The Hoople

Infobox Album
Name = The Hoople
Type = Studio
Artist = Mott the Hoople


Released = Start date|1974|3|29
Recorded = Advision Studios, London, Start date|1974|1, AIR Studios, London, Start date|1974|2
Genre = Glam Rock
Length = 39:09
Label = Columbia
Producer = Dale "Buffin" Griffin, Ian Hunter and Pete "Overend" Watts
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:66jiear04xd7 link]
*Robert Christgau (B) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=mott+the+hoople link]
*"Rolling Stone" (favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/mottthehoople/albums/album/287493/rid/5945266/ link]
Last album = "Mott" (1973)
This album = The Hoople (1974)
Next album = "Live" (1974)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = studio


Lower caption = 2006 reissue cover

"The Hoople" is a 1974 album by British band Mott the Hoople. Its highest chart rating in the US was #28. cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:66jiear04xd7 |title=allmusic (((The Hoople > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums))) |accessdate=2008-05-20 ] A remastered and expanded version was released by Sony BMG on the Columbia Legacy label in Europe in 2006.

Track listing

All tracks written by Ian Hunter except as noted. Mott the Hoople. "The Hoople." (Columbia Records, 1974).]
# "The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll" – 3:26
# "Marionette" – 5:08
# "Alice" – 5:20
# "Crash Street Kidds" – 4:31
# "Born Late '58" (Overend Watts) – 4:00
# "Trudi's Song" – 4:26
# "Pearl 'N' Roy (England)" – 4:31
# "Through the Looking Glass" – 4:37
# "Roll Away the Stone" – 3:10

"Track listing note:" On the original LP album release, side one was comprised of tracks 1-4; side two of tracks 5-9.

Bonus tracks (2006 reissue)

# "Where Do You All Come From" (Dale "Buffin" Griffin, Hunter, Mick Ralphs, Peter Watts) – 3:26 B-side of "Roll Away the Stone" single.
# "Rest in Peace" – 3:55 B-side of "The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll" single.
# "Foxy, Foxy" – 3:31 Non-LP single A-side.
# "(Do You Remember The) Saturday Gigs" – 4:20 Non-LP single A-side.
# "The Saturday Kids" – 6:03 (Work in progress mixes)
# "Lounge Lizzard" – 4:19 (Aborted single b-side)
# "American Pie/The Golden Age of Rock 'N' Roll" (Don McLean, Hunter) (Live) – 4:15 (Live from Broadway)

Personnel

*Ian Hunter – vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards
*Pete "Overend" Watts – bass guitar, vocals, riff guitar, 12-string guitar
*Dale "Buffin" Griffin – drums, vocals, percussion
*Ariel Bender – lead guitar, vocals, slide guitar
*Morgan Fisher – organ, synthesizer, piano

Additional personnel

*Howie Casey – tenor saxophone on 1 2 3 7
*Jock McPherson – baritone saxophone on 1 2 7, tenor saxophone on 1 2 7
*Mike Hurwitz – cello on 2
*Lynsey De Paul – backing vocals on 3 9
*Mick Ralphs – backing vocals on 7, rhythm guitar on 9
*Graham Preskett – violin on 8, conductor on 8, tubular bells on 8
*Sue Glover & Sunny Leslie – backing vocals on 1 8
*Barry St. John – backing vocals on 1 8
*Thunderthighs (Karen Friedman, Dari Lalou & Casey Synge) – backing vocals on 9

Technical personnel

* Dale "Buffin" Griffin - producer
* Ian Hunter - producer
* Pete "Overend" Watts - producer

Charts

Album

Notes