Recently was the 42nd
anniversary of Mott the Hoople's last record THE HOOPLE.
It's not as good a record as
the one before it MOTT their best record a true masterpiece of songwriting but
is very consistent and I'd almost use the word groovy (not a word I would
associate normally with Hoople's bar band/singer songwriter/futuristic glam/pre
punk combination). I just think they are
a great band.
Ian Hunter was now in total
control as Mick Ralphs had left (to join Bad Company???!!! can't think of a
former member of a band I liked as much who went on to such a sh*tty next band
) but that's fine as Hunter is in fine form as a singer and as a songwriter and
as a musician(All the good MTH songs in the past were written by him anyway
with the exception of All The Young Dudes). I consider this is his first solo
album in a way.
Standout musical moments….Great
rockers - The Golden Age of Rock n' Roll, Crash Street Kidds, Roll Away the
Stone and moving ballads - Trudi's Song, Through the Looking Glass plus the
requisite glam rock weirdness -Marionette....Also the re-issue adds two great
non lp singles Foxy Foxy and (Do You Remember) The Saturday Gigs?
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