All the Young Dudes [Import]

Mott the Hoople | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 19, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Sbme Import
• ASIN: B00005UDOC
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,498,744 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sweet Jane

2. Momma's Little Jewel

3. All the Young Dudes

4. Sucker

5. Jerkin' Crocus

6. One of the Boys

7. Soft Ground

8. Ready for Love/After Lights

9. Sea Diver

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST All the Young Dudes, February 4, 2003

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"randdand" (Knoxville, TN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: All the Young Dudes (Audio CD)

This remastered import has excellent sound and is full of energy. I already have the CD "The Ballad of Mott: A Retrospective" and the import has better sound for the songs from "All The Young Dudes". The "Dudes" is on my list of top ten all time favorite albums, and seeing this band in concert in the 70's was a big impact. This band has been described as a cross between the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan, but I like Mott the Hoople better. A unique band this group certainly was in their time.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still sounds fine after 30 years, August 20, 2002

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J. C Clark "eanna" (Overland Park, KS United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All the Young Dudes (Audio CD)

Most of the albums I bought in 1972 (and I bought many!) sound dated, trite and sometimes foolish. Not this one. Though Mott is certainly not for everyone, I love this re-issue. It has been a long time since I've heard Soft Ground, with its chillingly effective vocal, that leads into the sensational opening of Ready for Love--one of my very favorite back-to-backs ever. If you only know Bad Company's overly-produced version--be prepared for a growl that Paul Rodgers could not equal.

I bought the Greatest Hits CD a few years ago to see if their material held up. I've not been disappointed. Still rocks. Still entertains. Still shines with brilliant production. Sure it's slick, but slick never sounded so good.

And I bought the import based upon other reviews here--worth it. Wish there were a few more notes, but.... Sound is A+.

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good, November 27, 2006

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Perbes (Madrid, Spain) - See all my reviews

This review is from: All the Young Dudes (Audio CD)

Mott The Hoople never achieved too much commercial success despite endless touring and well-crafted albums, like this one. Definitely an underrated band.

To me, this cd is their best though Mott and their self-titled come close.

It opens with a nice cover of Sweet Jane.

Second track, Momma's Little Jewel, begins with Ian Hunter playing the riff on piano. This song ends abruptly to give way to David Bowie's All The Young dudes, a gay anthem somehow weird for an all straight group.

Foutth track, Sucker, is the album's only turkey.

Next comes Jerkin' Crocus, built around a classic Mick Ralphs' guitar riff.

Sixth song is the hardest of the entire cd (One Of The Boys) with a lyric about becoming a traveling musician. I especially enjoy that after the solo the song seems to fade away and then a phone ringing brings it back. Cool effect.

The following song, Soft Ground, is decidedly experimental, written by soon-to-go keyboardist Verden Allen. I like its hypnotic mood,

Next it comes Ready For Love/After Lights, a Ralphs composition, one of the highlights of the album. It blows Bad Company's version off the water. After the instrumental part and chorus the song stops and then it begins the instrumental After Lights, a nice display of Mick's guitar technique.

To finish the album we have a nice ballad by Ian Hunter called Sea Diver, that basically features his piano and a string section.

In a nutshell, a nice album. Do not pass it up.

4/5.