Hotel Last Resort
2019 studio album by Violent Femmes
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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.
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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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Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 68/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [4] |
| American Songwriter | [5] |
| Consequence of Sound | C−[6] |
| Exclaim! | 6/10[7] |
| The Guardian | [8] |
| Rolling Stone | [9] |
| The Skinny | [10] |
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 |