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Mott The Hoople CD: "Roll Away The Stone - The Best of Mott The Hoople"

Sleeve and track listing

Music Club Deluxe MCDLX062. (4 stars!)

Disc 1

  1. All The Young Dudes (3:34)
  2. By Tonight (3:45)
  3. All The Way From Memphis (5:03)
  4. Foxy Foxy (3:31)
  5. Roll Away The Stone (3:14)
  6. Honaloochie Boogie (2:44)
  7. Hymn For The Dudes (5:24)
  8. The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll (3:26)
  9. It Takes One To Know One (4:30)
  10. One Of The Boys (4:12)
  11. Ready For Love/After Lights (6:47)
  12. Rest In Peace (live) (6:03)
  13. Good Times (3:59)
  14. Rose (live) (4:43)
  15. Saturday Gigs (4:21)
  16. Shouting And Pointing (4:32)
  17. Soft Ground (3:18)
  18. Alice (5:19)

Disc 2

  1. Sucker (5:03)
  2. Sweet Jane (4:22)
  3. Storm (5:27)
  4. Violence (4:50)
  5. Whizz Kid (3:10)
  6. Drivin' Sister (3:46)
  7. Career (No Such Thing As Rock 'n' Roll) (5:21)
  8. Ballad Of Mott The Hoople (5:24)
  9. Hold On, You're Crazy (4:26)
  10. I Wish I Was Your Mother (4:51)
  11. Jerkin' Crocus (4:02)
  12. Monte Carlo (4:35)
  13. Pearl 'n' Roy (England) (4:29)
  14. Sweet Angeline (live) (6:49)
  15. Through The Looking Glass (4:35)
  16. Too Short Arms (I Don't Care) (3:54)
  17. Walking With a Mountain (live) (4:04)

Review

With the film Juno featuring the Mott track All The Young Dudes, the time is right for another compilation to tempt the curious into the Mott The Hoople back catalogue.

Actually, this one's not too bad. It has all the singles (including the single version of Roll Away The Stone), and a good selection of album tracks. Unusually for an Mott The Hoople compilation there are also a few live tracks as well. A welcome surprise is the presence of some post-Hunter MOTT tracks, although the absence of solo Hunter tracks seems strange.

The sleeve notes give a concise history of the band, although there are more mistakes than I would have liked. At this price point, however, I don't think we can expect perfection and the casual fan wanting to know more would in any case check out Wikipedia, Google and maybe this site for better info.

To summarise, as an introduction to Mott The Hoople this is as good a place to start as any.