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Hotel Last Resort

Hotel Last Resort
Studio album by
Violent Femmes
ReleasedJuly 26, 2019
Recorded2019
GenreAlternative rock
Length38:03
LabelAdd It Up Productions, PIAS Recordings
ProducerTed Hutt
Violent Femmes chronology
2 Mics & the Truth
(2017) 		Hotel Last Resort
(2019)

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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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
American Songwriter[5]
Consequence of SoundC−[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

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No.TitleLength
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

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Charts

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Chart (2019) Peak
position
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[11] 29

References

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  1. ^ "Hotel Last Resort by Violent Femmes on Apple Music". Music.apple.com. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  2. ^ Ryan Reed (April 30, 2019). "Hear Violent Femmes' New Song With Tom Verlaine, 'Hotel Last Resort'". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Hotel Last Resort by Violent Femmes Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  4. ^ Fred Thomas. "Hotel Last Resort - Violent Femmes". AllMusic. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  5. ^ "Violent Femmes: Hotel Last Resort". Americansongwriter.com. July 25, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  6. ^ Coney, Brian (August 1, 2019). "Violent Femmes - Hotel Last Resort". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  7. ^ Brzozowski, Sophie (July 26, 2019). "Violent Femmes Hotel Last Resort". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  8. ^ Michael Hann (July 26, 2019). "Violent Femmes: Hotel Last Resort review – vigorously middling". The Guardian. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  9. ^ Kory Grow (July 29, 2019). "Review: Violent Femmes' 'Hotel Last Resort'". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  10. ^ Bethany Davison (July 24, 2019). "Violent Femmes album review: Hotel Last Resort". The Skinny. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  11. ^ "Violent Femmes Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 28, 2019.