| Guilt Trips | ||||
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| Released | October 22, 2013 | |||
| Genre | Electronic | |||
| Length | 36:06 | |||
| Label | Last Gang Records | |||
| Producer | Ryan Hemsworth | |||
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Guilt Trips is the first solo studio album by Canadian DJ/producer Ryan Hemsworth. [1] It was released on Last Gang Records on October 22, 2013. [2] [3] Music videos were created for "Against a Wall" [4] and "One for Me". [5] The album won the 2014 Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year. [6]
Most of the album was recorded on Hemsworth's laptop computer in airports and hotels while he was on tour. [1] It features guest appearances from Sinead Harnett, Lofty305, Baths, Tinashe, Haleek Maul, and Kitty. [7]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 77/100 [8] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [9] |
| Chicago Reader | favorable [10] |
| Consequence of Sound | C+ [11] |
| Exclaim! | 8/10 [12] |
| Fact | 4/5 [13] |
| NME | 8/10 [14] |
| Now | NNN [15] |
| Pitchfork | 7.4/10 [16] |
| Resident Advisor | 3.5/5 [17] |
| The Varsity | favorable [18] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Guilt Trips received an average score of 77, based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [8]
David Jeffries of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, calling it "a soft, serene, and inspired debut." [9] Stephen Carlick of Exclaim! gave the album an 8 out of 10, commenting that "Guilt Trips is as unclassifiable as it is dazzling, a fine debut from an artist who continues to progress." [12] Miles Raymer of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.4 out of 10, saying, "Like his DJ sets, Guilt Trips is all over the place genre-wise, but it never feels dilettantish." [16]
Exclaim! placed the album at number 8 on its year-end list of the "Top 10 Dance & Electronic Albums". [19]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Small + Lost" (featuring Sinead Harnett) | 2:33 |
| 2. | "Against a Wall" (featuring Lofty305) | 4:33 |
| 3. | "Weird Life" | 4:02 |
| 4. | "Still Cold" (featuring Baths) | 2:02 |
| 5. | "Avec Vous" | 3:38 |
| 6. | "Happiness & Dreams Forever" | 1:42 |
| 7. | "Yaeko Mitamura Is Lonely" | 3:40 |
| 8. | "Ryan Must Be Destroyed" | 4:29 |
| 9. | "One for Me" (featuring Tinashe) | 3:30 |
| 10. | "Day/Night/Sleep System" (featuring Haleek Maul and Kitty) | 5:51 |
| Total length: | 36:06 | |
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