The Hoople 1974 Album

Mott The Hoople

I should really like this record, and I do like a few songs. Especially "Roll Away The Stone", which was lovely. Anyway, "Ariel Bender" a.k.a. Luther Grosvenor who played guitar in Spooky Tooth was picked to play guitar on this record, but you barely hear him on this one. It's mostly Ian Hunter and a LOT of bombast. It's fun at times but gets to be a bit much, and often I find myself skipping to the bonus tracks like "Saturday's Gigs". After this, Hunter left the band and they continued as "Mott" for two ill-selling but decent records.