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All the Young Dudes
is the fifth
studio album
by the
English rock band
released in 1972.
It was their
initial album
for the
CBS Records label
Columbia Records
in the United States
and Canada,
after three years
with
Island Records
in the UK
and
Atlantic Records
in the
United States
and Canada.
Background and Reception
All the Young Dudes
was a turning point
for the
then-struggling
British band.
Mott the Hoople
were on the verge
of breaking up
when
David Bowie
stepped in
and gave them
the song
"All the Young Dudes".
Bowie
and
Mick Ronson
also produced
the album
with tracks arranged
by
Ronson,
which took Mott
"from potential
has-beens to
avatars of the
glam rock movement".
The title track,
"All the Young Dudes",
was released as
a single
prior to the album
and
charted worldwide,
becoming the
"ultimate '70s glitter kid anthem".
"Sweet Jane",
a cover of
the Velvet Underground song
from their 1970 album
Loaded,
was issued as
a single in Canada,
the Netherlands,
Portugal,
Spain
and
the United States,
though not in
their home market
of the UK.
"One of the Boys",
originally the
B-side of
"All the Young Dudes",
was also released
in North America
and
Continental Europe.
In 2003,
the album was ranked
No. 491
on Rolling Stone
magazine's list of
The 500 Greatest Albums
of All Time.
In 2012's
revised list,
the magazine ranked it at
No. 484,
saying,
"Mott would sound more
soulful but never more
sexy or glittery."
"Ready for Love"
was reworked by
Mick Ralphs's
subsequent band
Bad Company
on their
self-titled debut.
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