Mud’s Greatest Hits cover

Mud’s Greatest Hits

Mud · 1975

36 min · 11 tracks · pop music

Elevation

Our rating, out of 100 — and why.

AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.

49 /100
Lowland
Higher than 1% of albums we've rated

Strong, direct singles and competent performances carry the set, but the shifts between glam pop, rock’n’roll pastiche and balladry make it feel assembled rather than shaped.

What we noticed

  • The first four tracks run through compact, hook-led glam-pop singles before “One Night” and “Oh Boy” pivot to older rock’n’roll material.
  • “Tiger Feet” arrives seventh, followed by three less buoyant tracks; “Lonely This Christmas” closes with a slow seasonal ballad.
  • The sequence gathers hit singles rather than building a continuous arc, with sharp changes in style and energy between adjacent tracks.
Composition 25% of the score
6/10

the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics

Craft 20% of the score
6/10

production, performance, arrangement

Durability 25% of the score
5/10

whether it rewards returning to it

Distinctiveness 18% of the score
4/10

whether it sounds like itself

Sequencing 12% of the score
4/10

running order, pacing, length

Influence 4/10

Known within its scene. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

  • 1 Dyna-Mite 2:56
  • 2 Rocket 4:04
  • 3 The Secrets That You Keep 3:10
  • 4 The Cat Crept In 4:00
  • 5 One Night 2:54
  • 6 Oh Boy 2:50
  • 7 Tiger Feet 3:49
  • 8 Hypnosis 2:45
  • 9 Moonshine Sally 3:18
  • 10 Crazy 3:10
  • 11 Lonely This Christmas 3:31

Reference: MusicBrainz · Wikidata