Strawberry Hotel

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Strawberry Hotel
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Studio album by
Released25 October 2024
Length68:24
Label
Producer
Underworld chronology
Drift Series 1
(2019)
Strawberry Hotel
(2024)
Singles from Strawberry Hotel
  1. "And the Colour Red"
    Released: 3 April 2023 [1]
  2. "Denver Luna"
    Released: 18 October 2023 [2]
  3. "Black Poppies"
    Released: 6 September 2024 [3]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 84/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Arts Desk Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Classic Pop Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [7]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [9]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Sputnikmusic 3.7/5 [12]
Uncut 9/10 [13]

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. [14] [15] [16] [17] It is the group's first studio album in five years, following on from the release of Drift Series 1 in 2019.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Karl Hyde and Rick Smith.

Strawberry Hotel track listing
No.TitleLength
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 [18]
No.TitleLength
16."Velvet Does"4:56
Total length:73:20

Personnel

Underworld

Additional contributors

Charts

Chart performance for Strawberry Hotel
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [19] 142
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [20] 63
Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon) [21] 25
Japanese Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [22] 46
Scottish Albums (OCC) [23] 16
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [24] 73
UK Albums (OCC) [25] 43
UK Dance Albums (OCC) [26] 1

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