Hotel Last Resort
{{Infobox album
| name = Hotel Last Resort
| type = Studio
| artist = Violent Femmes
| cover = Violent Femmes Hotel Last Resort.jpg
| alt =
| released = July 26, 2019
| recorded = 2019
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Alternative rock
| length = 38:03
| label = Add It Up Productions, PIAS Recordings
| producer = Ted Hutt
| prev_title = 2 Mics & the Truth
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/hotel-last-resort/1460178156 |title=Hotel Last Resort by Violent Femmes on Apple Music |publisher=Music.apple.com |date= |accessdate=2019-10-28}}{{cite web|author=Ryan Reed |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/violent-femmes-new-song-album-hotel-last-resort-828975/ |title=Hear Violent Femmes' New Song With Tom Verlaine, 'Hotel Last Resort' |publisher=Rollingstone.com |date=2019-04-30 |accessdate=2019-10-28}} The cover art is a picture of the Eastlink hotel sculpture in Australia.
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|author=Fred Thomas |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hotel-last-resort-mw0003280144 |title=Hotel Last Resort - Violent Femmes |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2019-10-28}}
| rev2 = American Songwriter
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/2019/07/violent-femmes-hotel-last-resort/ |title=Violent Femmes: Hotel Last Resort |publisher=Americansongwriter.com |date=2019-07-25 |accessdate=2019-10-28}}
| rev3 = Consequence of Sound
| rev4 = Exclaim!
| rev5 = The Guardian
| rev5Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|author=Michael Hann |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/26/violent-femmes-hotel-last-resort-review |title=Violent Femmes: Hotel Last Resort review – vigorously middling |work=The Guardian |date=2019-07-26 |accessdate=2019-10-28}}
| rev6 = Rolling Stone
| rev7 = The Skinny
| rev7Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|author=Bethany Davison |url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/violent-femmes-hotel-last-resort |title=Violent Femmes album review: Hotel Last Resort |publisher=The Skinny |date=2019-07-24 |accessdate=2019-10-28}}
}}
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.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| total_length = 38:03
| title1 = Another Chorus
| length1 = 2:38
| title2 = I Get What I Want
| length2 = 2:30
| title3 = I'm Nothing
| note3 = featuring Stefan Janoski
| length3 = 2:26
| title4 = Adam Was a Man
| length4 = 2:59
| title5 = Not OK
| length5 = 2:34
| title6 = Hotel Last Resort
| note6 = featuring Tom Verlaine
| length6 = 5:12
| title7 = Everlasting You
| length7 = 2:13
| title8 = It's All or Nothing
| length8 = 2:25
| title9 = I'm Not Gonna Cry
| length9 = 2:56
| title10 = This Free Ride
| length10 = 2:14
| title11 = Paris to Sleep
| length11 = 3:38
| title12 = Sleepin' at the Meetin'
| length12 = 1:38
| title13 = God Bless America
| length13 = 4:40
}}
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
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| scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{album chart|BillboardIndependent|29|artist=Violent Femmes|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 28, 2019}} |
References
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