Rooms by the Hour

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{{Infobox album

| name = Rooms by the Hour

| type = Album

| artist = Rustic Overtones

| cover = Rusticovertonesroomsbyhour.jpg

| alt =

| released = January 20, 1998

| recorded = Big Sound Studios, Westbrook, Maine

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rock, jazz, soul, funk, ska

| length = 48:57

| label = Ripcord Records{{cite journal |title=Top 75 |journal=CMJ New Music Monthly |date=May 1998 |issue=57 |page=63}}

| producer = Lance Vardis

| prev_title = My Dirt (EP)

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = ¡Viva Nueva!

| next_year = 2001

}}

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{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rooms-by-the-hour-mw0000033202|title=Rooms by the Hour - Rustic Overtones | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}

}}

Rooms by the Hour is an album by the American band Rustic Overtones, released in 1998.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rustic-overtones-mn0000218949/biography|title=Rustic Overtones Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}{{cite news |last1=Weinstein |first1=Joshua L. |title=WITH ITS ACT VERY TOGETHER, BAND HITS ROAD |work=Portland Press Herald |date=1 Mar 1998 |page=1A}} The album drew the attention of several major labels, leading to the band's contract with Arista Records.{{cite news |last1=Berndtson |first1=Chad |title=CONCERT PREVIEW - Re-release plans grow into reunion of Rustic Overtones |work=The Patriot Ledger |date=August 16, 2007}}{{cite news |last1=Rauh |first1=Tracey D. |title=For the newly signed Rustic Overtones, the past week has been Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy |work=Foster's Daily Democrat |date=June 28, 1998 |location=News}}