The last Mott record with Mick Ralphs in the lineup was by far and away their best simply because it gave roughly equal ground to the two main talents of the group at the peak of their powers. You've got all these great quirky/moody Ian Hunter-led ballads about leading life in a rock band contrasting with great humorous glam-pop rock songs about leading life in a rock band! And probably some other stuff, too, but this was Mott the Hoople in a freaking nutshell. This was a great goddamn party record and seriously rips the pants off a bunch of similarly styled records from that era, and oh by the way, inspired a ton more like it.