Mott The Hoople : MOTT

FORGOT MY SIX-STRING

RAZOR HIT THE SKY

HALFWAY TO MEMPHIS

'FORE I REALIZED

 MOTT

 is the sixth 

studio album

 by British

 Rock Band

 Mott the Hoople 

It peaked at No. 7

 in the 

UK Albums Chart. 

It is the last album

 to feature guitarist 

Mick Ralphs, 

and the first 

without organist 

Verden Allen; 

because of

 Allen's departure,

 most organ 

and other

 keyboard parts 

are played by Ralphs.

"All the Way from Memphis", 

an edited version 

of which was released

 as a single,

 received considerable 

airplay on

 U.S. radio 

and captured the 

band overseas fans, 

as well as reaching 

the UK Singles Chart.

Packaging

The album featured

different album covers

 in the U.K. 

and U.S., 

as well as

 remastered tracks

 on some editions.

 The U.S. cover

 featured a photo 

of the four band members

 with the word

 "MOTT" 

on it, 

with

 "Mott The Hoople" 

written in the O.

 The U.K.

 front cover

 featured an 

illustration based 

on a bust of 

Roman emperor Augustus, 

the band's name 

written 

in a typeface

 simultaneously 

evocative of a 

1920s Art Deco font

 and the 

Future Shock

 font inspired by

 computer-readable 

punch cards

.Initial copies 

had a 

gatefold sleeve 

with the 

Augustus image

 printed on

 a transparent

 plastic sheet

 The emperor would 

appear again

 on the inner sleeve of

 The Hoople, 

the band's next 

and final album

 in both the 

United States 

and the

 United Kingdom.

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