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Mott the Hoople Shouting and Pointing Release Date: 1976 Running Time: 39:04 Label: Sony Music Distribution The remnants of Mott the Hoople truncated their name to Mott with 1975's Drive On, and retained the shortened moniker for Drive On's sequel, 1976's Shouting and Pointing. New lead vocalist Nigel Benjamin sometimes decides to escalate into a falsetto on the album, while the group attempts to stay true to Mott the Hoople's loud, glammy update of old-time rock & roll and Ian Hunter's wry, self-deprecating wit. When Hunter commented on the plights of a rock & roll band to a heavy Chuck Berry beat, his humor was sharp, the melancholy was deep, and the music rocked hard, and here, the band tackles balls-out rockers, two-part epics, and the "Ballad of Mott the Hoople" rewrite "Career (No Such Thing as Rock 'n' Roll)." Shouting and Pointing isn't necessarily unlistenable, and follows the same form one would expect from the band, albeit with less success. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Shouting and Pointing Fisher, Watts 4:34 2 Collision Course Watts 3:25 3 Storm Watts, Fisher, Major 5:31 4 Career (No Such Thing as Rock 'n' Roll) Benjamin, Fisher 5:26 5 Hold on, You're Crazy Watts 4:31 6 See You Again Watts 4:22 7 To Short Arms (I Don't Care) Fisher, Major 4:00 8 Broadside Outcasts Watts, Fisher 3:18 9 Good Times Vanda, Young 3:57 Releases: Year Type Label 2005 CD Sony Music Distribution

Group Members: Ariel Bender Verden Allen Morgan Fisher Nigel Benjamin Ray Major More >> Similar Artists: Faces David Bowie T. Rex New York Dolls David Johansen More >>

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