Reviews (page 4 of 7)
Il manque un peu de personnalité mais l’album est bien dans l’ensemble
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.
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
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?
Kind of mid. Too bad Bowie didn’t have involvement here.
Not great, but a solid 3. 7/10
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.
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.
Solid 70's classic rock album. Solid vocals with a British flair.
Good enough.
3/5
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
Really middle of the road, no songs were really that special too me. Pleasant enough, don’t need to return though
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.
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?
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.
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.
Frollocking '70s glam rock fun. Nothing too serious here, but I enjoyed the ride. Favourite track: Violence.
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
Alright, but not super good. A nice listen once, but I won't play it again.
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!
Very meh
Super Bowie-esque. Fun listen
I kept expecting this to be more than it was. Kind of a disappointment.
Ziggy Stardust must had changed their lives (they are good)
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
What’s with all the Hoople. I like the variety of strings instruments to jazz up an otherwise middle of the road rock album
Decent album 3/5
It was ok
Very good
Pretty Good
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Yea, all fine….
long sigh
Really nothing special.
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
liked songs: Violence Pretty good 3.5
Not really my jam, but wasn’t unpleasant to hear
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*
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
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
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.
Весёленький глэм, но я бы предпочел Марка Болана.
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".
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.
solid. weird glam ish could i write poetry to this? n
Pretty good glam-adjacent 70s rock. 3.5 stars.
Ég er ekki sérstaklega hrifinn af röddinni hans Hunters, en þetta er heilt yfir ágætis glam. Merkilegt að mér demóútgáfan af Honaloochie Boogie betri en sú sem endaði á upphaflegu plötuna.
Another group I had heard of but had never given a listen. Having listened to this album I feel like they should have had more success than they achieved. Songs like "All the Way From Memphis" and "Whiz Kid" are good and the band, while not super flashy, is solid.
i like it, easy to listen
Very normal classic rock
Its an ok album. Npthing sparks out but nothing is really band. Probably lost in the era of major music gods like zepplin, bowie, queen, sabbath and the beatles.
It's just rock.
Easy listen, but the majority of the album in unremarkable, it even has some moments where it feels like Neil Young/Bob Dylan... who'd like to be them?
If you've already listened to "Electric Warrior", "The Slider", and "Ziggy Stardust" and you still haven't scratched the glam rock itch, put "All The Young Dudes" on. After those, THEN you can play this one.
This one was fun! I didnt listen too closely tbh but it was a fun listen. Nothing too deep, just some fun music.
Solid album, however lacking a really standout song.
Listened to this today. They had some interesting songs.
Bowie inspired rocker that is fun, but not gonna make it into heavy rotation fit me,
From the band's name I was expecting some kind of terrible stoner rock (I kind of always do when I read their name, for some reason), but this was some pretty nice classic rock, some tinges of glam rock there, like T-Rex. Maybe 3 stars is a little generous for this, but I have just listened to a Crusaders album and this is a real breath of fresh air.
Not really what I expected. I guess I'm not sure what I expected, but this wasn't it. Still, not a bad listen, just didn't really blow my skirt up.
Good basic honest rock and roll, but no tent-pole tracks
Always assumed these guys were American. Anyway. Half decent Bowie impression early on. Half decent Dylan impression towards the end. Sometimes cheesy, but always kinda fun. One thing I am getting from this project is a sense of when something was made. One listen of this and you're like, right, early to mid seventies.
Day 35 - have this in my collection but don’t listen to it much- it is ok but it doesn’t call to me 3/5 #musicsky #albumsky
Very glam. Very Bowie-meets-70s musicals. And none of it as good as “All the Young Dudes,” which apparently gave them their break when none other than David Bowie gave them the song. What came next was no surprise then.
I would have been OK if Bowie hadn’t convinced them to keep the band together.
Like Bowie fanfiction set to garage rock. All strut, no starpower.
It was good! It just didn't do a lot to connect with me.
That's a good opener--inventive, interesting, talent-rich. The album, though, has a hard time catching up to that level. There are patches of getting there, almost, but I had a hard time following. It is as if they were trying to figure out just what they wanted sound like.
I feel like a Mott the Hoople record without All the young dudes is like afternoon tea without scones: perfectly serviceable but not half as good.
Yeah, this one's OK. Coupla groovy tunes. But it's not essential. Frankly, it feels a bit tame. Brain Capers, on the other hand ... now that is a killer Mott record. i'm wavering between a 2 and a 3. eh, i'll round up.
This kinda goes? It's obviously bargain-bin Bowie, but the songwriting is solid enough to hold up for 40 minutes. Hymn for the Dudes, Ballad of Mott the Hoople were highlights. This band has records called: Mott the Hoople; Mott; and 'The Hoople'.
a bit dusty.
What's that, an album by some Bowie copycats? Oh, wait... Can't believe they turned down Suffragette City, but that's probably better for history of music
Sounds good but nothing stands out. Just seems to be a worse David Bowie
на любителя)
Totally fine, straight down the middle glam rock. Enjoyable at times but never spectacular.
לא רע בכלל
נהדר מזכיר את bowie ואת ה beatles
Music was a 4 but it just didn’t connect very often for me
classis dad rock, pretty good
Je connaissais le nom seulement parce qu'à leur début, Queen faisait la première partie de leur show. J'imagine que ça a monté mes attentes, parce que j'ai été un peu déçu devant ce glam rock mou et sans grande conviction. C'est vraiment le 3 de tout les 3.
Great opener I take it back, the end of the songs sounds like a donkey is being slaughtered Honaloochie boogie YEAH
66/1001 - Competent band but that's about it. Squeaky end to the first track (fit the song imo).
All the Way from Memphis 3.5 Whizz Kid 3.4 Hymn for the Dudes 3.3 Honaloochie Boogie 3.3 Violence 3.5 Drivin' Sister 3.4 Ballad of Mott the Hoople 3.3 I'm a Cadillac / El Camino Dolo Roso 3.4 I Wish I Was Your Mother 3.4 Score: 3.388888889
Nothing remarkable, but moderately enjoyable. It had a David Bowie sound and feel, but with a little bit of a harder edge (but not by much).
Average glam rock. No one should ever try to make a violin or saxophone sound rock n roll.
I'm really not sure what to say -- some good guitar riffs, but lots of strange, morose lyrics about the downsides of rock-and-roll stardom and too much peripheral sound for a great rock album.
Never heard of this band, hard to categorize this album as it was all over the place
Is this knock off Bowie?
Mott The Hoople’s Spotify About section really stole my thunder calling these dudes “also-rans,” because while you’ll hear echoes of great glam rock here, you won’t hear anything that sets it apart from the greats.
Some mediocre stuff. 3 stars
Quite good.
You can hear bowie’s influence
Glam rockers doing glam rockery things. I could listen to T. Rex all day, and some Bowie here and there, but this doesn't add value for me. It feels packaged, which comes with the genre perhaps. There was one song that seemed interesting, turned out they were drawing heavily from Dylan—which proved both interesting and awkward (you'll know it when you hear it). The Cadillac song was a lyrical low point. It's not horrible. Hey, you may even like it. And while I won't be returning to it, I'll round up (hesitantly) to 3 stars for being a reasonably produced artifact the early 70s and for NOT containing "All the Young Dudes."
What do you do if you’re a band that catches the attention of David Bowie, given all of the opportunity to take the musical world by storm, and you tour the world as a glam rock super group, but you’re thoroughly unprepared for the role and unwilling and unprepared for fame, fortune, and the trappings of stardom and you flameout writing songs of lament as you go… a cautionary tale of getting everything you want only to find yourself empty and cynical and aimless despite your many gifts and talents… I give you Mott the Hoople… all the not so young dudes anymore!
Decent listen, not sure I’d go back to it. A bit too theatrical for my taste
Nothing new here, but a good, easy listen.
# 414 : They've done a pretty decent job. Nothing extraordinary, but thoroughly enjoyable.
I enjoyed this fun glam rock anthem. Sounds a lot like Bowie. Still, none of the songs were familiar.
Spotify describes this band as an "also-ran", and, frankly, I must agree. It's not bad music at all, but it's all very... samey. The songs feel the same to one another, and the band feels the same to all the others. I did like the live track at the end of the Spotify version of the album - they seem like a hoot in person!
A solid 3 star album. Nothing great but nothing horrible either.
cute 😊
3.5
3 - fun
Mostly basic 70's rock
I was shocked to see how similar Kiwanuka's voice was to Porter, album was just amazing too
British folk-rock psychedelia. Sounds like a blend of the Kinks, the Who, the Stoens and Bowie, while still being its own thing. Who influenced whom? It’s a good album that doesn’t quite stand out from its peers.
There was a part of me that enjoyed some of this, but it got to the point where I didn’t care to finish it. Kinda drug on and it’s not very long. The comparisons to Bowie write themselves.
On par with the Beatles
Not a bad record but not ever song was really good. But I enjoyed listening it.
It just goes to show good songwriting and a unique singing voice (at least at the time) will take you a long way. The singer makes this album work - 3 1/2 parts prototype British punk, 1/2 part gravelly vocals that Paul Westerberg would pioneer in the 80's, and a dash of Bob Dylan. The band however - so rudimentary. I suspect a few dashes of studio musicians were introduced for sax, violin, piano and other more intricate parts. Still better than most of today's music.
3 maybe 4
Charming enough, but not essential
Solid seventies sounds
A Mott the Hoople album not featuring the Bowie-penned hit seems quite the bold choice on face value. Half way through second track and this feels like a companion piece to Ziggy Stardust. They just sound so alike at this time. Obviously the songs aren't as good. But that doesn't mean they're bad apparently. Not sure many are great though, after the first track it gets pretty meh. It's a fun listen overall, worthy of no more than a low 3 I would say. And why do they play Yankee Doodle at the end? Love the album covers though. The pink one of this one and the blue one of The Hoople. The Americans are treated instead to another alternative cover with a mediocre shot of the band. As if to suggest they wouldn't know it was a record if there isn't a band on the cover. Dunno why that kept happening, but it did.
Ihan hyvä seisarilevy! Hyvin toimi taustalla mutta eipä tästä megaerektiota tullut. 3/5
Mukiinmenevä seiskarirokkiplatta, mutta ei jäänyt mitään sen kummepaa mieleen.
Had never heard of these guys before, I'm not sure what makes them particularly special but I didn't mind this album
Album #7 - 2.5/5 Rock N Roll is a loser's game! Who knew. This was another album that I just listened to on repeat to try to figure out whether I actually enjoyed it or not. The more I listened, the more I liked it! It's good, not great. As far as glam/glam rock goes, it's just nothing special. I also wasn't stoked on anything from this album enough to put into my regular rotation. Standouts: I really liked "All the Way From Memphis" (though the saxophone gets a bit too lost in the sauce for me toward the end), "Violence" (so fun!), and "I Wish I Was Your Mother." "Ballad of Mott the Hoople," also gets an honorable mention. Really cool song, but just not my vibes.
Good to hear. Favourite songs All The Way From Memphis and Honaloochie Boogie
I feel like glam (aside from Bowie, Eno-era Roxy Music, and T-Rex) doesn't get as much respect as other rock genres. The best glam artists evolved beyond glam, and the others left behind sound a bit dated (I can never help thinking of the movie Velvet Goldmine). So... This is good fun and enjoyable but I don't think I'd return to it.
Nice
Mott The Hoople, eerder David The Bowie. Potverdikkie zeg, hier zou je me in een muziekquiz heel makkelijk mee in de val kunnen laten lopen. Met name het begin van het album dan, daarna wordt het iets meer glamrock. Ondanks dat het glammy en bowie-y is, kan ik het wel redelijk goed hebben. Ook hiervan betwijfel ik of het in deze lijst hoort, maar ik kan er geen onvoldoende voor uitdelen.
Blind album and artist. Kinda boring at times, sounds and little like Bowie maybe?
Quite a good rock album from a great band. Also a band that people tend to forøget about nowadays, which is a pitty. Early glam rock. NIce
Continuación del tremendo éxito de All the young dudes (con la historia de Bowie detrás), este Mott fue otro bombazo merecido. En su momento de mayor esplendor, teniendo de teloneros a unos Queen, Aerosmith entre otros. All The Way From Memphis suena a lo que es, el mejor glam rock setentero. Honaloochie Boogie y Roll Away The Stone otros sencillos y un baladón de cierre como Ballad of Mott the Hoople. Otros discos del 73: Dark side of the moon, Catch a fire, Aladdin Sane, Raw power, Band on the run, New York Dolls, Aladdin Sane, Berlin, Let´s get it on, For Your Pleasure, Call me, A wizzard/a true star, Innervisions, GP, Tubullar Bells, Houses of the holy, Quadrophenia, Selling England by the Pound, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (y Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player), Killing Me Softly, For Your Pleasure...
Good but not remarkable. Extremely David Bowie vibes
This was fun! I don’t know why they’re so lost in the history of similar bands. They’re good enough imo
Funny coincidence in the radio post album that they sang All the Young Dudes when there was a song called Hymn for the Dudes on the album. Otherwise, I found this album to be an enjoyable listen while not being super interesting
The dudes? Instrumentals sounded like E street band. Vocals of Dylan meets Bowie
Rating: 6.5/10 Pretty good.
Besser als gedacht und einige gute Songs
Fun, but dispensable.
Decent rock. A little soft for my like but had some good rifts and lyrics. I probably won't revisit this album
A pretty good album, I liked Hymn For The Dudes the most.
I had never heard of this group before, but they're not bad.
Discount David and the Bowies is still more fun than most other bands
Ehh, it’s David Bowie lite. It’s not bad, and it’s at its best when it goes full glam rock. ‘All The Way From Memphis’, ‘Whizz Kid’, ‘Honaloochie Boogie’, and ‘Drivin’ Sister’ are the picks here, and worthy of the great man himself. You could easily imagine him belting these out. ‘I’m A Cadillac/El Camino Dolo’ is also interesting and somewhat serves at the centrepiece of the record. ‘Violence’ is a bit of a by the numbers rocker that annoys more than inspires, and the remaining ballads are so so and mostly forgettable. A bit of a mixed bag then, but overall, not an unpleasant time.
with how much mth influenced and were influenced by major artists i love, i expected to like this a lot more. maybe on a future listen, or maybe a different album by them will be better
no surprises here
It was okay, and I get why so many previous ratings comment about David Bowie (who I've learned, through this project, is one of my favorite artists). It's a 3.5 for me, but not sure I can bump it up to 4.
My first reaction was, this is a David Bowie cover band. Not that I thought it was bad, I just kept thinking, David Bowie. I did enjoy my listens. I know I've heard All the Way to Memphis in my past and thought it was a pretty solid tune. I also liked Whizz Kid, Honaloochie Boogie and even the song I Wish I were Your Mother. Can't say I'm going to become a fan of these guys, but I thought this was a pretty good album. 3
3 Funny, I just quoted Juno in my last review what with Jason Bateman’s character introducing her to Sonic Youth in the film, and this is the band she plays for him in return. Anyway, I’m on Team Jason over here. This isn’t bad, but man, if I thought Iggy Pop’s early solo albums were heavily Bowie-inspired, I don’t even know what to call this. Like, if I don’t know any better, I would think this is a cover band dedicated to the Ziggy Stardust glam rock era of his career. I’m well aware that a tie already existed between the two with Bowie writing the group’s biggest hit, All The Young Dudes, but I didn’t realize the guys basically resorted to copying him on subsequent releases. With that being the case, as a big Bowie fan, I generally liked this, but how highly can you rate something that feels very second-rate and derivative of a better artist? A three, I suppose, in this case. And that’s not even to mention the guy they were imitating would go on to have a very long and continuously evolving career comprising a large, diverse discography filled with venture and reinvention at every step, and… these guys did not. For what this is at face value, I enjoyed the general sound, but the only songs that I would say I really enjoyed in particular were All the Way from Memphis and Ballad of Mott the Hoople, though the latter one mostly because it was the one song that actually sounded like something different - like another artist in this case, Bob Dylan (with a splash of Conor Oberst mixed in for good measure). The best thing I can say about this album is that it could be considered a good accompanying piece to Bowie’s already vast catalogue, but I think you’re better off listening to anything he has over this (Okay, okay, maybe not Never Let Me Down… we don’t talk about that one). Final thoughts - can we talk about these guys’ album titles? They have albums called “Mott”, “The Hoople”, and “Mott the Hoople”. What the hell is that? At least Led Zeppelin gave us numbers and Weezer gave us colors to help differentiate.
As the album went on, I dug it more and more. Even if it didn't have "the song." I liked the jam at the end of "I'm A Cadillac," I thought that was pretty cool. "I Wish I Was Your Mother"... it felt a bit Dylanesque to me. It's funny because that happened on another album recently, too. But I mean, if you're going to steal, steal from the best. After listening to the album, I did find myself wanting to listen to "All The Young Dudes." The songs on this album were okay, but mostly mid. Top tracks: "Hymn For The Dudes," "Honaloochie Boogie," "Drivin' Sister," "Ballad Of Mott The Hoople", "I'm A Cadillac / El Camino Dolo Roso"
1 All the Way from Memphis 2 2 Whizz Kid 2,3 3 Hymn for the Dudes 3,1 4 Honaloochie Boogie 2,6 5 Violence 2,8 6 Drivin' Sister 2,7 7 Ballad of Mott the Hoople (26th March 1972, Zürich) 2,6 8 I’m a Cadillac / El Camino Dolo Roso 2,5 9 I Wish I Was Your Mother 2,9 10 Rose 2,4 11 Nightmare 2,3 Average 2,56
Bounced from B-Side Bowie to Bob Dylan with a couple of actually decent songs thrown in.
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Fairly average glam rock heavily inspired by David Bowie, with one or two highlights. Would love to hear a compelling argument to why anyone would listen to this when you have Bowie. Great cover though! 3*
Nothing particularly special about this album, but was a decent listen. Overall it was enjoyable. 3/5 Might listen again
New to me. Nothing above average here.
Favourite track: Violence.
I can't help but listen to an album of a little known album and expect it to be trash! I'm happy to report Mott the Hoople didn't create garbage music in Mott. I'd say this was more than passable, even. The lyrics are clever and engaging. The increasingly jarring violins in "Violence" when the word violins sounds a lot like violence--I have to say I enjoy that kind of playful attitude. The previous studio album to Mott had David Bowie producing and writing a song. This album of Mott the Hoople did not involve Bowie but his presence is definitely felt with its glam rock genre. Thankfully, Mott isn't yet another band copying Bowie's sound and voice since they brought something different to the table. I'd say Mott was just influenced by Bowie, which is accurate for its 1973 release. 3.5
Not amazing, but also not bad at all! I guess that's what we can "average" or "mid"? It was a lot better than I expected it to be, in any case! Anyway, Bowie's influence on this band is very apparent on this album. There's lots of funky glam on here, very reminiscent of Bowie from this era. Not bad from a band that I've never heard of, but I can definitely see where flying too close to the influence of Bowie is just going to result in you getting burned -- at the end of the day, a lot of people are just going to see you as a poor imitation. But I appreciated it for what it was.
I was never a big fan of these guys, but I get their impact at the time. To me, their sound was fairly generic and unrefined, with average vocals at best. Probably a fun night if I saw them live, but otherwise, pretty blah.
Listening to it, it's clear to me that it's a good album with enough qualities, but it's pretty hard to understand why it is so important to be on the 1001 list. Okay, 1001 is a huge amount of stuff, but I'm sure there is much better and more important stuff out there. There were highlights in "Violence" and "I’m a Cadillac / El Camino Dolo Roso," which were pretty good.
Sounds like classic 70s rock. Not too bad. 3/4?
Not so bad.
My initial impression was that this album sounded dated, non-American and that this was a B-tier band but I kind of liked it. It was a fun listen and I could imagine myself in a mood to hear it again.
I agree, this is David Bowie at home. Still pretty good though. Will I listen to again: 60%
3.5
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A solid album that recalls Bowie, Queen and, at times, even a bit of post-electric Dylan. A very familiar early-70s rock & roll sound, for better, and for worse. At times, a bit melodramatic and indulgent.
Not bad but not great either.
Good i guess
I enjoyed this album though it feels like a pastiche of a bunch of other artists work done not quite as well. I've always liked All the Way to Memphis and it was good to hear more of their work. Music throughout is jingly jangly fun and the mandolin on I Wish I Was Your Mother is beautiful even if the song seems a little too Dylan imitative.
this was okay, just a worse version of other glam rock (or whatever it's called) that came out those years
An average album by a band I only know from one song. It's better than I expected. The songs vary in quality, some bad and some quite decent. So far, I had an okay week of reviews this time. I want something amazing tomorrow. I'll give 3 stars to "Mott".
Pretty good with some real bangers. It feels very British, but not in the bad way. Favories are Honaloochie Boogie and I Wish I Was Your Mother
Pinch of theatrics Glamorous, hard hitting riffs Each track finds some fun
Solid glam rock album. Doesn't feel essential to me. Favorite song: Crash Street Kids
probably disco
Um hard rock/rock clássico das antigas.
Honestly a pretty good listen. Solid songwriting and capable musicianship. Sure it's Bowie lite o
Not a fan of the singers voice, nor the down tempo tracks. A couple of gems though!
It daftly executed what it was trying to do, but there just is not much there there with this kind of music
David Bowie at home Started off thinking it would be amazing but quickly lessened to an average tribute act 64/100
It started off good with the first track, towards the 2nd half of it when that trumpet started going retarded it kinda killed the vibe a lil but it was still good. As for the rest of this album I thought it was decent but nothing really remarkable. Best - All The Way From Memphis, Whizz Kid, Honaloochie Boogie, and I Wish I Was Your Mother Worst - no bad songs 3.25/5
cool, pero no es tan creativo en cuanto al genero que manejan. Its an okay record. 6/10
Decent album by a decent band, no more no less. All the way to Memphis is probably the highlight of the album. Not sure if Mott even deserve to be on the list and if they do I'm suprised it was this album as they are mostly remembered for the David Bowie written All The Young Dudes which is on a different album.
The first half comes across as just Temu David Bowie, but the second half is a bit more original, though fans of Dylan may not think so.
Pretty good for a 2nd-tier band. Yet another one I've known the name for ages, had never really listened to, now I have, and now I can place them. He really does sound like Bowie - I wonder why he seemed so interested in them?
Very glam. Lots of Bowie influenced sounds. Not as poppy as Slade or the Sweet but a little more upbeat than Lou Reed’s catalog at this time. Well produced, well balanced but nothing as catchy as All the Young Dudes. It could use a little more edge.
Bit of a mess, like it didn't know whether to stick with the glam or sweve back to rock. (The glam bits were better)
Unsure why this album made the list, I'd have thought All the Young Dudes would have been the one to pick. Mott is a fine glam rock album, enjoyable enough.
so so
Does this guy ever sound like David Bowie. With a hint of Bob Dylan.
Fine for once, quite mediocre.
Pretty nice
Some very very nice songs and some boring bland stuff
This definitely felt like a homework assignment to slog through. Although it has its merit, this is just not stuff I enjoy listening to.
Kind of tastes like chicken.
Yep, that was Mott the Hoople. They might’ve received a higher rating on a different day. I found this pretty ok.
Odd - not in a good way. I found parts of this unenjoyable. Everything else was fine, but weird.
Glam rock is such a weird genre. You either have an act like Sparks, that feels like it is entirely focused on the glamorous aspects, being more art pop at the end of the day than anything, then you have acts like the New York Dolls, that are more rock than glam (in terms of the sound of their music), and it can feel like you're just listening to if rock 'n' roll survived to the 70s. However, the more underrated aspect is the acts that fall between these two extremes. David Bowie is the most obvious example in this category, as Bowie is unequivocally rock and roll during his Ziggy era, but has just enough weird stuff thrown in to be an interesting and unique listen. Mott the Hoople, in essence, is mainly just another version of that Bowie, stretched into a band rather than the effect of Ziggy where a good deal of people give credit to just Bowie when a whole band was at play. Mott the Hoople's biggest hit is often confused for being a Bowie song, and the band even is similar line-up wise, as Mick Ronson would be in the follow-up to this album a year later. Overall, it is a band that just feels like it was meant to be "kind of famous," and this album portrays that in spades. We have two different odes to glam rock, we have some quirky things to keep the album unique, and it can be described as a good time, but I highly doubt there are many out there who consider this a defining moment in rock culture. It's solid, it has good instrumentation, the vocalist has a Bowie meets Bob Dylan impression going on, and the lyrics feel glam-y, but there just isn't that wow factor to push it past the barrier into something truly amazing. If you like Bowie, you'll like this. If you like 70s rock, you'll like this. Hell, if you like rock you'll probably like some aspect of this, but I feel you'll be hard-pressed to find someone who LOVES this, especially over so many other classic glam albums.
3.5/5
Weird mixture of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.
getting kind of a washed out Bowie vibe from Hymn for the Dudes. Meh.
"Mott" is the sixth studio album by British rock band Mott the Hoople. It was released right in the middle of the glam rock era. It's also a concept album of sorts about rock 'n' roll success. The album was the last one to feature lead guitarist Mike Ralphs who would leave for Bad Company and the first album without keyboardist Verden Allen. Other bandmembers included Ian Hunter (lead vocals, piano and guitars), Pete "Overend" Watts (bass, backing vocals) and Dale "Buffin" Griffin (drums, backing vocals). Commercially, the album hit #7 in the UK and #35 in the US. There were also two separate albums covers on its release (US and UK). The album opens up with rollicking "All the Way from Memphis." A charging piano melody and rhythm. Roxy Music was recording in the adjacent studio so Andy Mackay makes a great appearance on the sax. There's a great mix of solos of the sax and Ralphs' guitar. It's a song about the weariness on the rock 'n' roll road. A guitar intro gets their first single "Honaloochie Boogie" going. Piano and drums join in. A nice vocal chorus and Mackay' sax makes an appearance once again. "Driven' Sister" begins with a motorcycle. It's a fun song, kind of conventional 70's rock....guitar heavy. A start-stop-start style about driving on the road. "The Ballad of Mott the Hoople" features an acoustic guitar very reminiscent of late 80's hair metal, but this is pretty good. A melancholy feel as the lyrics describe different failures of each band member as to how they fell to rock 'n' roll fame and didn't have any more success. Given that the band would only produce one more album, this album is very prescient in its concept of the effect of rock 'n' roll excesses. There are some fun, catchy songs with the piano and guitar. Ralphs' guitar playing is one of the highlights. Ian Hunter might have vocal limitations but they cover it up with vocal choruses. Some of the songs don't work but most do and for those, it's a decent album and worth a listen.
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Best track... I wish I was your mother This is a Glam Pop album, as opposed to the nicer variety of Glam Rock At a push, it's worth a 3 star
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Glammy
The text reminds me of the vampire diaries and dermalogica skin care bottles and greyscale cd covers from the 2000s
OK album but dated and very simple music.
Decent, didn't sound dated
It was cool, I think I liked it.
it's like shit Bowie it's fine but I'm not really sure I get why it's here.
Average - Standouts include Ballad Of Mott The Hoople, and Rose.
The vocals on this are a curious mix of 60s Bowie, Ray Davies and Marc Bolan, and it’s no surprise to find that their biggest hit was the Bowie written All The Young Dudes and that they ended up working extensively with Mick Ronson. Entertaining 70s glam but not really at the same level as the acts that influenced them.
Decent glam rock. The first track is super entertaining, the rest is pretty OK. They sound as second knifes though; should I really listen to them before I die? Well now is too late to answer this question.
its ok -- glam rock is fun! Sorta sounds like bowie at points
Trying not to be biased by the Mott the Hoople reference from one of my favorite bands, REM, but I think I genuinely enjoyed this, especially when they channeled Bowie.
Rock and roll
Wow, who does this sound like…. It’s everything you want from David Bowie except it’s missing David Bowie.
Listened a lot to this album in the 70s. But except for Honaloochie Boogie I do not find anything so nice anymore.
The Bowie similarities are uncanny here. From the vocal style delivery all the way down to the music and production. Makes sense knowing how much Bowie was a Mott fan and that he wrote some songs for them. And with Ziggy Stardust released just one year earlier it can’t be coincidental. Still, outside of the opening track none of the songs really stick or have memorable hook. An ok listen but definitely Nott part of my hoople.
Obvious Bowie influence, so def listenable. But at times just felt like a cheap knock off of the Man himself.
C’mon y’all, All The Way From Memphis is a MFing bop. I’d prob round up if ….Young Dudes was on this album. But alas it’s not and the album kinda drags. 3.5/4
A fun listen. All The Way to Memphis is a good one. Nothing here is quite as strong as All The Young Dudes, which I always credit Bowie with in my head. But a very solid listen.
It's OK. Not that original. Then again, trying to replicate David Bowie isn't the worst idea in the world but these guys aren't Bowie. It's an OK glam rock album but I'm not sure it's required listening.
This one is perplexing. In the one hand the guitar absolutely rips throughout the album, the production value is remarkable with an assemble of instrumentation, but on the other hand I don’t feel any of the songs click. They have most of the elements for great rock albums, they even have some decent hooks. However, it’s just not there for me. It’s like a girlfriend that has all of the great qualities, and is a lovely person, but you don’t feel the connection. Even though she does a great Bob Dylan impression, especially on I wish I was your mother, but she’s just too vanilla and doesn’t posses her own spark. Idk.
The missing link between Bowie (& Dylan) and the Clash and Dr Feelgood - showing how art rock and pub rock were about to merge and speed up (and take influences from elsewhere) to become pink rock. Very very Bowie influenced, obviously, but that is certainly not a bad thing!
ehhhh not displeasing to the ear but nothing really stuck. the lead singers voice was somewhat annoying. 2.5/5
Pretty good. No more, no less
Aside from one entertaining song, there isn't much to enjoy here. A bit irritating at times too.
I find the times (great album name ps) I get a back log of albums is when I don't know what to do with one. This is one. Most of the time they end up being 3s and this is no exception. I held off though because it seemed so weird to get two seemingly rock operas (this and Bat Out of Hell) in a row that I felt there must have been something there. But there wasn't. This is a straight up three by anyone's (just my) standards.
Nothing I had ever heard before, but I liked it.
Very Bowie-ish, just not as good
I wish I was your mother и All the Dudes from Memphis, конечно неплохи, но по звучанию альбом безнадежно устарел. Да еще и у вокалиста неприятный голос. Конечно, все можно раскурить после 4-5 прослушиваний, но если требуется столько времени, то нафиг такую музыку.
The definition of a 3 - so mid
How do you release an album in 69’ and still look like a Motley Crue knockoff God they’re worse than Hole Favorite: all the way from Memphis, honoochie boogie Least favorite: Violence 3/5
fine, i guess?
Love the sound of this record, but the songs just aren’t that memorable
Its fine
There’s more polished, outrageous glam rock out there, but on the whole this is pretty good. All the Way from Memphis has stuck around for a reason.
My understanding was that Mott The Hoople wouldn't have amounted to anything if not for Bowie's intervention. Is this not the case? Are they valid on their own merit, or are they included here for being involved with that coke fiend?
If you're into glam rock, but not weird glam rock you will enjoy Mott. Nothing too crazy, or groundbreaking in my opinion, just a decent glam rock album. Best: Whizz Kid Worst: I’m a Cadillac / El Camino Dolo Roso Note: Spotify had the 2006 extended album, I only listened to the original 9 tracks.
Glam rock tunes… enjoyed I wish I knew your mother….
Kinda filler for the most part. Not terrible, though.
Cool Bowie/Dylan vibe!
Would listen to this again. I heard Dylan and Bowie in some songs. These guys are versatile.
Enjoyable
Competent glam rock, but nothing that really excites me. Good playing, some decent hooks, but just overall not really a standout album to me. Sounds like a less interesting version of stuff Bowie was doing at the time. Decent listen but not long-term impactful to me.
One of the comments said we have David Bowie at home. I’m inclined to laugh, but this wasn’t bad
Liked it!
Eh, it's fine. This kind of thing will never sound fresh in the 21st century, but I get that there was a time when it was new and interesting. It's hard for me to not find it predictable and dull, primarily because I've heard this kind of thing a million times before by a million other bands over the decades.
Very Bowie
That was actually ok in places. You can really hear the Bowie influence and they love the same chords as they had on ‘All the Young Dudes’! There’s a fair amount of nonsense on here…especially ‘Violence’….alright, I get the point, you don’t need to sing it to me 117 times. But I really liked ‘Hymn for the dudes’ (they love singing about dudes), ‘Ballad of Mott the Hoople’, ‘El Camino’ and ‘I wish I was your mother’. A really low 3
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Catchy and sunny glam rock. Instantly enjoyable hooks and melodies. Really good fun. Rating: 3.5/5 Playlist track: All the Way from Memphis Date listened: 18/02/24
Very David Bowie
I feel like I wanted to like this way more than I did. However, I think my perceptions have been skewed by the fact we've listened to (relatively speaking) a lot of glam recently and I know who did it better.
Most of this was new to me. Kicks off with a rock song with sax about Memphis, so they know how to suck me in. When I was a kid I confused Mott for Bowie. Still can see the comparison (mostly the double tracked slap back on the vocals). Rock songs that sorta have a musical theater quality to them. I'm a Cadillac is a slide guitar slow jam
This album is so different between Side A and Side B. It's kind of astonishing. I appreciated Side B much more than A, which is very Bowie-esque glam rock. Side B has some quieter, more introspective 70s rock ballads a la Elton. I had heard of Mott but really not heard anything previous to listening to "Mott" the album, outside of their massive hit All the Young Dudes. While Side B's stuff (3 of the 4 standouts listed below) are on Side B, I have to judge this album as a whole and I really disliked Side A apart from the single All the Way to Memphis. So, three stars is the best I can give this one. Standouts: All the Way From Memphis, Ballad of Mott the Hoople, I Wish I Was Your Mother
Wasn't too bad, wouldn't go out of my way to listen again. But not upset I listened to this. This is the sort of album you forget is on, and then all of a sudden realise, oh yeah I'm listening to music, it's very "not there".
It was fine. Kind of glam. Mostly just replaceable 70s rock.