3 Stars - Good - "...remains a peak in the careers of both Mott The Hoople as a band and leader Ian Hunter as a songwriter...", 4 stars out of 5 -- "A vivid, bittersweet dissection of life on the road in a middling rock 'n' roll band.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "Immortal....Mott's forte remained the elegy, none greater than the self-mythologizing 'Ballad of Mott the Hoople'..."