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- Summary: The 14 songs were recorded while Evan Dando was in a hotel room in Australia in 1992-93.
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- Record Label: Hall Of Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 2 out of 9
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Mixed: 6 out of 9
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Negative: 1 out of 9
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Feb 16, 2012Somehow, Dando's nonchalance here--his stoned cadences, fleeting hooks, loose-limbed guitar playing, and generally rumpled demeanor--comes across as a weird but sincere gregariousness.
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Feb 10, 2012Far from essential, Hotel Sessions is a glimpse of a once great songwriter in mid-process.
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Feb 3, 2012It might be better to think of Hotel Sessions as a surviving collection of demos and rarities rather than a planned project. Handled in this way, the album begins to exude at least some charm.
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Feb 3, 2012It's hardly a treasure trove of unreleased material but the tape hiss, traffic noise and acoustic arrangements make it an invitingly slackerish alternative.
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UncutFeb 17, 2012Hotel Sessions is infinitely more charming than the finished item. [Feb 2012, p.91]
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Feb 3, 2012All we learn from these wispy solo offerings is that Lemonheads songs are not improved by persistent cassette hiss and background noise.
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Feb 3, 2012The bulk of the problems lies with the performance itself, and the material chosen.