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:

  1. "Tone Blooze" – 2:27
  2. "Unpainted Arizona" – 3:09
  3. "Solomon Bites the Worm" – 3:09
  4. "U.T.A." – 4:04
  5. "4-Day Weekend" – 3:57
  6. "Sleazy Bed Track" – 4:41
  7. "If..." – 5:12
  8. "The Jub-Jub Bird" – 4:26
  9. "Sky Will Fall" – 3:16
  10. "Ames" – 4:44
  11. "Down at the Reservoir" – 3:19
  12. "Heard You Were Dead" – 4:04
  13. "Broken Starr" – 15:52 (track finishes at 6:05 and between this time and 13:05 it is silent)
  14. "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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Category:1998 albums

Category:The Bluetones albums

Category:Albums produced by Hugh Jones (producer)

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