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
- "Time of My Life" – 03:35
- "Cloud 9" – 03:34
- "Never Forgotten" – 03:31
- "Leave Me Be" – 03:29
- "Lady Let Me Shine" – 05:02
- "Stupid Games" – 03:29
- "Following The Sun" - 03:08
- "Only Desire" – 04:03
- "Promised Tide" – 04:14
- "The Midas Touch" – 05:27
- "Some Kind of Wonderful" - 03:13
Weekly charts
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! scope="col"|Peak |
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{{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
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{{Toploader}}
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