Label: CBS Records (UK), CBS 69154
Style: Glam Rock
Country: Herefordshire, England
Time: 42:25
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 273 Mb
Mott was a short lived band from Mott The Hoople, after Ian Hunter
left in 1974. Mott was active between 1975/76 consisting of Overend
Watts, Dale Griffin, and Morgan Fisher along with lead guitarist Ray
Major (formerly of Opal Butterfly, Hackensack, and a brief stint with
Andy Fraser and Frankie Miller) and front man Nigel Benjamin. This
line-up released two more albums, Drive On (1975) and Shouting and
Pointing (1976), both of which sold poorly. After Benjamin quit in 1976,
Mott briefly replaced him with Steve Hyams, before joining forces with
John Fiddler (formerly of Medicine Head), and became British Lions.
(peel.fandom.com/wiki/Mott)
Few bands have a sadder coda than Mott the Hoople. Rhythm section Overend Watts and Bufin, and latter-day keyboard player Morgan Fisher. Recruiting two unknowns to fill the void (guitarist Mick Ronson departed with Hunter) and abbreviating the band name to its most recognizable syllable, the trio began work on a new album almost immediately -- and one still wonders what was really going on in their minds. Of the five, only Watts had any songwriting experience to call upon; indeed, his "Born Late 58" was one of the highlights of 1974's The Hoople album. But any hopes that he might blossom a la an ex-Beatles George Harrison, or post-Vince Clarke Martin Gore were soon to crumble. The best songs (the first 45, "Monte Carlo," the driving "It Takes One to Know One") have absolutely nothing to do with the Hoopling of old; the worst (pretty much the rest of the record) are those which admit that fact. Mott emerged a dour, dry little record, its contents content to scour the rockiest edges of the old band's charm, but with none of the humor, none of the elan, and certainly none of the temperamental flash which made the original band so special. And to think, this was only their first album.
(allmusic.com/album/drive-on-mw0000736577)
(peel.fandom.com/wiki/Mott)
Few bands have a sadder coda than Mott the Hoople. Rhythm section Overend Watts and Bufin, and latter-day keyboard player Morgan Fisher. Recruiting two unknowns to fill the void (guitarist Mick Ronson departed with Hunter) and abbreviating the band name to its most recognizable syllable, the trio began work on a new album almost immediately -- and one still wonders what was really going on in their minds. Of the five, only Watts had any songwriting experience to call upon; indeed, his "Born Late 58" was one of the highlights of 1974's The Hoople album. But any hopes that he might blossom a la an ex-Beatles George Harrison, or post-Vince Clarke Martin Gore were soon to crumble. The best songs (the first 45, "Monte Carlo," the driving "It Takes One to Know One") have absolutely nothing to do with the Hoopling of old; the worst (pretty much the rest of the record) are those which admit that fact. Mott emerged a dour, dry little record, its contents content to scour the rockiest edges of the old band's charm, but with none of the humor, none of the elan, and certainly none of the temperamental flash which made the original band so special. And to think, this was only their first album.
(allmusic.com/album/drive-on-mw0000736577)
01. A1 By Tonight (03:41)
02. A2 Monte Carlo (04:34)
03. A3 She Does It (03:31)
04. A4 I'll Tell You Something (04:37)
05. A5 Stiff Upper Lip (04:21)
06. B1 Love Now (02:47)
07. B2 Apologies (00:48)
08. B3 The Great White Wail (05:07)
09. B4 Here We Are (05:25)
10. B5 It Takes One To Know One (04:26)
11. B6 I Can Show You How It Is (03:03)
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