Hotel Shampoo
by Gruff Rhys
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8

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  1. hydrawithears
    Oct 3, 2011
    4
    The frontman of highly creative Super Furry Animals and an enthusiast of the Welsh language in one invites you on a sunny holiday. Clean beaches, exotic drinks, summer flirts included. Oh, and a bunch of sharks. The opener Shark Ridden Waters is a true psychedelic pop gem with a fantastic usage of recurring percussion. Sophie Softly invokes a memory of old video games through a coolThe frontman of highly creative Super Furry Animals and an enthusiast of the Welsh language in one invites you on a sunny holiday. Clean beaches, exotic drinks, summer flirts included. Oh, and a bunch of sharks. The opener Shark Ridden Waters is a true psychedelic pop gem with a fantastic usage of recurring percussion. Sophie Softly invokes a memory of old video games through a cool electronic backing. However, Rhysâ… Collapse

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Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. AllMusic
    Dec 9, 2011
    90
    There's a lot going on, but Hotel Shampoo never seems cluttered. It flows easily, so easily that it becomes an album to get lost in.
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  2. NOW Magazine
    Jun 6, 2011
    80
    Rhys has weightier material in his body of work, but for sheer pop pleasure this album can't be beat.
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  3. cokemachineglow
    May 23, 2011
    73
    This is Rhys wholly in his wheelhouse: offering up a handful of standalone highlights and clever deep cuts, hitting pleasure centers along the way, and quietly adding to a catalogue as deceptively substantial as anyone currently working the pop circuit with fifteen years behind and at least another fifteen ahead.
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