Released March 1971 Wildlife
(1971) Brain Capers
(1971) Release date March 1971 Genres Rock music, Hard rock | Length 38:25 Artist Mott the Hoople Label Atlantic Records | |
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Recorded November–December, 1970
Island Studios, London Producer Mott the Hoople (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6-8)
Guy Stevens (track 3)
Mott the Hoople/Guy Stevens (tracks 5 and 9) Similar Mott the Hoople albums, Rock music albums | ||
Mott the hoople whisky women
Wildlife is the third studio album by the British band Mott the Hoople.
Contents
The album was originally released in 1971; in the UK by Island Records (catalogue number ILPS 9144) and in the US by Atlantic Records (cat. no. SD 8384). It was subsequently re-released by Angel Air in 2003 SJPCD159.
It reached No. 44 in the UK Albums Chart in April 1971.
Side one
- "Whiskey Women" (Mick Ralphs) - 3:42
- "Angel of Eighth Avenue" (Ian Hunter) - 4:33
- "Wrong Side of the River" (Ralphs) - 5:19
- "Waterlow" (Hunter) - 3:03
- "Lay Down" (Melanie Safka) - 4:13
Side two
- "It Must Be Love" (Ralphs) - 2:24
- "Original Mixed-Up Kid" (Hunter) - 3:40
- "Home Is Where I Want to Be" (Ralphs) - 4:11
- "Keep a Knockin' (live at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, 13 September 1970)" (Richard Penniman) - 10:10 (*)
(*) This track is a rock and roll medley that, in addition to "Keep A Knockin'", also includes snippets of "I Got A Woman" (by Ray Charles), "What'd I Say" (Charles) and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" (Jerry Lee Lewis). On the recording, however, singer Ian Hunter incorrectly introduces "What'd I Say" as being written by Jerry Lee Lewis.
2003 CD bonus tracks
- "It'll Be Me" (Clement) - 2.58
- "Long Red" (Leslie West, Felix Pappalardi, Ventura, Landsberg) - 3.47
Personnel
Songs
1Whisky Women3:42
2Angel of Eighth Avenue4:33
3Wrong Side of the River5:19