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Ian Hunter: Ian Hunter (Columbia)

Wayne Robins, Creem, July 1975

ON BRAIN CAPERS, the last great Mott album (containing songs like ‘Death May Be Your Santa Claus’ and ‘Sweet Angeline’), Ian Hunter was able to pull off a feat unparalleled in modern rock; making the record Bob Dylan would've made had he died on that motorcycle.

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