Strawberry Hotel

Strawberry Hotel
Studio album by Underworld
Released	25 October 2024
Length	68:24
Label	Smith Hyde Virgin
Producer	Esme Bronwen-Smith Rick Smith
Underworld chronology
Drift Series 1 (2019) Strawberry Hotel (2024)
Singles from Strawberry Hotel
"And the Colour Red" Released: 3 April 2023 [1] "Denver Luna" Released: 18 October 2023 [2] "Black Poppies" Released: 6 September 2024 [3]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.5/10 [4]
Metacritic	83/100 [5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
The Arts Desk	[7]
BPM	73% [8]
Classic Pop	[9]
Mojo	[10]
MusicOMH	[11]
The Observer	[12]
Record Collector	[13]
Sputnikmusic	3.7/5 [14]
Uncut	9/10 [15]

Strawberry Hotel is the eleventh studio album by British electronic group Underworld, released on 25 October 2024 through Virgin Music and the band's own label Smith Hyde Productions. ^{[16] [17] [18] [19]} It is the group's first studio album in five years, following the release of Drift Series 1 in 2019.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Karl Hyde and Rick Smith.

Strawberry Hotel track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Black Poppies"	2:52
2.	"Denver Luna"	8:01
3.	"Techno Shinkansen"	3:23
4.	"And the Colour Red"	5:42
5.	"Sweet Lands Experience"	4:44
6.	"Lewis in Pomona"	5:38
7.	"Hilo Sky"	5:04
8.	"Burst of Laughter"	3:27
9.	"King of Haarlem"	3:46
10.	"Ottavia"	5:00
11.	"Denver Luna" (acappella)	2:27
12.	"Gene Pool"	9:07
13.	"Oh Thorn!"	1:59
14.	"Iron Bones"	4:39
15.	"Stick Man Test"	2:35
Total length:		68:24

Japanese bonus track ^[20]

No.	Title	Length
16.	"Velvet Does"	4:56
Total length:		73:20

Personnel

Underworld

• Karl Hyde – vocals (all tracks), engineering (track 4)
• Rick Smith – keyboards, production, mixing, engineering (all tracks); synthesizer (tracks 1, 4–10, 12–14), drums (1, 5–10, 12–15); mastering (2, 4, 11); vocals, vocal programming (2, 11); programming (3, 4); guitar, synthesizer programming (15)

Additional contributors

• Esme Bronwen-Smith – production (tracks 1, 5–10, 12–15), vocals (5–7, 10)
• Miles Showell – mastering (tracks 1, 3–15)
• Nina Nastasia – vocals (track 14)

Charts

Chart performance for Strawberry Hotel

Chart (2024)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [21]	142
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [22]	63
Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon) [23]	25
Japanese Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [24]	46
Scottish Albums (OCC) [25]	16
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [26]	73
UK Albums (OCC) [27]	43
UK Dance Albums (OCC) [28]	1

References

1. "and the colour red - Single". Apple Music . Retrieved 3 April 2023.
2. "Underworld - denver luna (Official Visualiser)". 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023– via YouTube.
3. "Underworld - Black Poppies (Official Visualiser)". 6 September 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024– via YouTube.
4. "Strawberry Hotel by Underworld reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
5. "Reviews for Strawberry Hotel by Underworld". Metacritic . Retrieved 26 October 2024.
6. Simpson, Paul (30 October 2024). "Underworld - Strawberry Hotel". AllMusic . Retrieved 30 October 2024.
7. Kidel, Mark (25 October 2024). "Album: Underworld - Strawberry Hotel". The Arts Desk . Retrieved 25 October 2024.
8. Wohlmacher, John (22 November 2024). "Album Review: Underworld – Strawberry Hotel". Beats Per Minute . Retrieved 28 March 2025.
9. "Underworld have been doing this for decades, yet it’s still impossible to figure out how they manage it. No one else comes close." - John Earls (Classic Pop Magazine, November/December 2024 - pg.85)
10. "Thirty years on from Dubnobasswithmyheadman, the masters of post-rave audio narrative still know how to blow your tiny mind." - Andrew Perry (Mojo Magazine, December 2024 - pg.90)
11. Hogwood, Ben (24 October 2024). "Underworld – Strawberry Hotel". musicOMH . Retrieved 24 October 2024.
12. Empire, Kitty (25 October 2024). "Underworld: Strawberry Hotel review – sweet bangers and sad laments". The Observer . Retrieved 25 October 2024.
13. Treated and more elaborately arranged vocals are the fore on Strawberry Hotel. [Dec 2024, p.109]
14. Stanciu, Raul (15 November 2024). "Album: Underworld - Strawberry Hotel". Sputnikmusic . Retrieved 25 October 2024.
15. "Cinematic and dreamlike, the Essex duo's 11th offers multiple paths to transcendence." – Wyndham Wallace (Uncut Magazine, December 2024 – pg.34)
16. Stock, Oliver. "Underworld announce new album, Strawberry Hotel, share 'Black Poppies': Listen". DJ Mag . Retrieved 6 September 2024.
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20. "Strawberry Hotel [SHM-CD] Underworld". UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
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23. "Oricon Digital Albums: November 4, 2024" (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved 30 October 2024.
24. "Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of October 30, 2024". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 October 2024.
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27. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
28. "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 November 2024.