Mott

Alright.

4/10. Was Violence a pun on violins?

Came and went, nothing stood out to me Album Cover: Meh 2/5

The opening song is very Bowie, the other songs lost me though. It's not terrible, but it is forgettable and it got old real fast!

Weird that this album is on the list. Tries to sound like Bowie at times, glad I'm not the only one that noticed it

Eh. Not my thing

Not good.

A pale attempt to copy Bowie. What a dull album.

Look like a cheap band that would play in a restaurant...

Making glam rock without any catchy songs is like making pizza without the dough.

I found this one quite mediocre apart from "Violence", that song slaps. The rest was very generic "classic rock radio" and sort of faded into the background. I might give it another go, but maybe it's one of those where you had to have been around at the time to really appreciate it!

It’s ok. 2.5

Sure.

At best forgettable and at worst cloying and a waste of time. Not sure if this band is American/British but aping already stale Britpop themes isn't the way to go.

2.5/5 fine instrumentals, but nothing stands out and is overall repetitive sounding

Niet zo een opvallend album

Forgettable enough that I even forgot to rate it over the weekend, and only just now saw my error as I was trying to go rate some Muddy Waters. It had a few nice songs, but man, nothing here stood out.

Listened to on 7/11/22 2/5 Favorite song: Whizz Kid I liked the first 3/4 of most of the songs and then they took a weird turn at the end

Meh... Algjörlega barn síns tíma og eldist ekkert sérstaklega vel.

Nope

Christ alive this is bad.

- no thank you, glam rock only when its David Bowie....

Tremendously dated. All a bit silly

Honky Tock Glam Rock. No Thank You Mott.

Not my favorite 70s band. Kinda eh

Damn this got boring really quick, not bad but quite generic if you ask me

Never heard a full Mott album before, in no great rush to hear another one.

Just another bad, boring album. Horrid singing and songs. 3/10.

blah

British rock band that sounds like they really want to be David bowie 2.5

All the excesses and rubbishness of rock n roll from the era. Dull, bit shit. Horrible vocals.

Very cool

Just wierd

Really didn't enjoy the opening track, especially the squealing sax-solo portion which always gets a nails on the chalkboard kind of response from me. Seems like mediocre ballad-rock, trying to mimic a lot of other bands. I hear a bit of Bowie, I can hear some Floyd, but it's not very good. Just a band of hoopleheads I guess.

6th January 2021 Listened on my phone in the morning while doing bits of work. Jen and Laura out for the evening so chilled and caught up with sunny. Bit light and forgettable for me but maybe I wasn't fully focussed.

The worst of 70s rock, no new ideas, second and third hand guitar riffs, the most cliched lyrics imaginable that would make Spinal Tab cringe in embarrassment.

not for me

Yikes, even though my band plays some of these songs, they are not good

2/5.

Anticipated much more

Not entirely sure this is a real album. It feels like a fake thing someone would play in a romantic comedy, or it's from a fake tv show.

“Mott” by Mott the Hoople (1973) With above average lyrics and above average instrumentals and sound, this album manages to be somewhat below average in quality. But it shouldn’t be ignored. Lyricist/lead vocalist Ian Hunter provides provocative images and actual poetic structures, although he has a habit of trailing off near the end of each song with thoughtless repetitions of key phrases. Gimme some resolution, dude. Nevertheless, his lyrics are intelligent, if annoyingly stuck in the first person. For all his fixation with the aura of rock n’ roll (tracks 1-4 and 6-8), he celebrates the transcendent in “Hymn for the Dudes” (Notice that it’s not “Hymn to the Dudes”). In this slyly Trinitarian psalm (yes, actually), he proclaims “God ain’t jive, for I can see his [the Father’s] love . . . And the king ain’t lost his throne”. Then he proceeds to warn the typical famestruck rock star, “Cross over shame like the wise dove [Holy Spirit] Who cares not for fame, just for shy love . . . You ain't the Naz [Jesus], you’re just a buzz, some kinda temporary”. While calling out his peers over the delusions of stardom, one rightly suspects he’s speaking to himself as well. And listening. But the decidedly unredemptive “Violence” is a well performed disappointment (“Violence, violence, it’s the only thing that’ll make you see sense”). Just because it rhymes doesn’t justify raising it to the level of a poetic theme, dude. The album ends with the almost wholesome “I Wish I Was Your Mother”, giving voice to a longing for the kind of love formed, found, and fulfilled in family. There are a number of musical strengths on display here, including expansive guitar and horn arrangements, and chord structures that sometimes approach anthem status. Some great lead guitar riffs by Mick Ralphs add spice, and the album could use some more. The guitar instrumental “El Camino Dolo Roso” (sic—should be ‘Doloroso’) is wonderful. The same could be said about the contributions of percussionist Buffin Griffin (check out the intro to “Driving Sister”). But the biggest music killer on “Mott” is the vocal performance (both lead and male backing). The serious listener hears poor pitch control, poor synchronization, poor diction, and poor dynamic variation—a grand slam of vocal underwhelmingness. Sounds like Dylan attempting to cover Bowie tunes (Ear bleach, please). It’s a record that appeals to those who rock in their socks and roll their eyes at the questions “Which one is Mott?” and “What’s a Hoople?” 2/5

Had heard of Mott the Hoople, hadn't heard much of their music. Not impressed, but nice guitar work on All The Way From Memphis though.

46. E de pensar que a cidade das sufragettes que um dia David cantou podia ter sido mera nota de rodapé na História, tivesse a banda concordado com a generosidade do génio. David tentou consertar o que poucos arranjos tinha. Os anos 70 foram uma droga do caraças. MotA: Whizz Kid "Forgot my six-string razor hit the sky"

Meh

I know one song from this band. That song wasn't on this album. That's most of what I have to say about this album. There were a couple sections that were a definite "no" and the remainder felt like "meh". Sounds like a 2 to me.

OK

This doesn't have All the Young Dudes on it, so what's the point? It's such a shame Nigel has left us and we won't get a tale about when he motted someone's mum's hoople.

Bowie without the sparkly catsuits, the anisocoria and the tunes. Basically, Bowie without the fun stuff.

How are there two fucking Mott the Hoople albums on this list? What is it about this album that I'm supposed to be enriched by? There are some nice instrumentals on this album, I'll give it that, but every song sounds the same. 2/5

okay.

No me gustó para nada

Ikke bare kjedelig, tidvis slitsomt.

I have never liked Mott The Hoople. I've tried, truly, and I always think, I'll get it this time. But I haven't yet. This did not change my opinion but, rather, just (re)confirmed it. The music itself is not absolutely horrid, but Ian's voice doesn't do it for me. Plus, the lyrics are beyond puerile. I grew up in the 70s. And even back then I thought how silly and rather stupid. The guitar work is good, but everything else is horrid. I couldn't finish...I made it to Drivin' Sister. Done trying to like Mott. 0 "rounded up to" 1 star. Done!!

Not really my cup of tea…

Boring.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Glam er bare pænt pisse dumt...

Horrible

Pish

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

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

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

Sounds too derivative of Bowie.

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

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.

bofff

Not for me. Cheesy and outdated

this was wsy too bowie-esque i hated it

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 !!!!!!!!!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Very sappy and boring album. There's an aimless quality to a lot of the songs, as they don't really go anywhere or do anything beyond what's established in the first few seconds. A lot of sameness throughout as well. Largely skippable

Just not into this glam rock, and this isn't even a great example of it. Just like a Bowie side project. Gives me the vibes of like, when rappers make it big then try to put their less talented buddies on. Helping Iggy Pop get his career going was a great move. These guys, I dunno. When this album isn't outright annoying, it's boring. Randomly, the book these guys based their name on kind of sounds interesting.

Never liked this group. At all.

Meh

Clowns with guitars

Meh

This has to be a parody right? First off, I’d never heard of Mott. So I started the album and wondered why I had never heard of them being it sounds like a familiar classic rock song. Then they sounded like they couldn’t decide who they were trying to be. I’m convinced this was made by AI. Horrible

This is the exact kind of 70s rock that I cannot stand. So glad I spent an hour listening to it.

The biggest hit on this feature one of the worst saxophone solos I've ever heard and it doesn't ever get any better

wieso? was ist an diesem album dran, dass es in die liste der 1001 gehört? für mich simpler amerikanischer rock.

70s glam rock. Im not really into it. I can see some Bowie influence, but still no.

did not care for this - had potential but the vocals and lyrics were weak

Goofy and glam in an unappealing way. As far as glam rock goes it's slightly more tolerable than average, but it has that super dated 70s sound I just don't dig. I don't see myself revisiting it.

This is ass like pink floyd if they were boring and imitating themselves ironically. Guitar parts were ok though sometimes.

There are already 7 Bowie albums on this list, no need to include a low-grade photocopy made of cast of ideas from his most annoying era as well. There are some ok moments on here (mostly the harmonizing guitars and the country excursion on 'Ballad of Mott'), but it's peak 70s bloat and not even in a particularly fun way. It's just so god damn boring. Like the soundtrack to a TV movie musical based on a movie based on a jukebox musical that couldn't get the rights for the real songs.

Mehhh. Not the worst one star of course but alas, still a one star

Boring butt rock

I can live very well without super generic dad rock thank you 👍

Heard one heard them all. Couldn’t wait for it to end

Mostly didn't care but Violence made me want to apply some to them

That a no for me, dogg

Another older album from an artist I'm not particularly fond of.

I stopped halfway through the album, it's a no from me.

Bland

Meh 1/5

In a nutshell: bland psychedelic rock. Overall: 2/10

Not my style

eh I like this type of music and even this is a little too generic for me.

Ah lads. It doesn’t even contain “All The Young Dudes”

A bunch of different sounds put together by musicians that aren’t very good. Nope.

No. Not for me.

Not even their biggest album or one of the early ones that could have been the inspo for later punk rock. Disappointing album.

No.

Typisch eintöniger Glam Rock.

David Bowie wannabees.

Not good

Buns, just some generic ass rock

Ziggy Stardust really left an impression on these boys.

No thanks!

Not for me. A little too whiny for my taste

Eh, really wasn't finding anything on this that grabbed me. Wasn't too terrible just not my thing.

one of the worst.

I have no idea at all what this album is doing on this list. At this time, Mott the Hoople were three years and four albums away from recording "All the Young Dudes" and becoming slightly interesting for a few months. This is just a pointless late-60s rock dirge.

Why is this album so hyped? I don't hear the big deal. Is it the association with Bowie? Underwhelming

get well soon nige. you haven't missed much. just a load of 70s bands doing 70s stuff. couldn't really handle this one.