Mad Shadows (album)

Mad Shadows
Studio album by Mott the Hoople
Released September 1970
Recorded November 1969-April 1970
Studio Olympic Studios, London
Genre Hard rock
Length 35:51
Label Island (UK), Atlantic (US)
Producer Guy Stevens
Mott the Hoople chronology
Mott the Hoople
(1969)Mott the Hoople1969		 Mad Shadows
(1970)		 Wildlife
(1971)Wildlife1971
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stonefavourable[2]

Mad Shadows was the second album by Mott the Hoople. It was recorded in 1970 and released in the UK on Island Records in September 1970 (catalogue number ILPS 9119) and in the US by Atlantic Records (cat. no. SD 8272). It was subsequently re-released by Angel Air in 2003 (SJPCD158). As with their debut album, it was produced by Guy Stevens.

The original pressing reached No. 48 in the UK Albums Chart in October 1970.[3]

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album two stars out of five and stated:

If Mott the Hoople's debut album cheerfully careened all over the place, their second, Mad Shadows, has one direction – downward into dense murk.[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Ian Hunter except where noted.

Side one

  1. "Thunderbuck Ram" (Mick Ralphs) – 4:50
  2. "No Wheels to Ride" – 5:50
  3. "You Are One of Us" – 2:26
  4. "Walkin' with a Mountain" – 3:49

Side two

  1. "I Can Feel" – 7:13
  2. "Threads of Iron" (Ralphs) – 5:12
  3. "When My Mind's Gone" – 6:31

2003 CD bonus tracks

  1. "It Would Be a Pleasure" (Ralphs) – 1:50
  2. "How Long? (Death May Be Your Santa Claus)" (Hunter, Verden Allen) – 3:54

Personnel

Mott the Hoople

Additional personnel

Technical

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position Weeks on chart
1970 Official Charts (UK) 48[4] 2

References

  1. 1 2 Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Mad Shadows". Allmusic. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  2. ↑ Melissa Mills (12 November 1970). "Mad Shadows". Rolling Stone.
  3. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 381. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  4. ↑ "Official Charts - Mott the Hoople". Retrieved January 7, 2018.
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