Mott (album)

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Mott
Mott cover
Studio album by Mott the Hoople
Released July 20, 1973
February 21, 2006 (reissue)
Recorded February-April, 1973
Genre Glam Rock
Length 45:10
Label UK CBS Records
USA Columbia Records
Sony Records (reissue)
Producer(s) Mott the Hoople
Professional reviews
Mott the Hoople chronology
All the Young Dudes
(1972)		 Mott
(1973)		 The Hoople
(1974)


Mott is a 1973 album by British band Mott the Hoople. "All the Way from Memphis", an edited version of which was released as a single, received considerable airplay on U.S. radio and captured the band many overseas fans, as well as reaching the UK Top 10.

It was clear by the time Mott was released that Ian Hunter had become the dominant figure of the band. Aside from the lead track, the album includes introspective songs such as "Ballad of Mott The Hoople", which exposes Mott’s near break-up, and the peculiar "I Wish I Was Your Mother", featuring multi-tracked mandolin, in which Hunter sings of his wish to see his love as a child. Hard rockers are given their due with "Drivin’ Sister", "Violence" and "Honaloochie Boogie", the last-named being another UK single. A fine performance is delivered by Hunter in the almost religious "Hymn for the Dudes."

The album has featured different covers among the number of UK and U.S. releases, as well as remastered tracks on some editions. The cover pictured here is the US design. In the UK the front cover featured a motif based on the bust of a Roman Emperor, and initial copies had a gatefold sleeve with the Emperor motif printed on a transparent plastic sheet. A remastered and expanded version was released by Sony's Columbia/Legacy imprint in the United States in 2006.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 366 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Ian Hunter, except where indicated.

  1. "All the Way from Memphis" – 5:02
  2. "Whizz Kid" – 3:25
  3. "Hymn for the Dudes" (Verden Allen, Hunter) – 5:24
  4. "Honaloochie Boogie" (Hunter, Mick Ralphs) – 2:43
  5. "Violence" (Hunter, Ralphs) – 4:48
  6. "Drivin’ Sister" – 3:53
  7. "Ballad of Mott (26th March 1972, Zürich)" (Hunter, Dale "Buffin" Griffin, Peter Watts, Ralphs, Allen) – 5:24
  8. "I’m a Cadillac/El Comino Dolo Rosos" (Ralphs) – 7:51
  9. "I Wish I Was Your Mother" – 4:52

[edit] Bonus tracks (2006 reissue)

  1. "Rose" (Hunter, Ralphs, Watts, Buffin) – 3:56 B-side of "Honaloochie Boogie"; produced by Mott The Hoople
  2. "Honaloochie Boogie (Demo version)" – 3:07
  3. "Nightmare" (Demo)" (Allen) – 3:36
  4. "Drivin' Sister" (Hunter, Ralphs) (Live) – 4:30 Live 1973 at the Hammersmith Odeon; produced by Dale "Buffin" Griffin

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Additional personnel

  • Paul Buckmaster – electric cello on track 4
  • Morgan Fisher – piano, synthesizer, backing vocals on bonus track 4
  • Mick Hince – bells on track 9
  • Andy Mackay – saxophone on track 1, 4
  • Graham Preskett – violin on track 5
  • Thunder Thighs (Karen Friedman, Dari Lalou, Casey Synge) – backing vocals on track 3

[edit] Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1973 Billboard Pop Albums 35
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