The Best of the Island Years: 1969-1972

The Best of the Island Years: 1969-1972 Artist: Mott the Hoople
Label: Umvd Import
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 632427541721
EAN: 0731455460025
ASIN: B0000251S8


Release Date: 2001-09-19

The Best of the Island Years: 1969-1972


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Tracks:

  1. Rock 'N' Roll Queen
  2. You Really Got Me/Wrath And Wroll (Crossfads)
  3. At The Crossroads
  4. Walkin' With A Mountain
  5. Thunderbuck Ram
  6. No Wheels To Ride
  7. Whiskey Women
  8. Keep A 'Knockin'
  9. Waterlow
  10. Midnight Lady
  11. The Moon Upstairs
  12. Death May Be Your Santa Claus
  13. You Own Backyard
  14. Darkness Darkness
  15. Road To Birmingham
  16. Growing Man Blues
  17. Black Scorpio (Momma's Little Jewel)
  18. Black Hills

Similar Items:

  1. Mott
  2. All the Young Dudes
  3. The Hoople
  4. Live
  5. You're Never Alone With a Schizophrenic

Album Description

1998 compilation on Spectrum featuring 18 of the British glam act's early best for Island in the U.K. (Atlantic in the States). Includes 'Rock 'n' Roll Queen', 'You Really GotMe/ Wrath And Roll', 'At The Crossroads' and 'Walkin' With AMountain'.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars More than a one hit wonder.......2003-06-19

Many people remember Mott the Hoople as a one-hit wonder with All The Young Dudes. A few more stuck around through three more brilliant albums for Columbia Records before Ian Hunter left the band and enjoyed some success of his own. But before all that, Mott the Hoople were a struggling band on Island Records (Atlantic in the US) whose albums were commercial disasters and whose live performances were legendary.

This import Best of the Island Years is a much better retrospective than Rock and Roll Queen. While the latter is great for its straight ahead rock, the former showcases the depth of the band.

There are also some great rarities that were previously available only on a vinyl release titled Two Miles From Heaven (not the same as Two Miles From Live Heaven) not available on CD anywhere else.

4 out of 5 stars ain't bleedin' you, were feedin' you............2003-02-03

Pre Glam. A down and dirty band with unrealized potential, running out of road fast with Island. Four selections from "Brain Capers" a rollicking end to their contract with the label. Tender ballads such as "Waterlow" along with classic rockers like "Thunderbuck Ram" remind us that rock was not catagorized and pegionholed in the 70's as it is today. Punk, mellow, bluesy? Definitely rock n' roll.

5 out of 5 stars

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