Hoople [Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered]

Mott the Hoople | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 27, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Columbia/Legacy Euro
• ASIN: B000EOUSJU
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,738 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Golden Age Of Rock 'N' Roll

2. Marionette

3. Alice

4. Crash Street Kids

5. Born Late '58

6. Trudi's Song

7. Pearl 'N' Roy (England)

8. Through The Looking Glass

9. Roll Away The Stone

10. Where Do They All Come From

11. Rest In Peace

12. Foxy Foxy

13. Do You Remember The Saturday Gigs

14. Saturday Kids

15. Lounge Lizzard

16. American Pie/The Golden Age Of Rock 'N' Roll

Editorial Reviews

Digitally Remastered Edition of Mott the Hoople's Swan Song, Originally Released in 1974. The Follow-up to their Critically Acclaimed "Mott" Album Featured a Refocused Band, Following the Departure of Mick Ralphs (Who Left to Join Bad Company) and the Arrival of Ariel Bender (Aka Luther Grosvenor, from Spooky Tooth). It was Hunter's Show Though and all the Stops were Pulled for this Manic Thrust of Energy. Kicking off with the Goodtime Rocker "The Golden Age of Rock N Roll", We Immediately Plunge Into the Dramatic "Marionette" and Soon Into the Manic "Crash Street Kids". This Special Expanded Edition Includes Seven Bonus Tracks, Including Studio Recordings with Mick Ronson (Who Had Replaced Bender on Tour) plus a Live Version of "Golden Age..." Prefaced by a Snippet of Don Mclean's "American Pie".

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece, June 5, 2007

By 

Richard Martin "Rock Czar" (Tampa, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hoople (Audio CD)

Of all of the rock acts of the 1970's, Mott The Hoople was the band that experienced the most versitile creative changes of it's day. "The Hoople" is Mott's third and final release, completing the cycle that began with "All The Young Dude's" and continued with "MOTT."

Critics hated this album upon it's release in 1974 but for me this album is their defining moment. No disrespect to guitarist Mick Ralphs who left before this recording to form "Bad Company" but Ariel Bender (Luther Grovesnor formerly of Spooky Tooth) added the missing element from the Hoople's sound on all of their previous releases. His licks on this record remind me of the sound of other bands of this time including Queen and Sparks. Morgan Fisher who replaced original keyboardist Verdi Allen proved to be a superior musician and not nearly the head case that the explosive Allen could be.

Ian Hunter's songwriting, progresses on this recording in leaps and bounds. "Marionette," " Through the Looking Glass" and "The Golden Age of Rock N Roll" are just a few of the great songs that give us a peek into what would later become an outstanding solo career for Ian.

If you are a "Hoople" fan from the the 1970's as I am, then you probably already have a copy of this. However if you are a younger fan of bands like "The Darkness" or "Keane" then you might want to get back to the roots with this all-time classic release.

Also Recommended:
"Kimono My House" by Sparks
"A Night At The Opera" by Queen
"Desolation Boulevard" by Sweet

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Unpopular Opinion, October 3, 2007

By 

hammerman "Fred" (Buda, Tx USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hoople (Audio CD)

Song by song for my money, this is a superior album to "Mott". It may not have the more guitar heavy tracks associated with some of MTH's Mick Ralphs era, but the songwriting is top-notch. In fact, were it not for the "Mott" tracks Drivin Sister, and I'm a Cadillac/ El camino Doloroso, it's essentially a very similar album.

It's not that this record is generally disliked, but it lives in the shadow of it's predocessor, not to mention that albums' predocessor, All the Young Dudes. It just seems unfair when you consider all of the unsung brilliance on this album. Anyone who knows Mott will tell you Golden Age of Rock n' Roll is right up there with All the Way from Memphis, and Marionette is considered by Ian Hunter (not to mention myself) to be the greatest thing Mott ever recorded. Then of coarse there's the Mott classic Roll Away the Stone, always great (though the albums legacy may have faired better were the track presented earlier in the sequence letting Through the Looking Glass end the record.

But aside from the more well known tracks on the album, there are two particular songs that really bring the whole piece together. The first is Alice, a very upbeat signature Ian Hunter pop gem complete with a quirky verse, two pre-choruses, and a very solid chorus.

The other is my favorite MTH song next to Whizz Kid and Marionette- Pearl and Roy (england). An incredible energy that reminds me of a great rowdy band playing in a pub (mostly because of the rowdy pub crowd noises at the beginning of the song.) Amazing guitar work you'd almost not even notice if you weren't listening, awesome piano riff, and a perfectly singable chorus.

Everything else here is perfect as it needs to be, the weakest track being Trudi's song, however indisposable. The bonus tracks on the import are excellent and very essentiall if you don't already have them on another MTH or Ian Hunter set. Especially the Single a-sides Foxy, Foxy, and the Mick Ronson on guitar shouldabeena classic Saturday Gigs.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Masterpiece For Mott The Hoople, October 20, 2008

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The Footpath Cowboy "rockerusa2002" (Kingston, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hoople (Audio CD)

THE HOOPLE is yet another masterpiece for Mott The Hoople, completing a cycle that started with ALL THE YOUNG DUDES and continued with the psychodrama of MOTT. This CD includes seven bonus cuts, some featuring guitarist Mick Ronson, who'd replaced Ariel Bender (Luther Grosvenor) following the latter's mid-tour departure. Elsewhere, Bender proves himself as worthy a guitarist as HIS predecessor, Mick Ralphs. If you buy this CD along with MOTT, ALL THE YOUNG DUDES, IAN HUNTER, YOU'RE NEVER ALONE WITH A SCHIZOPHRENIC, WELCOME TO THE CLUB, RANT, and SHRUNKEN HEADS, you'll have yourself the perfect Ian Hunter/Mott The Hoople library.