Before punk rock reared its' ugly head to the world the underdogs out there had to console themselves by listening to Mott the Hoople records, or so said the critics. Maybe they had a point, for here was a band slapped together by Guy Stevens – one of the hippest and weirdest dudes in the music business – and he wanted a group that sounded like Bob Dylan playing Rolling Stones music. What else do we really need to say about this record – or the ones that immediately follow it, for that matter? The slightly distinguishable item here is the odd choice of covers (Sonny Bono's "Laugh at Me", for instance) - a trait that would continue, by the way – but otherwise, not much better than decent.
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