"[Regarding Mott's stylistic changes] the 'Dudes' album comes to mind. On this album we worked a lot with David and to some extent with Ronno. Also our time with Island [Records] was running out. Island was an end and David felt like a new beginning. We learned a lot about production and we also felt we had to go up a level. The live shows were great but not many bands last without hits. I was aware we had to have hits to survive as Island were pretty much fed up with us. Had we not done the 'Dudes' album I think Mott's legacy and mine would have been much, much smaller. I know some people still preferred us as we were originally, but the business doesn't look at it that way. I personally think what we did was right for the time. We wrote about our time and what we were doing - we were just a little tighter that's all!”

Ian Hunter, http://www.ianhunter.com/mouth036.shtml