All The Young Dudes

All the Young Dudes
Studio album by Mott the Hoople
Released	8 September 1972
Recorded	1972 at Olympic Studios and Trident Studios, London
Genre	Glam rock
Length	40:47
Label	Columbia
Producer	David Bowie
Professional reviews
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Mott the Hoople chronology
Brain Capers (1971) All the Young Dudes (1972) Mott (1973)

All the Young Dudes is an album by Mott the Hoople, released in 1972. Their initial album for the Columbia Records label, it was a turning point for the then-struggling British band. They were about to break up when David Bowie stepped in and gave them the song "All the Young Dudes". Bowie also produced the album, which took Mott "from potential has-beens to avatars of the glam rock movement". A remastered and expanded version was released by Sony BMG on the Columbia Legacy label in the United States and the United Kingdom on February 21, 2006.

The title track was released as a single prior to the album and charted worldwide, becoming the "ultimate '70s glitterkid anthem". "Sweet Jane", a cover of the Velvet Underground song from their 1970 album Loaded, was issued as a single in Canada, Holland, Portugal, Spain and the United States, though not in their home market of the UK. "One of the Boys", originally the B-side of "All the Young Dudes", was also released in North America and Continental Europe.

Ozzy Osbourne covered the song "All the Young Dudes" from this album for his 2005 compilation album, Under Cover, as did The F-Ups on their self-titled album. It was also covered in 1990 by Bruce Dickinson, on his first solo album Tattooed Millionaire, and later released as a single.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 491 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.