The Best of Mott the Hoople: The Island Years 1969–1972

Tracklist

• 1
  Rock ’n’ Roll Queen
  3:43
• 2
  You Really Got Me / Wrath and Wroll
  3:57
• 3
  At the Crossroads
  5:33
• 4
  Walkin’ With a Mountain
  3:52
• 5
  Thunderbuck Ram
  4:49
  3.0 ★
• 6
  No Wheels to Ride
  5:51
• 7
  Whiskey Women
  3:38
• 8
  Keep a Knockin’
  6:58
• 9
  Waterlow
  3:03
• 10
  Midnight Lady
  3:29
• 11
  Moon Upstairs
  5:01
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Death May Be Your Santa Claus
  4:53
• 13
  Your Own Backyard
  4:12
• 14
  Darkness Darkness
  4:32
• 15
  Road to Birmingham
  3:29
• 16
  Growing Man Blues
  2:44
• 17
  Black Scorpio (Momma’s Little Jewel)
  3:35
• 18
  Black Hills
  1:27

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The Collection

The Collection 1987

Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits 1976

Mott

Mott 1973

All the Young Dudes

All the Young Dudes 1972

Brain Capers

Brain Capers 1971

Release credits

• Andy Johns
  engineer [3-6], recording [11-13]
• Dale Griffin
  background vocals [17], drums (drum set) [3-6, 11-13, 17], percussion [17]
• George “Shadow” Morton
  producer [10]
• Guy Stevens
  producer [3-6, 11-13]
• Ian Hunter
  lead vocals [3-4, 6, 11-13, 17], piano [3]
• Mick Ralphs
  guitar [3-6, 11-13, 17], lead vocals [5], solo [17]
• Mott the Hoople
  producer [17]
• Muff Winwood
  producer [17]
• Overend Watts
  background vocals [17], bass [4-6, 11-13], bass guitar [3]
• Ray Majors
  slide guitar [17], solo [17]
• Verden Allen
  organ [3-6, 11-13, 17]

Issues

• T
  (Combined release view)
• T
  The Island Years 1969–1972

  CD
  1990
• T
  The Best of Mott the Hoople: The Island Years 1969–1972

  Unknown format
  21 September 1998