Magic Hotel

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{{Infobox album

| name = Magic Hotel

| type = studio

| artist = Toploader

| cover = Toploader_-_Magic_Hotel.jpg

| alt =

| released = 19 August 2002

| recorded = 2001–2002

| venue =

| studio = RAK Studios, London, Ocean Way Recording, Los Angeles

| genre = {{hlist|Post-Britpop|alternative rock}}

| length = 42:40

| label = S2

| producer = Dave Eringa

| prev_title = Onka's Big Moka

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = Dancing in the Moonlight - The Best of Toploader

| next_year = 2009

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Daily Record

| rev1score = (unfavourable){{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/192%3a+THE+BIG+REVIEW+PAGE%3b+SHINING+STAR.-a090662637|title=192: THE BIG REVIEW PAGE; SHINING STAR|publisher=Archived at The Free Library|website=Daily Record|date=23 August 2002|accessdate=5 June 2013}}

| rev2 = Evening Standard

| rev2score = (mixed){{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/latest-album-reviews-6320117.html|title=Latest album reviews|newspaper=Evening Standard|last=Smyth|first=David|date=19 August 2002|accessdate=8 August 2013}}

| rev3 = The Guardian

| rev3score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/aug/16/popandrock.artsfeatures1|title=Toploader: Magic Hotel|newspaper=The Guardian|last=Sullivan|first=Caroline|date=16 August 2002|accessdate=5 June 2013}}

| rev4 = The Mirror

| rev4score = (scathing){{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Music%3a+LOADER+RUBBISH%3b+It+seems+being+loved+by+TV+chef+Jamie+Oliver...-a090451653|title=Music: LOADER RUBBISH|publisher=Archived at The Free Library|website=The Mirror|last=Martin|first=Gavin|date=17 August 2002|accessdate=5 June 2013}}

| rev5 = New Straits Times

| rev5Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}{{cite journal|last=Murthl|first=R.S.|title=Pithy, soulful Knopfler|journal=New Straits Times|date=22 October 2002|page=4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_D4hAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA73}}

| rev6 = NME

| rev6score = (1/10){{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews//6612|title=Toploader : Magic Hotel - Pub rockers' shit second album...|magazine=NME|last=Dempster|first=Sarah|date=6 August 2002|accessdate=5 June 2013}}

| rev7 = Stylus Magazine

| rev7score = (F){{cite magazine|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/toploader/magic-hotel.htm|title=Toploader: Magic Hotel|magazine=Stylus Magazine|last=Monks|first=Jon|date=1 September 2003|accessdate=5 June 2013}}

}}

Magic Hotel is the second album by English band Toploader. Released in 2002, it is a follow-up to their successful 1999 album Onka's Big Moka. The album title is a reference to a Los Angeles hotel where the band lived while recording the album.

Critical reviews were harshly negative, and sales of the album were disappointing compared to their debut. As a result Toploader was dropped by S2 Records, and the band broke up before reforming in 2009.

Track listing

  1. "Time of My Life" – 03:35
  2. "Cloud 9" – 03:34
  3. "Never Forgotten" – 03:31
  4. "Leave Me Be" – 03:29
  5. "Lady Let Me Shine" – 05:02
  6. "Stupid Games" – 03:29
  7. "Following The Sun" - 03:08
  8. "Only Desire" – 04:03
  9. "Promised Tide" – 04:14
  10. "The Midas Touch" – 05:27
  11. "Some Kind of Wonderful" - 03:13

Weekly charts

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scope="col"|Chart (2002)

! scope="col"|Peak
position

{{album chart|Ireland2|36|artist=Toploader|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 August 2023}}
{{album chart|Scotland|3|date=20020825|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 August 2023}}
{{album chart|UK2|3|date=20020825|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 August 2023}}

Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|award=Silver|artist=Toploader|title=Magic Hotel|relyear=2002|certyear=2013|id=10096-121-2|accessdate=4 August 2023}}

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References

{{Reflist}}

{{Toploader}}

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Category:2002 albums

Category:Albums produced by Stargate

Category:Toploader albums

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