it was all enjoyable and just simple fun and i can't complain about that at all. I also can't really think of anything that this album does wrong so its just nothing but a very enjoyable listen. Best Song: Whizz Kid Worst Song: I Wish I Was Your Mother

Just not a big glam rock guy

Glam rock: the musical

idek

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.

Okay. Some solid rock, but no big standouts for me on this.

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.

Previously really only knew Mott from their big hit. Quite enjoyed it, like a more rock-forward Bowie, so it makes sense why Bowie gave them All The Young Dudes. More of a 3.5 because it didn’t blow me away, but I’ll round up because it was a fun listen.

Discount David Bowie

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

surprisingly good

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

Better than the other Coldplay album on here I guess. Hopefully no more

For a 70s album I enjoyed this more than itl thought I would. Some songs I would happily have listened to in the 90s or 00s. Would listen again.

Very forgettable

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.

Sounds too derivative of Bowie.

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

⭐️⭐️ 1001 ALBUMS- # 93 Mott is NOT for me! While I kept an open mind despite that glam-orous cover art, they lost me with Symphony for The Dudes 🙄 A poor man’s David Bowie, Mott The Hoople (huh?) blends glam rock swagger with harder rock / pub‑rock energy: guitars are raw, there’s attitude, and the band digs into themes of disillusionment with the rock business, which would all be admirable had they not been complete rip-off copy cats 🐈. In the pantheon of 1970s rock, Mott by Mott the Hoople holds a curious and vital position. Released in 1973, the album arrived at a pivotal moment: glam rock was in full bloom, and Mott the Hoople, newly revitalized by their David Bowie-assisted breakout All the Young Dudes, were poised to define themselves beyond the shadow of their benefactor. Mott is the result of that identity crisis — a collection of songs that are equal parts swagger and self-doubt, offering not glam rock’s glittering fantasy, but its sobering underside. 🎧 Classic Track; All The Way From Memphis 🎧 Deep Cut Gem: Violence 🚫 Skip Track: Drivin’ Sister 🚫 What Were They Thinking: Hymn For The Dudes The album is extremely contrived and lacks cohesive flow; stompers, peppered with glam, with forced ballads shoehorned for self-indulgence. Tracks contain extended segments, shifts in tone that may alienate listeners who prefer straightforward rockers; folk‑rock in an arrangements that details any momentum. 🖼️ Album Artwork: Blinded by the glam 💡 While Hunter’s songwriting is passable, his vocal delivery is divisive — lacks polish or range (but paradoxically that rawness is part of what could’ve been a defining identity for this band had it not been for their overtly self-indulgent style.

The kind of 70s rock that just bounces off me like a long distnace Nerf dart.

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

Not for me. I couldn’t get into this one. Each started roughly the same and didn’t create a connection.

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.

2/5. I enjoy glam rock, and this kind of checked all the boxes but didn't really go above and beyond. Heavily inspired by Bowie and other acts at this time, I just don't feel this offers much in experience. I enjoyed a few of the songs but it wasn't hard rock, jamming, concert-going good. I think I was expecting more out of all the other glam bands I've listened to. Best Song: All The Way From Memphis, Ballad of Mott the Hoople

Fine. Warmed over Bowie.

Bit of a slog this, in all honesty. Honaloochie Boogie, Violence, I'm a Cadillac, and I Wish I Was Your Mother aren't bad.

this was so fun. and they have great hair

All the Way from Memphis

Enjoyable background vibes

This album was so bad I couldn’t help but laugh out loud at it. So I’ll give it a 1.5 / 5 just for making me laugh.

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.

Ok

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.

Best Song: All the Way from Memphis. Some actual rock and roll that sadly did not show up again for the remainder of the album. Worst Song: I'm A Cadillac. Truly no reason for this song to linger and meander so long. Overall: Another week, another Bowie imitator. Everything is overly dramatic and saccharine, or its just not that interesting to even warrant your attention. Supremely skippable.

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

Muy Bowie a nivel voz y storytelling, además tiene esa parte burlesque-spoken word que tan bien le pega al rock y que define una década muy concreta. Otra banda de la que quiero escuchar más cosas, les pondría un 4 y medio pero no se puede en esta página web, malditos anglos. Favs: Whizz Kid, I'm a Cadillac, Honaloochie Boogie -Demo Version

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.

Couple of good tunes but not really for me 2/5

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

Que c'est nul le glam, mais que c'est nul.

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

first track is good, the other tracks are also there. 2

Mott the Hoople wants to be Bowie so bad it makes them look stupid.

Glam rock meh

It’s a mighty long way down rock and roll….! Great album and loved the guitar sounds. Very Bowie like in places but then the last 2 tracks were a real surprise. El Camino Dolo Rosso may have been an inspiration for Dire Straits?! Then finishing with a Dylanesque track. Plenty here to reward repeat listens.

This has an obvious, massive Bowie influence. It feels very easy to point out, but it's undeniable. Overall I like the vibe though. There's some really good tracks, and it's generally pretty solid. I like when they really go for it, and you have the backing singers giving it some too (eg: on hymn for the dudes). 3.5 rounded up.

Glam

It's been a shame to see how flippantly people seem to rate albums like this, with it's average currently under 3 here. I've never purposefully listened to the Mott other than when All the Young Dudes gets autoplayed. I'd not have realised how well considered some of their albums are without this 1001 prompt. This album comes after their Bowie reboot and this album certainly sounds like glam Bowie of this era, but with their own twist and great songwriting and it's great fun. Even on my second listen and songs are already embedding them. The production is great and they're such a solid band (even if they were already depleted in numbers by this point), and it's sad that they would split up after their next album (also very well thought of!), with Hunter then forging what looks like a rewarding solo career. Yet another artist to be less snobby or dismissive about, thanks to 1001...

Slightly rambly rock, had a kind of operatic/dramatic flair

Has some moments but sounds run of the mill rock

Not sure how I never heard this before. I know the name Mott the Hoople, but never heard anything except for that one single. But, I quite like it! Yes, Ian Hunter sounds like he soooo wants to be David Bowie, but I don't find it annoying as a lot of wannabes are. The music is all-around solid. This is a great record and I'll definitely listen again. Probably a 3.5, but it made me smile a couple of times, so I'll give it a 4.

Guess I like glam rock?

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.

love great glam rock

What a slog. ugh.

Just felt very uninspired. It was lacking energy

Enjoyed several songs throughout the album. Wish I was your mother, honaloochie boogie, Memphis, etc. Had a classic 70s rock feel.

Not nearly as terrible as I was expecting… but I am just confused.

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)

what did david bowie see in these guys

Fine

It's like you asked someone to take the sum total of early 70s rock and produce an average of it. Thats what this album is. Sorry Bowie, Mott oughta have split.

NOTT the Hoople.... amiright??! Because this is f'n trash.

This was fun. Good, solid glam rock that I had a great time listening to.

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

Didn't do much for me.

There are about two or three things I know about Mott The Hoople: the first is that Queen name-dropped them on "Now I'm Here". It's not really relevant to anything, but it's always the first thing that comes to mind whenever I happen to think of this group. Second, there's just how funny I find it that they have an album called MOTT THE HOOPLE, an album called MOTT, and an album called THE HOOPLE. That's just endless amusing, especially as a bookend for their career. The third thing is the most relevant: their place in the "David Bowie extended universe" (DBEU). The story of Mott The Hoople, from what I've heard, is that they weren't a very notable band for most of their career. I think I read in Stephen Thomas Erlewine's review on AllMusic that they were on about the same level as Slade — y'know, the guys who originally recorded "Cum On Feel The Noize". It wasn't until they crossed paths with Bowie that they became particularly notable. Rather famously, not only did he write what's probably their biggest hit ("All The Young Dudes"), he also produced the album it came from (of the same name). It was with this album that they made a big pivot into doing glam rock, and it was with this album that they just took the fuck off. After this, they were certified **STARS**, baby! This album, then, as that same AllMusic review notes, is their response to that chunk of fame they awarded. And I'll tell you: it doesn't sound like they're all too happy with it? That's certainly something you can read into if you dig into the lyrics, and for sure the lens through which I ended up viewing this album. But it's not like Ian Hunter's lyrics are just whining about how hard life on the road is, no. To reference that AllMusic review once again, it's more "wry commentary on rock & roll." To which, I mean, the level to which you buy into that will certainly vary from person to person — I also read Robert Christgeau's piece on this album and he sure didn't believe it. For my own money, y'know, I **did** buy into it enough to see the album that way, so... But I think what makes it a great album isn't just Ian Hunter's lyrics commenting that rock and roll is a "loser's game." In fact, if you weren't actively listening to the lyrics, you'd never know that — this is fuckin' **good-ass** winner glam rock. Jus', goodnes me, it's so good. Even Christgeau could cop to that. It's some of the most 70's glam rock-ass 70's glam rock I've ever heard. And, y'know, I get how that could be a negative to some people: that it's so standard to what you'd expect of this kind of music that it's not even exciting to me. But to me, a gig is a gig is a gig is a gig — and this is a damn gig. Like with metal and country music, I'm not too discerning about my glam rock. As long as it hits the right notes, I'm more than fine. And this sure as heck does! Killer riffs! Enormous swagger! Hoooorns! It's everything I'd want from a glam rock album and then some. It even has... Well, you remember how I said Mott The Hoople were in the DBEU? Well, if I wasn't even vaguely aware of who Ian Hunter was, you sure coulda convinced me that David Bowie didn't just write "All The Young Dudes", but just straight up joined the band. Seriously: Ian Hunter is doing his best possible vocal impression of HUNKY DORY- or ZIGGY STARDUST-era Bowie. It can be a little— jus', a tad bit distracting sometimes. If I have any one nitpick, it's on this point. And it far from ruins the album, I should say; within this context and musical bed, it works just fine. This voice doesn't not belong. But it's not like I can't think about that "We have David Bowie at home" tweet-review I saw and exactly fully disagree with it. Still, like I said, that's my own nitpick. Otherwise, I am mighty impressed with Mott The Hoople here. I'd long been aware of the name for the reasons mentioned above (and "All The Young Dudes" being in GUITAR HERO: AEROSMITH, I almost forgot), but, I'unno, they were just one of those groups I never got around to simply because I was busy with other stuff. Now that I've sampled one of their albums... Shoot, I might just reach for it the next time I'm in a 70's glam rock mood. Like, I know it's very "wannabe Bowie" in the vocals, but consider this: Mott The Hoople doesn't have the mystique or legacy that Bowie does. As such, at least for me, it's much easier to just rock out to this music without having to keep "the importance" in mind. I really don't blame their greatest hits album (released three years later) for having four songs from this record. So, down in the city, just Hoople n' me... Yeah, I think I'll stay around (around, around).

Glam rock can be a little silly, but it's still got some damn good music, this group included. 4.5 bumped down to 4.

I’m at a 5, though not without one minor complaint about the track order. We haven’t gotten too much 70s glam rock; the last one I can distinctly remember was “Electric Warrior” by T. Rex, but while that album struggled to maintain a harmony between the vocals, lyrics & instrumentals, I’d say this album maintains it for the vast majority of its runtime. There’s a lot of Bowie-esque DNA in here, but it’s mixed with the sort of eclectic instrumentation of a Bachman Turner-Overdrive, a Thin Lizzy, or a Chicago. It blends really nicely, and it’s enhanced by how many styles this album takes. It’s a little one-note at times, but having something like “Hymn for the Dudes” as an earnest, slightly cheesy pro-Christianity anthem with swirling choral work, followed by something as upbeat, energetic & goofy as “Honaloochie Boogie”, is a good 1-2 punch that showcases the variety very well. Same with “Violence” & “Drivin’ Sister”. So, what’s the track order issue? I just think “Ballad of Mott the Hoople” should’ve ended the album, that’s all. Move it down to the very end, and its sort of self-indulgent nature works really nicely, especially as it would work hand-in-hand with “I Wish I Was Your Mother” as a juxtaposition on found families & the desire to keep a relationship going as long as possible, no matter how diminishing the returns may be the longer it goes. Both of them are lamenting the inevitable loss of a relationship, but the latter relates to how a more stable upbringing would be able to save this current one, and the former relates to the fatigue of maintaining the band & ultimately, that it’s just too addictive to actually stop for now. “Ballad of Mott the Hoople” not being the last track here sort of undermines that, and I think the album ends in a far less effective way because of it. It’s not enough to bump it down, but it is noteworthy to me. Overall though, it’s a strong 43 minutes; perhaps a little more generic than I’m making it sound, and if that sense of “these guys aren’t that original” is permeating that badly, then I could easily see this as low as a 3. For my tastes, I’m at a 5 because I just had a lot of fun with it. It’s not anything super special, but it’s consistently catchy & the instrumentation is energetic throughout. The vocals are a little nasally at times, and while I wish he was more melodic at points, it never ruined a track for me. Good lyrics throughout this whole thing too. All in all, I just liked it a lot, and sometimes it’s that simple. Hence, a 5.

bofff

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 ?

Not for me. Cheesy and outdated

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

Iedereen zal wel schrijven dat dit de Ali Express versie van Bowie is. Dus dat doe ik niet. Maar het lijkt er wel op, zeg. 6/10 Highlights Honaloochie

Honestly I can see why I’ve never heard of this band. It’s not bad but pretty forgettable. There were a couple of songs in the second half I liked but not enough that I can say what songs they were looking at the titles.

Did not feel special to me.

Meh... glam rock zal nooit echt m'n ding worden. Behalve Bowie dan. En laat het dan ook toevallig zijn dat ik enkel All The Young Dudes nice vind van Mott The Hoople. 2.4

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.

Rose makes for a strong ending and I quite like the Ballad, but ultimately this piano heavy psychedelic 70s rock is very hit or miss for me, and this album is a miss

Not bad, I never heard of this fella but I don't know why?

3.5

4.5

3.5

9.45 ★★★★½

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!

Il manque un peu de personnalité mais l’album est bien dans l’ensemble

Boff

Solid glam rock strong David Bowie vibes

goofy band name. also he sounds like bowie

This sounds like another group I can’t put my finger on.

Eh

The only Mott the Hoople song I know is “All the Young Dudes,” which I think is fine. I’m not entirely sure what to expect from this album, but the reviews don’t look incredibly favorable. Glam rock can be pretty hit or miss with me, so Mott could go either way. Let’s jump in! Wow, this was a really odd album. I found parts of this album to be pretty generic, and the vocals felt like store-brand Bowie, but it managed to be pretty damn fun at times. The opening track, “All the Way from Memphis,” really threw me for a loop. The instrumentals in the intro were up-tempo and full of energy, and I felt like the song was building to something, but the vocals kind of sucked all the energy out of everything. After that song, I wasn’t expecting much from this album, but the guitar playing on “Whizz Kid” was fantastic, especially the spacey-sounding guitars towards the end. The guitar on the intro for “Hymn for the Dudes” was really good too, and I especially liked the backing vocals towards the end of the song. “Honaloochie Boogie” had a really fun vibe to it. The saxophone and backing vocals were really great. “Violence” was a bit weird for my tastes, especially those strings (I see that it’s an “insane violin” on the personnel notes on Wikipedia, and man, that’s aptly named). Also, what the hell is a ‘poolroom stink?’ Is that related to a lounge lizard? “Drivin’ Sister” was pretty cool too, and that shift in sound (no pun intended) with that middle section was really fun. “I Wish I Was Your Mother” was my favorite song on the album. The harmonica and mandolins were excellent, and it was the most unique song on the album. Overall, this was a pretty decent album. The vocals weren’t my favorite, but the guitar playing was really good at parts. The overall sound was a tad mediocre, but it still managed to be fun.

I'm not familiar with their catalog. The vocals had a Bob Dylan vibe that I wasn't quite sure about but there was plenty else there to like.

430/1001 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑

mid

It's hard not to think of Bowie, listening to Mott, and the comparision is crushing. Putting that aside, vocals are grating, music is pompous and theatrical without irony, hotness and creativity I appreciate about glam. Some instrumantal parts are jarring (All the Way From Memohis, I'm looking at you), most are just unmemorable. Violence chorus is pretty fun, but I'm not the fan overall.

this was wsy too bowie-esque i hated it

It was okay

Has ever a rock vocalist sounded so jaded and world-weary as Ian Hunter? The appreciation of the record will be largely down to how listeners rate Hunter, who does sound at times like a Bowie impersonator. A bunch of strong cuts, with particular strength of the slower tunes: "Ballad of Mott" and "Hymn for the Dudes"and "I Wish I Was Your Mother." One's always intrigued by the presence of the sax in glam, which roots the sound in the '50s of course as if the glamsters maybe knew that even the newest trends weren't all that new. On balance, this is solid and a fun listen, too.

Not my jam

A sort of rollicking glam cabaret, somewhere between Bowie at his cheekiest, pub-fight T-Rex, a sprinkling of the Stones, and maybe even some proto-Sparks vibes? Awesome oh-so-British dirty-boogie guitar tones, audio clips of motorcycles and fist-fights, some proto-prog atmospherics, and a collection of really solid 70s cock-rock songwriting in a wide variety of moods, complete with shouty harmonies, piano balladry, and pure paeans to the power of almighty rock. Simultaneously quite silly and dead serious. What's not to like?

Not my style at all.

Drepleiðinleg plata. Basic, lélegur söngur.

Kind of mid. Too bad Bowie didn’t have involvement here.

Not great, but a solid 3. 7/10

This was a good album, I was unfamiliar with the band so it was cool to be introduced to them

Nice

I prefer David Bowie's music over it. Not really remarkable but still good to know that this exists. Still pretty enjoyable but not really remarkable. I struggle to pick one song that I liked the most - they all kinda mixed together in my head.

Good memories

Sure, OK

I really like Mott the Hoople. They straddled the early '70s glam rock/hard rock divide and produced some great tracks. I never felt they were an album band though. Three or four of the tracks on this album would make their greatest hits - "All The Way From Memphis" is a classic, "Honaloochie Boogie", "Hymn for the Dudes", and I really like "I'm a Cadillac/El Camino Dolo Roso" which is a showpiece for Mick Ralphs's guitar and a nod to his later work with Bad Company. The rest are listenable. But for me there are great tracks on most Mott albums and they are better together on a Greatest Hits collection or on their excellent Mott the Hoople:Live (particularly the 30th Anniversary expanded edition.

1. Memphis - 1 2. Kid - 1 3. Dudes - 0 4. Boogie - 0 5. Violence - 0 6. Sister - 0 7. Hoopla - 0 8. Cadillac - 1 9. Mother - 1 10. Rose -1.5 11. Boogie - 0 12. Nightmare - 0 ZERO ANOTHER GROUP THAT SUCKS BALLS !!!!!!!!!

matias hoopel yksi hienoimmista one of the great also-rans n the history of rock & roll yksi ehkä parhaista ylväimmistä uljaimmista of historia hhistorian yksi one of the historys greatest oyksi historian mahdeista. mott the hooppeli vittu aivan jätti bändi. instituutio. elämäntapa biljoonille. mott the saatanan hooppeli kirkas ja loistava tähti tässä maailmassa. ei. universumissa. GREAT BRITAIN ORIGINAL MUSIC!!!!!! UNITED FUCJING GINGDOM MUSIC BAND LONELY HEARST BUKL BAND! ja t ämän takia puhumme englantia kaikki. t'män takia kaikki puhuvat englantea (koska mott the hoopel teki tämmöset temput) el camina dolo reso

Solid 70's classic rock album. Solid vocals with a British flair.

Good enough.

I'm not sure how I feel about this album. Although its a sound I don't hate for most of it, nothing significant really sticks out. The first half of the album really wasn't my favorite with All the Way from Memphis being ruined by what sounds like a kazoo solo at the end as well as my least favorite song I've heard out of any album so far Violence. That song is so goofy. Toward the end I started to get into it with songs like Drivin' Sister and I'm a Cadillac/El Camino Dolo Roso with a more memorable sound to it. My top 3 songs from this album are I Wish I Was Your Mother, Drivin' Sister, and Ballas of Mott The Hoople.

3/5

Feels like good music, but just wasn't feeling it.

Good background noise but nothing more. It is said that he who has never tasted grapes cries sour, and while I'm glad I tasted them, it's not something I'll actively come back to

I've never heard this one before. Let's GO! This album goes all of the place, in a really good way. I've thought they sounded like a bunch of different artists as the album has gone on. From the Stones to the Allman Brothers on the outro of track 8. I am happy I have now heard this album and I'd probably listen again. 3.4/5

fell short

Really middle of the road, no songs were really that special too me. Pleasant enough, don’t need to return though

I wasn't really into this and don't want to listen to it again. Don't know what Bowie saw in them.

Went right over my head, left me underwhelmed

Who is Mott? What is a Hoople? When will this be over? On second thought, this album is awesome. I am such a sucker for listenable rock music. I still don't like the violins/violence song.

I had never heard of this band and at first was not into it. However as I got to the later tracks I quite enjoyed it. Doubtful I will listen to it again but there was some good guitar solos and melodies.

J - 2/5 Best Track - "All The Way From Memphis"

not my cup of tea, not really into the whole 'musical' sound

just made me want to listen to bowie. soz

Unremarkable, will get a 3 but doesn't have much going for it. Glam rock

Solid heavy glam rock album with a noticeable Bowie influence (not a bad thing).

Kinda ok/good generic rock?

Sounds like the knock-off brand of any popular musicians from the 70s, which is actually kind of impressive. Mainly Bowie, Dylan, Young and a little Queen. This generic album cover only reinforces that impression. 2.5/5

I'm not even going to ask what "Mott the Hoople" means because it's probably some weird British thing you just had to be there for in 1973. These guys really loved, Bowie, didn't they? That, or I'm just not familiar enough with glam rock to separate Bowie's influence from the genre as a whole. This was cool. I mean, I feel like I'd heard this album a few times before in other glam rock bands (Bowie, T-Rex, etc.), but it was still cool. It's varied in sound and in vibes, and I can see the genesis of a certain sound and attitude in both 70's music and later genres as well. I liked this a lot more than I expected to, but how much did it do to separate itself from other glam rock offerings of the era? Just enough to earn three stars. It's a vibe. Standout Tracks: All the Way from Memphis, Violence, Drivin' Sister, I'm a Cadillac/El Camino Dolo Roso

Glam, bowieesque, 70's...it got it all.

Not bad!

It sounds pretty much like David Bowie but a bit worse. Listen to Bowie instead. This is not bad but I wouldn't listen again to it.

Nothing life changing but nothing wrong with it. I liked 'I Wish I Was Your Mother' and everything else was fine.

Not even the one with All the Young Dudes, just twelve other songs that sound like it.

Reasonably fun, didn't blow me away.

Глупый Дэвид Боуи. Наверное в этом есть свои плюсы, но как бы... В этом списке вся дискография Дэвида Боуи, и абсолютно заслуженно, и он не глупый? Я предвзят? Лучшая песня - Ballad of Mott The Hoople.

Frollocking '70s glam rock fun. Nothing too serious here, but I enjoyed the ride. Favourite track: Violence.

This is classy, as well as being a little downbeat and regretful. Mott were always the underdogs, failing to make the monster breakthrough they deserved. Failure is underrated, as is this album.

Nothing special. Bowie wannabes that aren’t as good

Love this Bowie/T Rex adjacent sound!

“Who’s playing tonight?” “Shitty David Bowie.” “Is he any good?” “He sucks.”

A bit the same

This album came out a year after I was born. I've never heard of this band before and certainly didn't recognize any of their songs. It's a good classic rock album but didn't really do anything for me.

1. I have not really looked into the background of the guy who wrote the book and created this project, but as we have gone along some of the album choices have made me strongly suspect that he is British. I think today's album is the one that made me 100% certain that is the case - only a Brit would think that Mott the Hoople's 6th album is "essential" listening. 2. When I was in college, an aunt and uncle gave me one of those compilation CD sets called "Those Rocking 70s" for Christmas. I always thought it only existed as a cash grab from the popularity of "Dazed and Confused" but I just looked it up and apparently it actually came out all the way back in 1991. Anyway, it was a great collection of songs. I unfortunately lost one of the two discs in Tallahassee, but the disc I still have includes Mott's "All the Young Dudes." 3. In my humble American opinion, if you own anything that has "All the Young Dudes" on it, then you own all of the Mott the Hoople that anyone needs to hear before they die.

First song, All the Way from Memphis, i'm realizing all these British bands have vocalists that sound the same. I might be less irritated by this song if a better vocalist was carrying it. Nevermind, a better vocalist couldn't have saved this album.

Enjoyed it. Didn't save any tho. Hymn for the dudes is my favorite.

This is a strong album, but for my taste it is too musical/theatrical sounding to me to add to my library.

Not a bad album. A couple songs are pretty repetitive, but it was better than expected.

I enjoyed this more than expected. Thought it was cool that Bowie produced the album prior to this. The track, "Violence" was such an annoying dud. We get it - violins and violence sound familiar. The rest of the tracks were fun. Kind seemed like guys being dudes. "Hymn for the dudes" is a sweet title. Overall kinda glad I listened to this one.

Solid album, very fun.

Bowie light

An interesting sound. Not too bad

Alright, but not super good. A nice listen once, but I won't play it again.

Nic e from the beginning of glam

Glam but not too glam. I liked it. Probably would like it more if it were a bit more glam, but that may just be my taste.

I didn't love it and I didn't hate it, but I was just expecting a little more from Mott, in that era of great Glam Rock!

fun but listened once , never got around to re listen

There were 2 pretty good songs. The rest was not good.

Very meh

Iggy Sunbeam and the Mosquitos from Venus

Super Bowie-esque. Fun listen

I kept expecting this to be more than it was. Kind of a disappointment.

Yeah so why the hell am I listening to squealing noises and being fed lies about how it’s good NO.

Perhaps.... all of the good...all of the good albums were taken... I'd say it's a cheap Bowie but I don't like Bowie either so maybe Bowie is a more affected Hoople instead? These awful analogies are falling apart. Ahh it's actually not all terrible it's just kinda there and very very of its time. i.e. if you're making a 70s glam rock mix you can use anything here with confidence, e.g. a song here or there is fine but any more is a drag. My favourite cut is actually the instrumental El Camino Dolo Roso. Sorry, Ian. 5/10 2 stars.

Ziggy Stardust must had changed their lives (they are good)

17/07/2025 This album was okay.

Cool glam album by the Mott. I almost deducted a star for 'Violence' - just because the word "violence" sounds like "violins" there's no need to scatter shrieky violin bits all over the track. Lucky for the Hoople, side two is close to brilliant, with especially the closing track 'I Wish I Was Your Mother' standing out.

There are some great songs on Mott, there are some pretty bad songs on Mott. Mott the Hoople is a weird band with a weird name. They have some absolute bangers, but I’m never really sure, what they’re trying to achieve as a band. Mott is no exception. It’s not bad. I just don’t fully get it.

Musical talent - diverse - some good stuff some less so - not a one trick poney

Average 70s rock album, can't help but hear Bowie in these songs.

This felt more enjoyable than a 2, but not as good as a standard 3. I guess by rounding I have to give it a 3, but I don't feel good about it.

I enjoyed this album, but every time I hear something from them, I can't tell if it's The Kinks or David Bowie I'm listening to. And I always find out it's neither and stare with a blank confused look. Today is no different.

It was okay

Another classic rock outfit in the style of the Who/Boston/etc that's as interchangeable as a pair of socks

I have a soft spot for Bowie era 70s glam rock, so this really hits. I didn't find any one track immediately gripping, but this vibe and style is one I can return to over and over again.

What’s with all the Hoople. I like the variety of strings instruments to jazz up an otherwise middle of the road rock album

okay gseht noch glam rock uus und es isch. sehr bowie style sax und so. de song isch nöd de haaammer aber cooli gitarrelicks cooli blöser und s groovt irgendwie. gitarre uf whizz kid isch sehr geil. s kazoo au haha. hymn for the dudes isch jo de haaammer. ruhig und denn rieeeeese solo. ich check nonig was de i halt vo. tdxt isch aber de song isch super. omg giige uf violence goht jo dumm ha kei so geili rockgiige susch im chopf. mad geil. ballad of dingsbums au cute würkli. etz chli sehr ballade aber cute. i bims 1 cadillac cuper cool au wieder easy prog mit mega viel verschiedene teil. bi i wish i was your mother: i hate the clothes you're wearing, they're so pretty. super line. super guets album. starchs vieri.

all the way from memphis isch na cool! chli quirky und er chan nöd singe aber jo hahaha whizz kid isch iwie immer schlimmer worde ja no kein fulminante start hymn for the dudes tönt schomal funny jaa weiss nödso recht, iwie isch villes chli ah mier verbii aber gfalle hetsmer iwie trotzdem I'm a cadillac hani reecht geil gfunde! d melodie vo I wish I was your mither hani iwie kennt? jaa vlt losis nomal aber grundsätzlich eifach es 3. iwie cool, iwie chli zum vergesse es isch morge und ich loses nomal!! memphis findi scho nachli cooler als gester hahah STIMMT das sax (oder so) wo chum en ton ussebringt whizz kid findi immernanig unglaublich okok han jz doch sehr spass gha, I'm a cadillac glaub immerno s highlight? uf jede fall VIA

Cool stuff. You can hear the Bowie like influence of Ian Hunter

Decent album 3/5

It was ok

Very good

Pretty Good

I did listen to this. It is an album.

Bang the average

Great

This was good - I don’t mind a bit of glam rock, but there wasn’t anything that really stood out or grabbed me. It was a solid enough listen though.

Mott The Hoople was an unfamiliar name, that i'm glad to have discovered. Epic, grand-scale glam rock that dares enough to sound interesting. Was it a world renewing endavour? No, but I will hapily return to this one.

Can’t remember

This album made me think a little bit. I can imagine myself in the 70s, buying this vinyl in a random record store, and I would probably think "Uh, this is new? I'll take it", but for me it wouldn't make much of an impact, because albums like this came out every day in the 70s. It's very regular, very normal! But here's what really sets the 70s apart, because here I am listening to this extremely regular album, 52 years after it was released, on the other side of the world. Even the regular and bad music from the 70's still lives on, and that's really impressive. But as for the album itself... not so much. I feel like I've heard this album a million times under the feet of others. I'll give it 3 stars, it doesn't get any more regular than that.

Glam rock is not what I needed today. All the Way from Memphis had some cool instrumental stuff. Overall it was a bit too cheesy to really be enjoyable. I do appreciate that it has some weird parts though. Some stuff was kinda sounding like Bowie mixed with like Beatles or Floyd vocal effects? I couldn't totally tell. Anyway, interesting album but it just wasn't really doing it for me.

This is really fun. Its kind of like blues inspired slacker stoner rock. It feels like what would eventually become indie rock. Really fun psych elements, eccentric lyrics and vocals. The whole album kind of feels like walking into a party where Mott the Hoople (who / whatever that means) is hosting. This really is an album where you can kind of just hang with the artists and live in their world. It almost feels like 1970s Bob Dylan where the music and vocals don't 100% lined up, but its kind of vibey and slackerish so it has this really cool endearing nature about it.

I love a good surprise. And Mott the Hoople was one of them. I had no knowledge of this bad and enjoyed their Bowie-esque style. And interestingly I learned that they were championed by Bowie and even recorded the first version of "All the Young Dudes." Not sure I'd search this out again, but I'm glad I've heard it.

I hear the Bowie influence and also a good amount of Dylan influence, at least in the way Ian Hunter sings, and I’m here for it. At least for the first three tracks and then it kinda falls off… and then it has a random absolute banger in the middle with Ballad of Mott the Hoople. Overall much better than I was expecting from a 70s rock album I’ve never heard of. You’d think at some point along this album journey I would learn to stop having expectations for the albums going into them. I’m always quite happy to be surprised though.

Just not good. I guess this helped pave the way for other British rock music that I also don’t like, but that’s hardly a compliment.

pretty decent album. definitely takes the glammy stuff they did with bowie and runs with it. there's not anything here that is particularly mindblowing, but it is a pretty fun glam record all in all.

Está bien. Es claramente reconocible que es rock de los setenta. No me han resultado interesantes más allá de eso, supongo que me han resultado muy genéricos en su sonido :( tiene eso sí algunas canciones chulas como Drivin' sister.

Oh Em Gee. One of my favorites!!!

Like a low budget Bowie. Did not enjoy. 2.25/5. There's better glam rock out there.

4'75

Mott is the sixth studio album from Mott the Hopple, the British glam rock band. The band found very limited commercial success through their first four albums, and were considering disbanding. David Bowie, who had been a fan for some time, convinced them to stay together, and produced their fifth album. Mott, their sixth release, is a good version of early 70s, Bowie glam-rock. The band was quite successful, for the time period; their North American tours had Aerosmith and Queen as openers, among others. Mott includes "All the Way from Memphis," one of the band's biggest singles. The song has a leading piano part, support from a shredding guitar and a saxophone, and the soaring vocals needed to fill the glam-rock sound.

Classic seventies gang of rock and rollers, anthemic outsiders. A rousing listen

A good rocking seventies album from a band that almost made it really big but their internal struggles couldn't let them leap forward, a classic plot on cliché borderline. But they had a great song provided bi one of their fans Mr. David Bowie with "All The Young Dudes".

I’ve always known this as the band that Queen supported during Queen’s early years so it’s cool to finally hear some of their music, it’s easy to see why Queen were considered the best part of the show and why they didn’t achieve too much success though, not to be harsh or anything, it was decent but it didn’t really have much to make it stand out and really just sounded like a subpar version of Bowie and T-Rex, after Bowie got them a huge hit it seems they lent in to the glam rock style snd once again they didn’t fail at or anything but they felt very much like copycats more than anything. The best part ironically for me was the last song (“I wish I was your mother”) which wasn’t glam rock style all but rather a kind of parody on Bob Dylan which I thought was good and matched the vocalist a bit more (that’s another thing, the vocalist wasn’t amazing). Favourites: I wish I was your lither. Overall, 5/10.

There is absolutely nothing special about this album. The only song I know, and I venture to guess most people, from them is not even on this album. This album took a spot that could have gone to so many other deserving acts.

I quite enjoyed it. It's definitely my genre, even the spoken bits I enjoyed given I haven't listened to music in a long time. Favourite thing was how much piano and sax there could be and then it was just kind of camp at times too.

The instrumentals were ok. Hated the voice.

Shades of Bowie, in places shades of Pink Floyd, too. But there's nothing outstanding about this album, it's nice enough.

everyone with wonderful radio one would be familiar with the three big MTH singles - ATY Dudes, Memphis (here) and Roll Away the Stone. Beyond these there's a workmanlike piece of seventies glam rock album craft on display, without perhaps the spark that would make them A-listers. Great listen.

Glam-rock-David-Bowie-knock-offs. I wasn't really feeling this though I did like some of the more instrumental bits.

Yea, all fine….

long sigh

If I was driving down the street and any of these songs came on the radio, I would change the station partway through.

Really nothing special.

4.4 - This got really good about half way through. First felt a bit too dad rocky, but it really turned it around

I'm two tracks and a bit of David Bowie knowledge into this album and I already feel that this is going to be superfluous to the 1001. Boring mostly. 2.6/5

This album is soooo good. It kinda gives me Bowie vibes. Fun and upbeat. I love the style, vocals, guitars, the whole band. I had heard of them before, but never checked them out. Sometimes it does tend to get repetitive, but if you love the style, you'll love the album! "All the Way from Memphis" , "Honaloochie Boogie" and "Drivin' Sister" are all sooooo catchy. Liked Songs: "All the Way from Memphis" , "Whizz Kid" , "Hymn for the Dudes" , "Honaloochie Boogie" , "Drivin' Sister" , "Ballad of Mott The Hoople" , "I'm a Cadillac / El Camino Dolo Roso" , "I Wish I Was Your Mother" , "Nightmare"

liked songs: Violence Pretty good 3.5

Underwhelming. I fell asleep on the bus listening to this one

Do you like glam rock? THIS IS IT.

Really enjoyed this. I didn't know Mott The Hoople much outside of "All The Young Dudes" but I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this. It was fresh and interesting and all the tracks were great. A solid 4 stars for me.

Not really my jam, but wasn’t unpleasant to hear

Has Bowie’s fingerprints all over this and that’s not a bad thing. 70’s glam rock personified. Great album and time capsule for this era. Musicianship that seems to be forgotten & replaced by machines. Wonderful sound and lyrically deep…as deep as glam gets.

Pretty bland Rating: 2.3

Чисто батькин рок. Ну норм, на второе прослушивание больше зацепило. Риффы веселоые All the way from memphis Honaloochie boogie

I had this album when I was a teen and listened to it a lot. One that I wouldn't pull out on my own but enjoyed the memories this morning.

This was enjoyable enough, but not really breaking any new ground here.

Mott The Hoople's biggest claim to fame was being gifted a song by David Bowie. Getting Bowie's seal of approval is usually a pretty good sign. In this case, "All the Young Dudes" remained their most noteworthy hit. And when a recorded version from Bowie himself came to light, why do you really need any other version? Well that song isn't on this album, so we have to judge them without any of Ziggy Stardust's influence. And the album is fine. If you really, really like glam rock, this will be right up your alley. For most of us, we have Bowie's glam phase, T-Rex, and maybe the New York Dolls, which feels like plenty. The only really standout track for me is "Violence", only because it's a bit different, and not because of the obvious pun of using violins. The rest is fine, but hardly the best glam music out there in my opinion.

I was hoping for more, but it was a good sound.

This is just a generally fun rock n roll record. There’s nothing particularly groundbreaking or novel about it, but that doesn’t make it any less fun. The lyrics verge into silly territory occasionally, but the whole album is relatively lighthearted, it doesn’t take itself too seriously. It’s not a record I plan on coming back to, but I didn't mind listening through this one at all. 3*

Imagine taking David Bowie and getting rid of all of the redeeming qualities. Hackneyed english glam rock that absolutely does not need to exist.

Love this album. And now i finally found out, past 25 years, that Honaloochie Boogie was not Babylon Zoo's original tune. And it's the best thing on Mott

had some low point imo but otherwise i enjoyed

Didn’t get far into it but didn’t expect it would surprise me at any point. Some nice stuff going on here and there but it always strikes me how these guys are like a Bowie clone

I was today years old when I found out Ian Hunter was the lead singer for Mott. Dylan meets the Faces meets the New York Dolls. Good stuff

Un peu de Bob Dylan, beaucoup de Bowie, un album qui emprunte au glam son flair dramatique et son envergure, en gardant des racines résolument rock.

I don’t have much to say about it which might not bode well for this rating. However, the music was good enough but idk if it’s memorable enough to be higher than a 3.

like a lot of people have stated, they sound like a David Bowie tribute band. Honaloochie Boogie is probably the most egregious, but also my favorite track on this album. Overall its alright, honestly better than a lot of the dime a dozen british punk rock albums we've gotten. Its just more fun.

Temu David Bowie. And this album doesn’t even have All the Young Dudes which is their only great song. So I dunno man. Listen to it or don’t your life won’t change either way

Feels like a knock off of David Bowie or Elton John. Whizz Kid is such a blatant example of that, wow. I'm not keen on the voice, he's clearly trying to emulate Bowie but lacks the personality to pull it off successfully. He has a kind of whiny quality at times that's a bit annoying as well Violence is one of the few moments where they actually put across a bit of personality. I quite liked the second half of Drivin Sister and I'm a Cadillac/El Camino Dolo was good. Otherwise not much stands out to me I wouldn't say this is a bad album, but it doesn't feel like an essential listen for anyone but the biggest glam rock fans Highlights: Violence

I don't like this band not the feel of their music. I find it odd that David Bowie was a fan? What do I know?

Day512 - underrated band. put them in the rock and roll hall of fame

Liked this a lot more than I expected. 3.5/5

Dime store Bowie but I don’t hate it. There are even some musical surprises. Overall I feel like they were a bridge to the glam metal of the 80s. Weird that “All The Young Dudes” isn’t on this one.

They sound like a Bowie tribute band, which isn't the end of the world, but there's no way this gets more than two stars from me.

Loved this!

I’ve been on a negative streak, so I was hoping to really like this. I liked the opening track and that’s as far as I got. The “Violence” punnery with the violins in the background does not do it for me. They should’ve taken “Suffragette City” from Bowie. Competent rock music that doesn’t move me.

Meh. Not an album or style I am likely to reach for ever again. Competent, but boring.

I was hopeful this would be good, I'd settle for okay. I got neither. It just isn't very good at all. another 2

Wasnt bad, but not great Standout songs: Hymn for the Dudes I'm a Cadillac

Let the glam rock live on 💫💫💫

I just cant' man

It's OK I guess. But it's the first time I've heard of them, so I don't really have any nostalgia associated with any of the songs. 2/5

Весёленький глэм, но я бы предпочел Марка Болана.

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Yeah, nah. All the young dudes was better. I temember liking it enough yo buy that album but in retrospect, I cant imagine why.

I was going to say “the poor man’s David Bowie” but that’s insulting to the poor man. Formulaic and over-produced.

This is pretty good. Very fun and goofy. The guitar is like really good.

I don't know if this album is big enough for this list. I gather the big song was the first track ("All the Way from Memphis"); it's meh. I prefer a couple of other tracks: "Violence" and "Whizz Kid".

This, at various times, reminded me of a ton of different artists (Bowie, Costello, Dylan, Steve Miller)... but always sort of a mediocre version of them.

Like if the Boogie Nights soundtrack was shitty.

I had never heard of this band, I thought it was a great version of this music. A kind of rock that I think anyone can listen to and like.

Doesnt really stand out amongst the other countless 70s rock records from England

solid. weird glam ish could i write poetry to this? n

I recognized the first track, "All The Way From Memphis," from Classic Rock radio. It's a pretty good song. The rest of it failed to move the needle at all for me.