Hotel Vast Horizon

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Hotel Vast Horizon
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1, 2003
RecordedDecember 16–22, 2002
Genre Rock
Length37:02
Label Messenger Records
Producer Heiko Schramm, Chris Whitley, Matthias Macht, and Edgar M. Röthig
Chris Whitley chronology
Pigs Will Fly (soundtrack)
(2002)
Hotel Vast Horizon
(2003)
Weed
(2003)
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Hotel Vast Horizon is the ninth album by singer-songwriter and guitarist, Chris Whitley. It is his seventh studio album.

Contents

It was produced by Heiko Schramm, Chris Whitley, Matthias Macht, and Edgar M. Röthig. The album was recorded by Röthig at Helicopter Studio in Dresden, Germany.

"Breaking Your Fall" won Best Folk/Singer-Songwriter Song at the 3rd Annual Independent Music Awards. [5]

Track listing

All tracks written by Chris Whitley unless otherwise noted:

  1. "New Lost World" – 4:24
  2. "Breaking Your Fall" (Chris Whitley, Warner Poland, Kai-Uwe Kohlschmidt) – 3:23
  3. "Frontier" – 4:43
  4. "Hotel Vast Horizon" – 3:54
  5. "Blues for André" – 2:52
  6. "Assassin Song" – 3:56
  7. "Wide Open Return" – 3:06
  8. "Silhouette" – 4:26
  9. "Insurrection at Newtown" – 3:33
  10. "Free Interval" – 2:40

Trivia

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. "Chris Whitley: Hotel Vast Horizon".
  3. "Chris Whitley - Hotel Vast Horizon - Review - Stylus Magazine".
  4. "Chris Whitley - Hotel Vast Horizon". April 30, 2003.
  5. Independent Music Awards – 3rd Annual Winners Archived March 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  6. The Chris Whitley Discography