Hotel Shampoo

Hotel Shampoo
Studio album by Gruff Rhys
Released 14 February 2011
Recorded 2010
Genre Alternative rock
Label Ovni Records
Producer Andy Votel
Gruff Rhys chronology
Candylion
(2007)
Hotel Shampoo
(2011)
TBA
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Drowned In Sound [1]
Independent [2]
The Tune [3]

Hotel Shampoo is the third solo album by Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys, released on 14 February 2011. The title of the record is a reference to Gruff’s habit of hoarding mini shampoo bottles and other complimentary hotel products whilst on tour, and the miniature hotel he built from them in advance of the record's announcement. The album won the 2011 Welsh Music Prize and the Album of the Year award at the Artrocker Awards 2011.

Samples

The track "Shark Ridden Waters" is built around a sample of "It Doesn't Matter Anymore", as performed by The Cyrkle.[4]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Shark Ridden Waters" (with Andy Votel) 4:25
2. "Honey All Over"   3:18
3. "Sensations in The Dark"   2:42
4. "Vitamin K"   3:06
5. "Take a Sentence"   3:05
6. "Conversation Conversation"   2:40
7. "Sophie Softly"   2:11
8. "Christopher Columbus"   3:33
9. "Space Dust #2" (featuring Sarah Assbring) 2:20
10. "At The Heart Of Love"   3:34
11. "Patterns of Power"   3:37
12. "If We Were Words, We Would Rhyme"   3:13
13. "Rubble Rubble"   2:53
Total length:
41:00

References