Mad Shadows
by Mott The Hoople

Mad Shadows by Mott The Hoople
Year: 1970
Overall rank: 22,249th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 27 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1970 (261st)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (2,774th)
Award Best albums of all time (22,249th)

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Mott The Hoople - "Mad Shadows" CD 1991 Atlantic 8272-2
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Mott The Hoople bestography

Mad Shadows is ranked 7th best out of 14 albums by Mott The Hoople on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Mott The Hoople is All The Young Dudes which is ranked number 3279 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 299.

Mott The Hoople album bestography « Higher ranked (18,512th)
Brain Capers
This album (22,249th)
Mad Shadows
Lower ranked (27,194th) »
Wildlife

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Mad Shadows rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 22,249th | 1970s rank: 2,774th | 1970 rank: 261st
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2026JohnnyoTop 100 Music Albums of 197021/1004
2026 AAL20141970: Year Chart Pt. 2 (#101-200)10/24 -
2026OlliTop 100 Music Albums of 197084/1001
2026JohnnyoMost listened to albums in March 2021 (To delete)45/95 -
2025dhbarrettTop 29 Music Albums of 197023/291
2025mostlymorTop 100 Music Albums of 197062/1002
2025 AAL2014Mott the Hoople: So Far..3/5 -
2025Steppenwolf666Collectable record labels, The Pink Island (UK) label albums45/73 -
2025 Luciano1962Top 22 Music Albums of 197011/223
2025 Repo1970: Heavy Shit!24/25 -
2025JohnnyoTop albums of the ‘70’s (101 - 200)64/100 -
2024JohnnyoBlack & or white with shades of grey37/83 -
2023 jwammo12Top 100 Greatest Music Albums84/10012
2023 MW19704UTop 100 Music Albums of 1970100/1000
2022MOgnjenovicTop 20 Music Albums of 197016/201
2022 NoisyBeast1969/70 ~ Wish List92/100 -
2021RoversTop 81 Music Albums of 197071/811
2021 jwammo12Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s86/100 -
2021JohnnyoMost listened to albums in 202061/100 -
2020JohnnyoMost listened to albums in November 202020/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 23
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 30
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68/100 (from 27 votes)
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60/100
 
04/19/2026 01:56 Olli  Ratings distribution  7,16763/100
 
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04/09/2026 16:01 RemainInLight  Ratings distribution  3,35336/100
 
65/100
 
01/09/2026 01:22 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58570/100
 
65/100
 
07/02/2025 09:22 duelek  Ratings distribution  1,82476/100
 
65/100
 
06/30/2025 03:46 AAL2014  Ratings distribution  3,78175/100

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From 03/26/2021 22:41 | #267794
Controversial opinion maybe but possibly my favourite mott album
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From 08/28/2017 20:21 | #196868
I found this an enjoyable listen 1st two no.s being the best here.
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