#484: Mott The Hoople - All the Young Dudes

Mott The Hoople - All the Young Dudes

September 8, 1972, Columbia

1. "Sweet Jane" (Lou Reed) – 4:21

2. "Momma's Little Jewel"  – 4:26

3. "All the Young Dudes" (David Bowie) – 3:32

4. "Sucker"  – 5:03

5. "Jerkin' Crocus"  – 4:00

6. "One of the Boys"  – 6:46

7. "Soft Ground"  – 3:17

8. "Ready for Love/After Lights"  – 6:47

9. "Sea Diver"  – 2:53

RESULTS

Rate: 5/10

Best Song: Momma's Little Jewel

Worst Song: Sea Diver

Comments

This Album is the love child of Lou Reed and David Bowie.

The whole album is classified as "Glam Rock". It's seems promising at first, start up with yet another cover of "Sweet Jane" by The Velvet Underground. Awesome. But it slowly spirals out of control into a sea of boredom, getting worse and worse in each song. Repetition gets boring.

However,

I did like the effects they put in. The album tends to break the 4th wall more than once, which includes Studio chatter ("No, no, don't cut it, keep going"), and a phone call in the middle of a song.

Rad, but Bad.