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Mott
Studio album by Mott the Hoople
Released	July 20, 1973 February 21, 2006 (reissue)
Recorded	February-April, 1973
Genre	Glam Rock
Length	45:10
Label	CBS Records Columbia Records Sony Records (reissue)
Producer	Mott the Hoople
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (A-) link Rolling Stone (highly favorable) link
Mott the Hoople chronology
All the Young Dudes (1972) Mott (1973) The Hoople (1974)
Alternate cover

Mott is a 1973 album by British band Mott the Hoople. "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 many overseas fans, as well as reaching the UK Top 10.

It was clear by the time Mott was released that Ian Hunter had become the dominant figure of the band. Aside from the lead track, the album includes introspective songs such as "Ballad of Mott The Hoople", which exposes Mott’s near break-up, and the peculiar "I Wish I Was Your Mother", featuring multi-tracked mandolin, in which Hunter sings of his wish to see his love as a child. Hard rockers are given their due with "Drivin’ Sister", "Violence" and "Honaloochie Boogie", the last-named being another UK single. A fine performance is delivered by Hunter in the almost religious "Hymn for the Dudes."

The album has featured different covers among the number of UK and U.S. releases, as well as remastered tracks on some editions. A US cover featured a photo of the four band members. In the UK the front cover featured a motif based on the bust of a Roman Emperor, and initial copies had a gatefold sleeve with the Emperor motif printed on a transparent plastic sheet. A remastered and expanded version was released by Sony's Columbia/Legacy imprint in the United States in 2006.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 366 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

All songs written by Ian Hunter, except where indicated.

1. "All the Way from Memphis" – 5:02
2. "Whizz Kid" – 3:25
3. "Hymn for the Dudes" (Verden Allen, Hunter) – 5:24
4. "Honaloochie Boogie" (Hunter, Mick Ralphs) – 2:43
5. "Violence" (Hunter, Ralphs) – 4:48
6. "Drivin’ Sister" – 3:53
7. "Ballad of Mott the Hoople (26th March 1972, Zürich)" (Hunter, Dale "Buffin" Griffin, Peter Watts, Ralphs, Allen) – 5:24
8. "I’m a Cadillac/El Camino Dolo Roso" (Ralphs) – 7:51
9. "I Wish I Was Your Mother" – 4:52

1. "Rose" (Hunter, Ralphs, Watts, Buffin) – 3:56 B-side of "Honaloochie Boogie"; produced by Mott The Hoople
2. "Honaloochie Boogie (Demo version)" – 3:07
3. "Nightmare" (Demo)" (Allen) – 3:36
4. "Drivin' Sister" (Hunter, Ralphs) (Live) – 4:30 Live 1973 at the Hammersmith Odeon; produced by Dale "Buffin" Griffin

• Ian Hunter – vocals, piano, guitar
• Mick Ralphs – vocals, guitar
• Pete "Overend" Watts – bass guitar, vocals
• Dale "Buffin" Griffin – drums, vocals, percussion

• Paul Buckmaster – electric cello on track 4
• Morgan Fisher – piano, synthesizer, backing vocals on bonus track 4
• Mick Hince – bells on track 9
• Andy Mackay – saxophone on track 1, 4
• Graham Preskett – violin on track 5
• Thunder Thighs (Karen Friedman, Dari Lalou, Casey Synge) – backing vocals on track 3

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