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Mighty Long Way Down Rock 'N' Roll

Artist Song
Mott The Hoople  Rock And Roll Queen  
Mott The Hoople  Backsliding Fearlessly  
Mott The Hoople  Walkin' With A Mountain  
Mott The Hoople  Going Home  
Mott The Hoople  Death May Be Your Santa Claus  
Mott The Hoople  The Moon Upstairs  
Mott The Hoople  Sweet Angeline  
Mott The Hoople  All The Young Dudes  
Mott The Hoople  Sweet Jane  
Mott The Hoople  Jerkin' Crocus  
Mott The Hoople  All The Way From Memphis  
Mott The Hoople  Whizz Kid  
Mott The Hoople  Honaloochie Boogie  
Mott The Hoople  Drivin' Sister  
Mott The Hoople  The Golden Age Of Rock 'n' Roll  
Mott The Hoople  Crash Street Kidds  
Mott The Hoople  Born Late '58  
Mott The Hoople  Roll Away The Stone  
Mott The Hoople  Foxy Foxy  
Mott The Hoople  Saturday Gigs 

Comment:

Having just picked up the recently-reissued All The Young Dudes and Mott discs, figured it was time to put together a Mott anthology. Which, while I love the band, isn't really necessary -- almost all the Mott you really need is on the fine Ballad Of Mott 2-cd compilation from a couple years back, and most of their key pre-Dudes tracks are on the (now out-of-print) Backsliding Fearlessly compilation. Still, this neatly collects the best of both Mott eras. (I don't count the "third" Mott era, after Ian Hunter left the band and they soldiered on for a couple other albums which, without hyperbole, may be some of the worst music ever recorded, sub-Spinal Tap metal dreck.) Anyway, the first 7 tracks here are from their first 4 albums, when they were trying to figure out if they wanted to be Keith Richards or Bob Dylan or both (though they started to find their voice on Brain Capers). Of course, they really found their voice when they hooked up with Bowie for the Dudes album, which he produced, and found fame on the Bowie-penned title track. The follow-up, Mott, was even better, and the last Hunter-sung album, The Hoople, was no slouch. Notably, I stuck with the Hunter tracks and avoided the tracks sung by guitarist Mick Ralphs, largely because he is responsible for "Ready For Love," one of the most atrocious classic rock monstrosities ever, which he later re-worked when he formed Bad Company (but the Mott version is no less horrifying).
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Thomas_Mohr
Date: 3/12/2006
Oh yes. The Golden Age of Rock & Roll, indeed.
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Air Raid
Date: 3/12/2006
What Thomas said. Cont go wrong with these guys.
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p the swede
Date: 3/12/2006
great band but I think you need a second disc
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SMoss
Date: 3/12/2006
I was very happy to see that Mott had been remastered, and picked it up immediately. One of my favorite records of a great decade for rock - the 70's.
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Sean Lally
Date: 3/13/2006
Hell yeah! All great.
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G-Sphere
Date: 3/13/2006
Absolutely. Great stuff.
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Mark Petruccelli
Date: 3/13/2006
Great stuff here!
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Joe Radio
Date: 3/13/2006
Did the post-Ian Hunter Mott The Hoople go simply as "Mott"? I believe I have one of their LP's. Bought it at a thrift shop.
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Little Spencer Boys
Date: 3/13/2006
Fine job!
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musicgnome
Date: 3/14/2006
As far as Hooples go, Mott is one of my faves. Oh...And isn't Peter Jackson doing a movie about The Hooples? I thought I heard that somewhere...
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Nomates
Date: 3/14/2006
I saw Mott The Hoople twice, in my youth. They were quite the rocking entertainers as I recall. I can't believe they continued without Ian Hunter. It's like The Spiders without Ziggy -- no thank you. Nicely compiled mix.
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Siobhan
Date: 3/15/2006
Very nice! I haven't really been into Mott the Hoople that long, so I still have some investigating to do, but this looks like a great compilation. Love "All The Way From Memphis"!
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Rob Conroy
Date: 3/18/2006
Damn, you beat me to this. Marc, we need to talk about some swapping... Nice mix.