Mad Shadows (album)

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Released September 1970 Mad Shadows (1970) Wildlife (1971) Release date September 1970 Label Atlantic Records		Length 35:51 Artist Mott the Hoople Producer Guy Stevens Genre Hard rock

Recorded November 1969-April 1970, Olympic Studios, London Similar Mott the Hoople albums, Hard rock albums

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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.

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Track listing

All songs written by Ian Hunter except where noted.

Side one

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

Side two

"I Can Feel" - 7:13
"Threads of Iron" (Ralphs) - 5:12
"When My Mind's Gone" - 6:31

2003 CD bonus tracks

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

Personnel

Mott the Hoople

Ian Hunter - lead vocals (2-5, 7-9), piano, rhythm guitar

Mick Ralphs - lead guitar, backing and lead (1, 6) vocals

Verden Allen - organ, backing vocals

Pete "Overend" Watts - bass, backing vocals

Dale "Buffin" Griffin - drums, backing vocals

with:

Guy Stevens - "psychic" piano, "spiritual" percussion

Technical

Andy Johns - engineer

Ginny Smith, Peter Sanders - cover design

Gabi Naseman - front cover photography

Songs

1Thunderbuck Ram4:47
2No Wheels to Ride5:49
3You Are One of Us2:25

References

Mad Shadows (album) Wikipedia

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