Return to the Last Chance Saloon
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{{Infobox album
| name = Return to the Last Chance Saloon
| type = Studio album
| artist = The Bluetones
| cover = Bluetones_RTTLCS.jpg
| alt =
| released = 9 March 1998 (UK)
| recorded = 1997–1998
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Britpop, indie pop, alternative rock
| length =
| label = Superior Quality, A&M
| producer = Hugh Jones
| prev_title = Expecting to Fly
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = Science & Nature
| next_year = 2000
| misc = {{Singles
| name =
| type = studio
| single1 = Solomon Bites the Worm
| single1date = 9 February 1998
| single2 = If...
| single2date = 27 April 1998
| single3 = Sleazy Bed Track
| single3date = 27 July 1998
| single4 = 4-Day Weekend
| single4date = 9 November 1998
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r416844}}
| rev2 = NME
| rev2Score = 6/10{{cite magazine |last=Cigarettes |first=Johnny |title=The Bluetones: Return to the Last Chance Saloon |magazine=NME |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000990reviews.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817222905/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000990reviews.html |accessdate=30 June 2020|archive-date=17 August 2000 }}
| rev3 = The Press and Journal
| rev3Score = 3.5/5{{cite news |last=MacInnes |first=Donald |title=New Music |newspaper=The Press and Journal |date=6 March 1998 |page=14}}
| rev4 = Select
| rev4Score = 3/5{{cite magazine |last=Moran |first=Caitlin |title=The Bluetones: Return to the Last Chance Saloon |magazine=Select |date=April 1998 |issue=94 |page=84}}
| rev5 = The Sunday Telegraph
| rev5Score = {{Rating|3|5}}[http://www.bluetones.org.uk/reviews/1998/sunday_telegraph_return_03_98.html Sunday Telegraph review (excerpt)]
}}
Return to the Last Chance Saloon is the second studio album by English rock band The Bluetones, released on 9 March 1998. The album is currently certified Gold by the BPI. Its offspring singles were "Solomon Bites the Worm", "If...", "Sleazy Bed Track" and "4-Day Weekend".
Track listing
All tracks written by: Chesters, Devlin, Morriss, Morriss:
- "Tone Blooze" – 2:27
- "Unpainted Arizona" – 3:09
- "Solomon Bites the Worm" – 3:09
- "U.T.A." – 4:04
- "4-Day Weekend" – 3:57
- "Sleazy Bed Track" – 4:41
- "If..." – 5:12
- "The Jub-Jub Bird" – 4:26
- "Sky Will Fall" – 3:16
- "Ames" – 4:44
- "Down at the Reservoir" – 3:19
- "Heard You Were Dead" – 4:04
- "Broken Starr" – 15:52 (track finishes at 6:05 and between this time and 13:05 it is silent)
- "A Woman Done Gone Left Me" (hidden track) the track starts at 13:05 then continues to the end of the 15:52 track
References
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