The two hundred and eighty-sixth album: Mott the Hoople - Mott
There's still, at times, a specific feel to British rock bands compared to American ones. Not all do it, but Mott the Hoople sounds British even as it lives in the same hard rock space that is elsewhere. We're in the run up to punk, loud and aggressive with its specific guitar beat, and it's present in a lot of the tracks on Mott. It does that job well, I enjoyed the songs, and the Ballad of Mott The Hoople manages to really follow that line between the two styles, sounding perfectly as it does so.