'Mott'

A seminal album in the glam rock movement in the 1970s spearheaded by David Bowie. Bowie actually offered Mott the Hoople his song "Suffragette City" to keep the band together. He later wrote "All the Young Dudes" for the group, becoming probably their most popular songs. Bowie's guitarist Mick Ronson would later join the band.

Mott is the band's all-time best-selling album. It all lead to the band's dissolution, which didn't apparently take too much as they seemed to be on the brink of break-up with every turn.

Like a vast majority of musical genres, glam became about style and fashion more than anything else. What T. Rex, Mott the Hoople, Bowie and others were doing is just pop-hard rock. Nothing that wasn't already done before and would be repeated since.

However, throw in some crazy hair, make-up, some tight clothes on emaciated bodies and the overbearing presence of homosexuality and there's the 1970s glam movement for you.

Watch Velvet Goldmine. You'll get the picture.