The Hoople

The Hoople Artist: Mott the Hoople
Label: Sbme Import
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 766485918222
EAN: 0766485918222
ASIN: B00004UBBG


Release Date: 2004-12-14

The Hoople


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Tracks:

  1. Golden Age of Rock 'N' Roll
  2. Marionette
  3. Alice
  4. Crash Street Kidds
  5. Born Late '58
  6. Trudi's Song
  7. Pearl 'N' Roy (England)
  8. Through the Looking Glass
  9. Roll Away the Stone
  10. Where Do You All Come From [*]
  11. Rest in Peace [*]
  12. Foxy Foxy [*]
  13. (Do You Remember) The Saturday Gigs [*]
  14. Saturday Kids [*]
  15. Lounge Lizzard [*]
  16. American Pie/The Golden Age of Rock 'N' Roll [Live][*]

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Album Description

Reissue of British hard rock act's 1974 studio album. Tracks include 'Golden Age of Rock 'N' Roll', 'Marionette', 'Alice' & 'Crash Street Kidds'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Album Details

Following Up their Critically Acclaimed Smash Hit Album "Mott" was No Easy Feat for this Band of Rock N Roll Survivors. Keyboardist Verden Allen Had Been Replaced by Morgan Fisher and Mick Ralphs Departed Mid-tour to Join Bad Company, with Luther Grosvenor (Band Alias Ariel Bender) Stepping Into the Lead Guitarist's Role. Ralphs Had Been a Key Architect of the Band's Overall Sound, the Full Responsibility for that which Now Fell to Ian Hunter. The Result is a Much More Aggressive and Dramatic Record that May Not Be as Easy to Listen to as It's Predecessor but is No Less Important. This Edition Includes Three Bonus Tracks that were Actually Recorded after the Original Sessions, Including "Foxy Foxy", which features the Only Recorded Appearance of Grosvenor's Replacement, the Late Mick Ronson on Guitar.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars It's the golden age of rock'n'roll..........2006-03-02

OK, you could say this is a notch below "Mott." Still, that is high praise indeed, as "Mott" is one of the greatest rock'n'roll albums ever. With "The Hoople," we get more of the same, but on a slightly different wavelength. With the departure of Mick Ralphs, the guitar situation was somewhat confused, leaving more room for Ian Hunter's keyboards in the mix. That isn't to say that "The Hoople" doesn't rock - it does, and like a madman. "The Golden Age of Rock'n'Roll," "Born Late '58" (with Overend Watts on vocals), and "Crash Street Kidds" are first rate proto-punk rockers with Hunter's pounding piano adding to the wonderful noise. "Roll Away the Stone" simply soars, and the psychodrama of "Marionette" is funny and frightening. Two highlights are "Alice" and "Pearl'n'Roy (England)" - loping music hall numbers driven by Hunter's pseudo-barrelhouse piano and gutter poetry. Yeah, this may be a notch below "Mott," but that just means that "Mott" rates a 10 and "The Hoople" is a 9.9 - still sheer brilliance in my book.

5 out of 5 stars Mott Over the Top.......2004-10-09

"The Hoople" was unabashed, throw the kitchen sink in for good measure excess. It was, however, majestic excess. Ian Hunter turned this into an all out production experience, and indulged himself to the fullest. Fortunately for Mott fans, Ian's indulgence was magnificent in scope...and it worked! "Marionette"'s instrumental breaks can still send a shiver up my spine; "The Golden Age of Rock'n'Roll" is both great and sad, while "Roll Away the Stone" is the perfect, pre-added track send off from Mott the Hoople's great, final gasp.

4 out of 5 stars Wonderful Excess From Glam Rock's Best!.......2003-08-07

Mott The Hoople always struck me as the ultimate glam garage band that couldn't care less what the public thought. This all too brief set is classic and a true representation of what Mott The Hoople was all about.

Starting with the piano pounding, "The Golden Age Of Rock 'N Roll", with the theatrical introduction, the band never lets up. "Marionette" is a campy classic with ludicrous lyrics that beg several listens. The string arrangements are perfect for this song. "Trudi's Song" is a rare endearing ballad that works, but Mott would only rarely release one such as this. "Roll Away The Stone" is the ultimate Mott with a killer chorus, back-up and clever arrangement in all it's simplicity.

The extra three songs really don't add much, but it's a nice addition. I wish I could have seen this group live, which is said to be the best way to hear them.

3 out of 5 stars 3 1/2 Stars on this fine reissue with bonus tracks.......2000-10-12

Wagner goes glam. In many respects The Hoople is Hunter and the band's implosion of everything glam. It takes all the cliches and pushes them to the extreme. I wouldn't be surprised to find Wagner's The Ring Cycle buried somewhere in the production. The bombastic production works to the album's advantage and nearly makes up for the lesser material.

I had forgotten how much I hated this album when it first came out hot on the heels of the band's finest Columbia album (Mott). Time has allowed The Hoople to age gracefully and what seemed shrill then seems fun now. The sound quality is a major step up over the domestic version of this album on CD. The booklet also tries to be as faithful to the original cover art as possible (that wasn't the case with the first CD). I would have liked to see this reissued like the Roxy Music remasters in an LP style sleeve with mimiciking the original album but I suppose that would be too much to ask for.

The opening and closing tracks bracket this CD with two great late period MTH songs. The bonus tracks have been available before (on the Greatest Hits CD, Mott the Hoople Anthology and All the Young Dudes Anthology)so they aren't rare. It would have been nice to have the alternate version of Through the Looking Glass and Saturday Gigs on here as well (and maybe some unreleased bits of studio chatter as well).

Still, all in all, this is more than I could have asked for with it's stellar sound and great booklet. Wagner would have been proud if he liked rock 'n' roll.

4 out of 5 stars

Music Album:

  1. Looking Up ~ Cooter
  2. Suddenly One Summer ~ J.K. & Co.
  3. Falling Forward ~ Julia Fordham
  4. Color in Your Life ~ Missing Persons
  5. Rambler 65 ~ Ben Vaughn
  6. Globe Sessions ~ Sheryl Crow
  7. The Essentials ~ Bronski Beat
  8. Lemon Tongue ~ Honeymoon Suite
  9. Winter Blues ~ Edgar Winter
  10. Leg End ~ Henry Cow

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Soul Sessions ~ Jeff Golub

Great Instrumentals ~ Glenn Miller

When Sunny Gets Blue, Scarlet Ribbons, And Other Songs I Wrote ~ Jack Segal

Night Blooming ~ The Leonard Feather All Stars

On a Misty Night ~ Junior Cook

Midnight Driving ~ Ultra Trio

In Liebe Meine Schönsten Balladen ~ Veronika Fischer

Beat Shake Lounge V.2 ~ Various Artists

En Esta Zamba Ausente ~ Los Chalchaleros

Ich Hab Noch Lange Nicht Genug ~ Ute Freudenberg