Mott the Hoople

Artist: Mott the Hoople
Label: Angel Air
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 766482826346
EAN: 0766482826346
ASIN: B0000AJ5T7

Release Date: 2003-09-18

Mott the Hoople

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Tracks:

You Really Got Me
At The Crossroads
Laugh At Me
Backsliding Fearlessly
Rock & Roll Queen
Rabbit Foot & Toby Time
Half Moon Bay
Wrath & Wroll
Ohio (Bonus Track)
Find Your Way (Backtrack Demo) (Bonus Track)

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Album Description

2003 remastered reissue of 1969 debut album, that's unavailable domestically, features 10 tracks including 2 bonus tracks, 'Ohio' (live Neil Young cover) & 'Find Your Way' (Instrumental). Includes 24-page booklet with extensive sleeve notes & many photos. Angel Air.

Customer Reviews:

My Favorite Album.......2005-08-30

This is a great album, with original mix of everything other bands always wanted to be. Mick Ralphs guitar has such personality, they didn't even need lyrics on the Kinks "You Really Got Me". Hunter's voice does have a Dylan quality, but the songs are more musical, and, aiming back at the critics; they aren't even Dylan's songs. This band had great musical intelligence and ability on their own, as well as borrowing tastefully from resources and contemporaries of the time. Producer, Guy Stevens, had a great vision and ear, and although he drove the band nuts, had genious for sound. He was a strong advocate and defender of the band, sadly passing away at such an early age. I enjoy listening to the album with Ralphs guitar, Verden Allen's Hammond organ/Leslie speaker, Ian Hunter's voice and Jerry Lee Lewis style piano, Overend Watt's interesting powerful bass, and Buffin's raucious drumming. Much of the album has an easy listening, swashbuckling tone. "Half Moon Bay" is the cornerstone piece with its rolling, soothing sound of the sea and a classical bridge. I imagined the organ sound reflecting the texture of the lizard on the back of the album. "Rock and Roll Queen" is a great rocker with searing lead guitar by Ralphs that just does not quit. Just when you think it might be peaking out, he kicks it up another notch, and then another, until fading out frantically at the end of the song. A lot of energy that still gets me buzzing when I hear it. "Cross Roads" and "Laugh At Me" are other favorites, building from mellow slow beginnings to rocking high energy finales. I especially liked the tiny backgound voices on "Laugh At Me", singing the band's name, "Mott the Hoople!", just after the intense and colorful lead guitar kicks in. "Cross Roads" ends with slide guitar work that sounds inspred by the Stones, "Monkey Man", which in turn was inspred by the Beatles, "Hey Jude". Any of these songs could have been hits, and could still be today...

I attended a concert in 1971 at the Eastown Theater in Detroit. They played cuts from this album as well as Mad Shadows and the yet to be released Wildlife. We jumped on stage with them during "Rock and Roll Queen" and they seemed to enjoy it. They were playing before Johnny Winter, and had just been preceded by one of their favorite groups, Leslie West and Mountain. Leslie came down into the audience (no seats, just standing room) and I heard him commenting how tight and powerful MTH was on stage. I was thrilled to hear MTH do a live version of Mountain's "Long Red" on the live double album released many years later. It took me instantly back to the concert.

I originally purchased Mott the Hoople's first four albums when they came out, 1970 - 1971. I purchased the original CDs when they became available but was very disappointed in the sound quality. I have waited for 20 years to hear these cds with sound quality like the vinyl original albums had, and now even better. A real treat to have the added previously unreleased tracks, especially Neil Youg's "Ohio", which may have also fitted well on Mad Shadows, where Mick Ralphs had more vocals. Over all this one and Mad Shadows have always been my two favorite albums. This version is great with the sound quality and extensive bigraphical notes from Buffin. Anyone that likes Bob Dylan's sound, the Beatles or early Rolling Stones needs a copy of this finely remastered CD. It seems Angel Air was the missing link this band could have used when making albums.

Better things were to come...........2005-08-08

Mott The Hoople (1969.) Mott The Hoople's first album.

INTRODUCTION:
Mott The Hoople would rise to fame in the early seventies as one of the leading bands of the classic glam rock movement. The group didn't start out as a glam rock band, though. At conception the Ian Hunter-fronted band found itself in somewhat of an identity crisis, unsure of what musical path they should pursue. The band debut in 1969 with their self-titled album. So, before the band got popular, how were they? Were they musical weaklings with no direction, or unsung musical geniuses? It you want to know the answer to this question, read on!

OVERVIEW/REVIEW:
This isn't a bad album, but it certainly WAS a disappointment. It's interesting to see Mott The Hoople doing something different than most people give them credit for doing, but the fact of the matter is that the band's heyday hadn't arrived yet, and it shows through and through, along the entire course of this album. Most of these songs are blatant, straight-up Bob Dylan rip-offs. Don't believe me? Listen to the album. Well over half of these songs are like that. Quite honestly, there were enough people ripping of Bob Dylan in this day and age... did we really need any more? Even on the songs that don't particularly have that Dylan-esque sound, Hunter STILL sounds like Dylan. Another weakness of this album is that the few tracks that AREN'T rip-offs of Dylan's music are the ones that were given the least musical focus, and the ones that seem the most underdeveloped. For instance, I LOVE the instrumental take on the Kinks classic You Really Got Me that kicks off the album - the album could not have been started on a higher note. But still, it shouldn't have been the opening track because it may give the listener the wrong idea about the album - and cause them to be ultimately disappointed. That's basically what happened to me. The only REALLY good track this album has to offer is the straight-up classic rocker, Rock And Roll Queen, which hints at the band's future glam rock sound, but even this song drags on longer than it should. The instrumental sequence that closes the album shows great promise, but it ends too briefly and ultimately comes off seeming like a half-finished musical idea. Unless you're a die-hard Mott The Hoople fan who wants to hear everything the group ever did, you'll be better off skipping this album and moving directly into the band's glam rock days.

EDITION NOTES:
This album, like many of Mott The Hoople's earlier releases, is not readily available in America. This is a shame, since some of the group's early stuff really is good. Hopefully the band's catalogue will get the much-needed reissuing treatment in America sometime in the near future. Until then, we can only hope...

OVERALL:
This isn't a bad album by any means, but it sure is a disappointment. Why listen to a blatant Bob Dylan rip-off when I can just go listen to Bob Dylan? The album isn't all bad, but ultimately, the fact of the matter is that the album doesn't succeed where all it could. Fortunately, it wouldn't be long before the band found their musical direction. Skip this album and move directly into the glam rock territory. This stuff isn't worthwhile unless you're a die-hard fan.

Borrowing From Many Great Sources.......2005-02-06

From 1969, this was Mott's best album, a level they never subsequently reached again. They combined the music of Bob Dylan, Procol Harum, the Who, and the Band in a dense, rocking sound covered by Ian Hunter's best Zimmy imitation. The borrowed material was all over the map, from the best cover version of the Kinks' 'You Really Got Me' to a soulful, dirge-like cover of Sonny Bono's 'Laugh at Me' to a psychedelic rendering of Sir Doug Sahm's 'Crossroads.' The band's own 'Rock and Roll Queen' is a classic that will get at least two parts of your body moving, and their 'Half Moon Bay' could easily have been additional cut on Procol Harum's 'Shine on Brightly.'

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