THE ESSENTIAL MOTT THE HOOPLE 7/13/1999 just one of many intentional

just one of many intentional nostalgic nods at the past -- "Never Kissed Anyone with Blue Eyes" grooves to a simmering '60s soul groove

TracksCredits 1 Know Your Rights 2 Car Jamming 3 Should I Stay or Should I Go 4 Rock the Casbah 5 Red Angel Dragnet 6 Straight to Hell 7 Overpowered By Funk 8 Atom Tan 9 Sean Flynn 10 Ghetto Defendant 11 Inoculated City 12 Death Is a Star

and although he still howls through numbers like "Otsegolectric" and "Monster

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THE ESSENTIAL MOTT THE HOOPLE 7/13/1999 just one of many intentionalLiner Note Author: James Mastro. Photographers: Art Maillet; Chris Walter; Jacques Bernard. Mott the Hoople are no stranger to compilations, many purporting to be definitive or essential, or at least delivering some variation on the golden age of rock & roll. The 2013 Columbia Legacy double disc is part of Legacy's ongoing Essential series and, certainly, fans will find places to nitpick, such as the absence of "Death May Be Your Santa Claus" or other