Hotel Last Resort | ||||
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Released | July 26, 2019 | |||
Recorded | 2019 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 38:03 | |||
Label | Add It Up Productions, PIAS Recordings | |||
Producer | Ted Hutt | |||
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Hotel Last Resort is the tenth studio album by American rock band Violent Femmes. The album was released on July 26, 2019, by Add It Up Productions and PIAS Recordings.[1][2] The cover art is a picture of the Eastlink hotel sculpture in Australia.
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 68/100[3] |
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Consequence of Sound | C−[6] |
Exclaim! | 6/10[7] |
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Hotel Last Resort received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 68, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 12 reviews.[3]
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Another Chorus" | 2:38 |
2. | "I Get What I Want" | 2:30 |
3. | "I'm Nothing" (featuring Stefan Janoski) | 2:26 |
4. | "Adam Was a Man" | 2:59 |
5. | "Not OK" | 2:34 |
6. | "Hotel Last Resort" (featuring Tom Verlaine) | 5:12 |
7. | "Everlasting You" | 2:13 |
8. | "It's All or Nothing" | 2:25 |
9. | "I'm Not Gonna Cry" | 2:56 |
10. | "This Free Ride" | 2:14 |
11. | "Paris to Sleep" | 3:38 |
12. | "Sleepin' at the Meetin'" | 1:38 |
13. | "God Bless America" | 4:40 |
Total length: | 38:03 |
Personnel
- Gordon Gano – lead vocals, guitars
- Brian Ritchie – acoustic bass guitar, baritone guitar, percussion, vocals
- John Sparrow – drums, percussion, vocals
- Blaise Garza – contrabass, baritone and sopranino saxophones; piano, harmonium, theremin, vocals
- Tom Verlaine – guitar (track 6)
- Stefan Janoski – vocals (track 3)
- Aixa Vilar, Go Betty Go, Michelle Rangel, Nicolette Vilar, Todd Piotrowski – vocals (track 1)
Charts
Chart (2019) | Peak position |
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US Independent Albums (Billboard)[11] | 29 |
References
- ^ "Hotel Last Resort by Violent Femmes on Apple Music". Music.apple.com. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ Ryan Reed (2019-04-30). "Hear Violent Femmes' New Song With Tom Verlaine, 'Hotel Last Resort'". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ a b "Hotel Last Resort by Violent Femmes Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ Fred Thomas. "Hotel Last Resort - Violent Femmes". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ "Violent Femmes: Hotel Last Resort". Americansongwriter.com. 2019-07-25. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ Coney, Brian (2019-08-01). "Violent Femmes - Hotel Last Resort". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ Brzozowski, Sophie (2019-07-26). "Violent Femmes Hotel Last Resort". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ Michael Hann (2019-07-26). "Violent Femmes: Hotel Last Resort review – vigorously middling". The Guardian. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ Kory Grow (2019-07-29). "Review: Violent Femmes' 'Hotel Last Resort'". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ Bethany Davison (2019-07-24). "Violent Femmes album review: Hotel Last Resort". The Skinny. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ "Violent Femmes Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 28, 2019.