Mott
The glam-rock makeover of the '70s produced a handful of masterpieces, topped by the likes of Bowie'sZiggy Stardust, theNew York Dolls' two LPs, and this peak-performance effort by Mott the Hoople. The group's 1973 follow-up to their 1972 breakthrough,All the Young Dudes, bursts out of the gate with the infectious "All the Way to Memphis," one of a handful of great rockers from the Hereford, England, quintet. But frontmanIan Hunter--he of the charmingly limpDylan-esque sneer ("I felt soooo ashamed!")--wears his heart all over his shimmering sleeve on the likes of "Hymn for the Dudes," "Ballad of Mott the Hoople," and, especially, the truly poignant "I Wish I Was Your Mother."--Steven Stolder