"Mott the Hoople" is the debut studio album by the band of the same name. It was produced by Guy Stevens and released in 1969 by Island Records in the UK, and in 1970 by Atlantic Records in the US. It was re-issued by Angel Air in 2003.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gives the album four stars out of five and states that up to this point, Mott the Hoople is wildly imaginative and invigorating, and that's enough to make this a fine debut, even if it falls off the tracks during the second side. The first side and those two originals reveal a band whose rowdy power is matched by sly humor, clever twists, and fierce intelligence -- all qualities they built a career on, and this blueprint still stands the test of time.
Robert Christgau, however, rates the album "C+" and states that despite the hype, these guys strike me as an ordinary hard rock combo.
Record World called the single "Rock and Roll Queen" a "heavyweight rocker with nifty lyric."
