Hotel Last Resort

Hotel Last Resort
Studio album by Violent Femmes
Released	July 26, 2019
Recorded	2019
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	38:03
Label	Add It Up Productions, PIAS Recordings
Producer	Ted Hutt
Violent Femmes chronology
2 Mics & the Truth (2017) Hotel Last Resort (2019)

Hotel Last Resort is the tenth studio album by American rock band Violent Femmes. The album was released on July 26, 2019, by Add It Up Productions and PIAS Recordings. ^{[1] [2]} The cover art is a picture of the Eastlink hotel sculpture in Australia.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	68/100 [3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
American Songwriter	[5]
Consequence of Sound	C− [6]
Exclaim!	6/10 [7]
The Guardian	[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
The Skinny	[10]

Hotel Last Resort received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 68, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 12 reviews. ^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Another Chorus"	2:38
2.	"I Get What I Want"	2:30
3.	"I'm Nothing" (featuring Stefan Janoski)	2:26
4.	"Adam Was a Man"	2:59
5.	"Not OK"	2:34
6.	"Hotel Last Resort" (featuring Tom Verlaine)	5:12
7.	"Everlasting You"	2:13
8.	"It's All or Nothing"	2:25
9.	"I'm Not Gonna Cry"	2:56
10.	"This Free Ride"	2:14
11.	"Paris to Sleep"	3:38
12.	"Sleepin' at the Meetin'"	1:38
13.	"God Bless America"	4:40
Total length:		38:03

Personnel

• Gordon Gano – lead vocals, guitars
• Brian Ritchie – acoustic bass guitar, baritone guitar, percussion, vocals
• John Sparrow – drums, percussion, vocals
• Blaise Garza – contrabass, baritone and sopranino saxophones; piano, harmonium, theremin, vocals
• Tom Verlaine – guitar (track 6)
• Stefan Janoski – vocals (track 3)
• Aixa Vilar, Go Betty Go, Michelle Rangel, Nicolette Vilar, Todd Piotrowski – vocals (track 1)

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [11]	29

References

1. "Hotel Last Resort by Violent Femmes on Apple Music". Music.apple.com. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
2. Ryan Reed (April 30, 2019). "Hear Violent Femmes' New Song With Tom Verlaine, 'Hotel Last Resort'". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
3. "Hotel Last Resort by Violent Femmes Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
4. Fred Thomas. "Hotel Last Resort - Violent Femmes". AllMusic. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
5. "Violent Femmes: Hotel Last Resort". Americansongwriter.com. July 25, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
6. Coney, Brian (August 1, 2019). "Violent Femmes - Hotel Last Resort". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
7. Brzozowski, Sophie (July 26, 2019). "Violent Femmes Hotel Last Resort". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
8. Michael Hann (July 26, 2019). "Violent Femmes: Hotel Last Resort review – vigorously middling". The Guardian. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
9. Kory Grow (July 29, 2019). "Review: Violent Femmes' 'Hotel Last Resort'". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
10. Bethany Davison (July 24, 2019). "Violent Femmes album review: Hotel Last Resort". The Skinny. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
11. "Violent Femmes Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 28, 2019.