Guilt Trips

Guilt Trips
Studio album by Ryan Hemsworth
Released October 22, 2013 (2013-10-22)
Genre Alternative hip hop, electronic
Length 36:06
Label Last Gang Records
Producer Ryan Hemsworth
Ryan Hemsworth chronology
Guilt Trips
(2013)		 Alone for the First Time
(2014)Alone for the First Time2014
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Chicago Readerfavorable[3]
Consequence of SoundC+[4]
Exclaim!8/10[5]
Fact4/5[6]
NME8/10[7]
Pitchfork7.4/10[8]
Resident Advisor3.5/5[9]
The Varsityfavorable[10]

Guilt Trips is the first solo album by Canadian DJ/producer Ryan Hemsworth.[11] It was released on Last Gang Records on October 22, 2013.[12][13] It features guest appearances from Sinead Harnett, Lofty305, Baths, Tinashe, Kitty, and Haleek Maul.[14] Music videos were created for "Against a Wall"[15] and "One for Me".[16]

The album won the 2014 Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year.[17]

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Guilt Trips received an average score of 77% based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

David Jeffries of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, calling it "a soft, serene, and inspired debut."[2] Stephen Carlick of Exclaim! gave the album an 8 out of 10, saying, "Guilt Trips is as unclassifiable as it is dazzling, a fine debut from an artist who continues to progress."[5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Small + Lost" (featuring Sinead Harnett)2:33
2."Against a Wall" (featuring Lofty305)4:33
3."Weird Life"4:02
4."Still Cold" (featuring Baths)2:02
5."Avec Vous"3:38
6."Happiness & Dreams Forever"1:42
7."Yaeko Mitamura Is Lonely"3:40
8."Ryan Must Be Destroyed"4:29
9."One for Me" (featuring Tinashe)3:30
10."Day/Night/Sleep System" (featuring Haleek Maul and Kitty)5:51

References

  1. 1 2 "Guilt Trips - Ryan Hemsworth". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Jeffries, David. "Ryan Hemsworth - Guilt Trips". AllMusic. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  3. ↑ Raymer, Miles (October 21, 2013). "Ryan Hemsworth's cleaned-up, poppy Guilt Trips and 15 more record reviews". Chicago Reader. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
  4. ↑ Madden, Mike (October 23, 2013). "Album Review: Ryan Hemsworth - Guilt Trips". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  5. 1 2 Carlick, Stephen (October 19, 2013). "Ryan Hemsworth - Guilt Trips". Exclaim!. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
  6. ↑ Kelly, Chris (October 25, 2013). "Guilt Trips". Fact. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  7. ↑ Hutchinson, Kate (October 18, 2013). "Ryan Hemsworth - 'Guilt Trips'". NME. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ Raymer, Miles (October 24, 2013). "Ryan Hemsworth: Guilt Trips". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  9. ↑ Ryce, Andrew (November 13, 2013). "Ryan Hemsworth - Guilt Trips". Resident Advisor. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  10. ↑ Przybyslawski, Corinne (October 20, 2013). "Album Review: Guilt Trips by Ryan Hemsworth". The Varsity. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
  11. ↑ Mertens, Max (November 6, 2013). "Ryan Hemsworth Is Getting the Hang of the DJ Lifestyle". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  12. ↑ Barretto, Clyde (October 16, 2013). "Listen To Ryan Hemsworth 'Guilt Trips' (Full Album Stream)". Prefix. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
  13. ↑ Zeichner, Naomi (October 22, 2013). "Ryan Hemsworth f. Sinead Harnett, "Small + Lost" MP3". The Fader. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
  14. ↑ Carlick, Stephen (November 2013). "Ryan Hemsworth - Success IRL (Page 2)". Exclaim!. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
  15. ↑ Sargent, Jordan (October 3, 2013). "Ryan Hemsworth’s ‘Against a Wall’ Video Stars a Girl and Her Cat". Spin. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  16. ↑ Martins, Chris (June 12, 2014). "Ryan Hemsworth and Tinashe Make the ‘Most Boring Video Possible’ and It’s Beautiful". Spin. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  17. ↑ Thiessen, Brock (March 29, 2014). "Arcade Fire, Drake, Ryan Hemsworth Take Home Early Junos". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
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