The Metropolitan Hotel

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This article is about an album by Chely Wright. For the actual hotel in Asbury Park, New Jersey, see Metropolitan Hotel.

The Metropolitan Hotel

Studio album by Chely Wright

Released

Painted Red/Dualtone

Chely Wright (tracks 1, 5, 6, 8, 11)
Chely Wright and Jeff Huskins (tracks 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 12)
Stephony Smith and Chely Wright (track 10)

Professional reviews

All Music Guide - link

Chely Wright chronology

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Chely Wright
(2003)

The Metropolitan Hotel
(2005)

The Definitive Collection
(2007)

The Metropolitan Hotel is the sixth studio album released by American country music artist Chely Wright. It was her first album for the Dualtone label, after a failed deal with the Vivaton! label. This album produced four singles, of which two were Top 40 hits on the country music charts: the #40 "Back of the Bottom Drawer" and "The Bumper of My SUV" at #35.

[edit] Track listing

"It's the Song" (Bonnie Baker, Katrina Elam) – 3:57
"Back of the Bottom Drawer" (Liz Rose, Chely Wright) – 3:43
"I Got Him Ready for You" (Wright) – 3:19
"The River" (Wright) – 6:29
"Just the Way We Do It" (Brett Beavers, Wright) – 3:39
"The Bumper of My SUV" (Wright) – 4:41
"Your Shirt" (Lisa Drew, Pound Lamb) – 3:54
"Between a Mother and a Child" (Wright) – 4:09
"Southside of Lonesome" (Wright) – 4:00
"Wheels" (Stephony Smith, Wright) – 3:43
"C'est la Vie (You Never Can Tell)" (Chuck Berry) – 3:13
"What If I Can't Say No Again" (Ed Hill, David Frasier, Josh Kear) – 4:11

[edit] Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[1]

Steve Brewster – drums
Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
Jimmy Carter – bass guitar
Eric Darken – percussion
Chip Davis – background vocals
Stuart Duncan – mandolin
Shannon Forrest – drums
Vince Gill – background vocals
Tony Harrell – keyboards
Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
Mark Hill – bass guitar
Sean Hurley – bass guitar
Travis Javis – piano
Jeff King – electric guitar
Chris McHugh – drums
Greg Morrow – drums
Gordon Mote – piano, keyboards
James T. Olsen – electric guitar
Russ Pahl – steel guitar
Billy Panda – acoustic guitar
Scotty Sanders – steel guitar
Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar
Michael Hart Thompson – electric guitar
Emily West – background vocals
John D. Willis – acoustic guitar
Jonathan Yudkin – mandolin

Strings on "Back of the Bottom Drawer" and "The River" performed by the Nashville String Machine; conducted and arranged by Steve W. Maldin. Strings on "Between a Mother and a Child" performed and arranged by Jonathan Yudkin.