MOTT THE HOOPLE

Between 1972-1974, Mott the Hoople, who had actually been around since about 1969, put out three successive albums that even today are considered classics by many rock critics and Mott fans. This was their peak. When Mick Ralphs left to form Bad Company and Ian Hunter left for a solo career in about 1975, the band rapidly disappeared but not their music. This CD is made up of the highlights from those albums. If you are a Mott fan and for some reason do not have copies of the albums("All the young dudes", "Mott" and "The Hoople) or the complete anthology CD, then by all means buy this! Keep in mind there is another greatest hits LP but this one contains two songs I feel put it a little ahead of the other-their cover of Lou Reed's "Sweet Jane" and "Crash Street Kids", a hard-rocker that sounds as though Kiss stole from it. If you are not a Mott fan but enjoy the pure rock-n-roll styles of Chuck Berry or Jerry Lee Lewis and other groups of the 70's like Kiss and Cheap Trick and even today's rockers like the Strokes, give this a listen. The best way to listen to this is to get in the car, pop in the CD, crank it up and hit the gas pedal. Don't expect any important social messages though some songs talk about how Ian Hunter dealt with the ups and downs of being a rock and roll star.

Estimated despatch 5-10 days after ordering.