Mott is the sixth studio album by British rock band Mott the Hoople. It peaked at No. 7 in the UK Albums Chart. This album is notable for being the last to feature guitarist Mick Ralphs and the first without organist Verden Allen. With Allen's departure, most organ and other keyboard parts were played by Ralphs.
The single "All the Way from Memphis," an edited version of which was released, received considerable airplay on U.S. radio and helped capture the band's overseas fans, in addition to reaching the UK Singles Chart.
The album featured different covers in the U.K. and U.S., with some editions including remastered tracks. The U.S. cover displayed a photo of the four band members with the word "MOTT" and "Mott The Hoople" written in the "O." In contrast, the U.K. cover featured an illustration inspired by a bust of Roman emperor Augustus, with the band's name in a typeface reminiscent of 1920s Art Deco and the "Future Shock" font inspired by computer-readable punch cards.
Initial copies of the U.K. version came with a gatefold sleeve, where the Augustus image was printed on a transparent plastic sheet. The emperor's image would also appear on the inner sleeve of The Hoople, the band's next and final album in both the U.S. and U.K. A remastered and expanded version was released by Sony's Columbia/Legacy imprint in the U.S. in 2006.
