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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
forget the "hits" compilations - this is the Mud CD for you!, 6 Jun 2002
By and large, most people tend to think first and foremost of the "Chinn/Chapman" penned singles rather than the albums when considering the bands output through their most commercially successful years on RAK records. This is a great injustice to the band as "Mud Rock" and "Mud Rock 2" are far more representative of all that was great about the band than any of their "singles" compilations. Thats not to say thses albums don't include any of the bands 15 chart hits ("Rocket" features on "Mud Rock" together with a medley of "Dynamite", "The Cat Crept In" and "Tigerfeet" and "Mud Rock2" features "The Secrets that you Keep", "Oh Boy" and "One Night") but the real strength of these albums is in the quality and strength of the other "featured" tracks - all of which are cover versions of rock and pop hits of the 50s and 60s and all performed in the inimitable and instantly recognisable Mud style. The first album is the slightly more "raw" sonding of the two. The whole album is consistently strong but, for me, the highlights would have to include a great version of "Running Bear", their fantastic cover of "The End of the World" (which surely would have been another number 1 for the band if it had been released as a single in the 70s), their acapella version of "Blue Moon", their riotous run through of Glen Miller's (!!!) "In the Mood" and, closing track, a cracking version of Chuck Berry's "Bye Bye Johnny".... "Mud Rock2" seems to "benefit" from a slightly more refined production and bigger recording budget(?) - although the first album was always slightly more of a favorite of mine than "Mud Rock2" ever was... nevertheless, the album is full of cracking cover versions - "I Love How You Love Me", Paul Anka's "Diana" and rocking versions of "Tobacco Road", "Talahassie Lassie" being amongst the highlights. Mud were all about having fun - they had no pretentions at being anything other than a good time rock band - but it was their sheer love for the music of the 50s and 60s and their undoubted musical abilities (and, of course, the wonderful string of Chinn/Chapman penned hits) that made them such an explosive and memorable band. If you have fond memories of the band and their hit singles yet have never heard these albums i really cannot urge you enough to spend just a little of your hard earned cash on this CD... you won't regret it - i promise!!!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
what a great time band., 21 Feb 2005
great to get a hold of these two great lost treasures of good time rock n roll on cd,i still have the old records with thousands of scratches on them.mud rock 1 for me was the best of the two as it is a little heavier, listen to the hippy hippy shake its really mean with the underated rob davies on guitar,it could have been any of those 70s rock guitar heroes like mick ronson or paul kossof playing on that one, you wouldnt know the difference.in the mood just gets you to boogie and blue moon awesome.mud rock 2 has a lot of good moments one night and tabacco road and living doll,les gray is was and always will be remembered as a great frontman but also off stage a pure gem of a guy,ray stiles now plays with hollies and dave mount (drums)has his own buisness,rob davies writes for kylie etc,and sadly les is gone. hope they release its better than working on cd as you will find out how good mud were at writing theyre owm songs.god bless em.brian ovens
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Les Gray at His best, a great, Fun Glam album, 1 May 2001
By A Customer
Mud were always the 'soft 'rockers in the 70's,this album shows that is true.It is great fun with fantastic love songs like 'End of the world' and 'secrets that you keep' showing two sides to Les Gray. Tellahassee lassie is another great fun song which has you dancing around the room!!! Songs from Diana to the fantastic Rocket are well worth listening to. Buy it. Rich
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