Mott The Anthology - A Top Story This Week
09/11/2008
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Mott The Anthology was a top story for this week. Here it is again: (antiMusic) Here is some info we were just sent about a new anthology that just hit stores: Ian Hunter, leader and principal songwriter of Mott The Hoople, has over the course of a career that continues to this day, been revealed as one of the most illuminating commentators on the rock 'n' roll relationship between artist and audience. That's the journey these two CDs will take you on, guided by what remains one of the most distinctive voices our music has produced. Though Mott had a few hits in the early '70s, the band never quite broke through into the mainstream. However, they had an undeniable effect on multiple English music movements that followed them�pub rock, punk, even the new Brit metal.
After releasing four albums and developing a cult following in Britain, their releases weren't selling well. Upon hearing the band was breaking up, Mott fan David Bowie offered them "All The Young Dudes." Written and produced by David Bowie, the track was released in August 1972, immediately shooting into the upper reaches of the U.K. charts and cracking the American Top 40. The record was a hit, a glam-rock anthem and an expression of the changing zeitgeist, and still summons its glitter-caked era every time you hear it. The album All The Young Dudes (1972) was put together quickly, and it became Mott's first hit album. This was followed by 1973's self-produced Mott, which Rolling Stone described as "the best album from the best band of the early '70s." - lot more info including the tracklisting
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