Guilt Trips
{{Infobox album
| name = Guilt Trips
| type = studio
| artist = Ryan Hemsworth
| cover = Guilt Trips.album.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2013|10|22}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Electronic
| length = {{Duration|m=36|s=06}}
| label = Last Gang Records
| producer = Ryan Hemsworth
| prev_title = Distorted
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Alone for the First Time
| next_year = 2014
}}
Guilt Trips is the first solo studio album by Canadian DJ/producer Ryan Hemsworth.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ryan-hemsworth-is-getting-the-hang-of-the-dj-lifestyle-20131106|title=Ryan Hemsworth Is Getting the Hang of the DJ Lifestyle|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Max|last=Mertens|date=November 6, 2013|access-date=March 16, 2015}} It was released on Last Gang Records on October 22, 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/news/listen-to-ryan-hemsworth-guilt-trips-full-album-st/75368/|title=Listen To Ryan Hemsworth 'Guilt Trips' (Full Album Stream)|work=Prefix|first=Clyde|last=Barretto|date=October 16, 2013|access-date=October 23, 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2013/10/22/download-ryan-hemsworth-sinead-harnett-small-lost-mp3/|title=Ryan Hemsworth f. Sinead Harnett, "Small + Lost" MP3|work=The Fader|first=Naomi|last=Zeichner|date=October 22, 2013|access-date=October 23, 2013}} Music videos were created for "Against a Wall"{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2013/10/ryan-hemsworth-against-a-wall-video-tour-dates-guilt-trips/|title=Ryan Hemsworth's 'Against a Wall' Video Stars a Girl and Her Cat|work=Spin|first=Jordan|last=Sargent|date=October 3, 2013|access-date=April 8, 2017}} and "One for Me".{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2014/06/ryan-hemsworth-tinashe-one-for-me-video/|title=Ryan Hemsworth and Tinashe Make the 'Most Boring Video Possible' and It's Beautiful|work=Spin|first=Chris|last=Martins|date=June 12, 2014|access-date=April 8, 2017}} The album won the 2014 Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year.{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/News/arcade_fire_drake_ryan_hemsworth_take_home_early_juno_awards|title=Arcade Fire, Drake, Ryan Hemsworth Take Home Early Junos|work=Exclaim!|first=Brock|last=Thiessen|date=March 29, 2014|access-date=September 9, 2014}}
Production
Most of the album was recorded on Hemsworth's laptop computer in airports and hotels while he was on tour. It features guest appearances from Sinead Harnett, Lofty305, Baths, Tinashe, Haleek Maul, and Kitty.{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/Features/OnTheCover/ryan_hemsworth-success_irl/Page/2|title=Ryan Hemsworth - Success IRL (Page 2)|work=Exclaim!|first=Stephen|last=Carlick|date=November 2013|access-date=October 23, 2013}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| MC = 77/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/guilt-trips/ryan-hemsworth|title=Guilt Trips by Ryan Hemsworth|work=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=September 9, 2014}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/guilt-trips-mw0002580934|title=Ryan Hemsworth - Guilt Trips|work=AllMusic|first=David|last=Jeffries|access-date=March 16, 2015}}
| rev2 = Chicago Reader
| rev2score = favorable{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/record-reviews-diplo-pusha-hemsworth-oranssi-souleyman/Content?oid=11291632|title=Ryan Hemsworth's cleaned-up, poppy Guilt Trips and 15 more record reviews|work=Chicago Reader|first=Miles|last=Raymer|date=October 21, 2013|access-date=October 23, 2013}}
| rev3 = Consequence of Sound
| rev3score = C+{{cite web|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/10/album-review-ryan-hemsworth-guilt-trips/|title=Album Review: Ryan Hemsworth - Guilt Trips|work=Consequence of Sound|first=Mike|last=Madden|date=October 23, 2013|access-date=April 8, 2017}}
| rev4 = Exclaim!
| rev4score = 8/10{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/DanceAndElectronic/ryan_hemsworth-guilt_trips|title=Ryan Hemsworth - Guilt Trips|work=Exclaim!|first=Stephen|last=Carlick|date=October 19, 2013|access-date=October 23, 2013}}
| rev5 = Fact
| rev5score = 4/5{{cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2013/10/25/ryan-hemsworth-guilt-trips/|title=Guilt Trips|work=Fact|first=Chris|last=Kelly|date=October 25, 2013|access-date=April 8, 2017}}
| rev6 = NME
| rev6score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/various-artists/14881|title=Ryan Hemsworth - 'Guilt Trips'|work=NME|first=Kate|last=Hutchinson|date=October 18, 2013|access-date=September 9, 2014}}
| rev7 = Now
| rev7score = NNN{{cite web|url=https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/ryan-hemsworth/|title=Ryan Hemsworth: Guilt Trips (Last Gang)|work=Now|first=Benjamin|last=Boles|date=October 24, 2013|access-date=April 7, 2018}}
| rev8 = Pitchfork
| rev8score = 7.4/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18670-ryan-hemsworth-guilt-trips/|title=Ryan Hemsworth: Guilt Trips|work=Pitchfork|first=Miles|last=Raymer|date=October 24, 2013|access-date=March 16, 2015}}
| rev9 = Resident Advisor
| rev9score = 3.5/5{{cite web|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=13824|title=Ryan Hemsworth - Guilt Trips|work=Resident Advisor|first=Andrew|last=Ryce|date=November 13, 2013|access-date=March 16, 2015}}
| rev10 = The Varsity
| rev10score = favorable{{cite news|url=http://thevarsity.ca/2013/10/20/album-review-guilt-trips-by-ryan-hemsworth/|title=Album Review: Guilt Trips by Ryan Hemsworth|work=The Varsity|first=Corinne|last=Przybyslawski|date=October 20, 2013|access-date=October 23, 2013}}
}}
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Guilt Trips received an average score of 77, based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
David Jeffries of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, calling it "a soft, serene, and inspired debut." Stephen Carlick of Exclaim! gave the album an 8 out of 10, commenting that "Guilt Trips is as unclassifiable as it is dazzling, a fine debut from an artist who continues to progress." Miles Raymer of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.4 out of 10, saying, "Like his DJ sets, Guilt Trips is all over the place genre-wise, but it never feels dilettantish."
Exclaim! placed the album at number 8 on its year-end list of the "Top 10 Dance & Electronic Albums".{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/exclaims_best_of_2013-top_10_dance_electronic_albums|title=Exclaim!'s Best of 2013: Top 10 Dance & Electronic Albums|work=Exclaim!|date=December 3, 2013|access-date=October 2, 2017}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Small + Lost
| note1 = featuring Sinead Harnett
| length1 = 2:33
| title2 = Against a Wall
| note2 = featuring Lofty305
| length2 = 4:33
| title3 = Weird Life
| length3 = 4:02
| title4 = Still Cold
| note4 = featuring Baths
| length4 = 2:02
| title5 = Avec Vous
| length5 = 3:38
| title6 = Happiness & Dreams Forever
| length6 = 1:42
| title7 = Yaeko Mitamura Is Lonely
| length7 = 3:40
| title8 = Ryan Must Be Destroyed
| length8 = 4:29
| title9 = One for Me
| note9 = featuring Tinashe
| length9 = 3:30
| title10 = Day/Night/Sleep System
| note10 = featuring Haleek Maul and Kitty
| length10 = 5:51
| total_length = 36:06
}}
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|613715|Guilt Trips}}
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Category:Ryan Hemsworth albums