Rooms by the Hour

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Rooms by the Hour
Studio album by
Rustic Overtones
ReleasedJanuary 20, 1998
RecordedBig Sound Studios, Westbrook, Maine
GenreRock, jazz, soul, funk, ska
Length48:57
LabelRipcord Records[1]
ProducerLance Vardis
Rustic Overtones chronology
My Dirt (EP)
(1996) 		Rooms by the Hour
(1998) 		¡Viva Nueva!
(2001)
Artwork for Rooms by the Hour re-release
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Rooms by the Hour is an album by the American band Rustic Overtones, released in 1998.[3][4] The album drew the attention of several major labels, leading to the band's contract with Arista Records.[5][6]

Critical reception

The Providence Journal thought that the band "blends fast-paced lyrics in a G. Love style and the instrumentation of a ska band—percussion, sax, another upright bass—to 'Feast or Famine'."[7]

AllMusic wrote that the "energetic, horn-powered rock incorporates elements of jazz and R&B."[2]

Track listing

  1. "Feast or Famine"
  2. "Girl Germs"
  3. "Check"
  4. "The Letter"
  5. "Hardest Way Possible"
  6. "Kicking and Screaming"
  7. "Pink Belly"
  8. "Sugarcoat"
  9. "The Heist"
  10. "Machine Maker"
  11. "History Crush"
  12. "Shaker"
  13. "Iron Boots"
  14. "Outtro"

2008 Deluxe Edition bonus tracks

  2. "Cherry"
  3. "Last Night's Band"
  4. "Room 6"

References

  1. ^ "Top 75". CMJ New Music Monthly (57): 63. May 1998.
  2. ^ a b "Rooms by the Hour - Rustic Overtones | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ "Rustic Overtones Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  4. ^ Weinstein, Joshua L. (1 Mar 1998). "WITH ITS ACT VERY TOGETHER, BAND HITS ROAD". Portland Press Herald. p. 1A.
  5. ^ Berndtson, Chad (August 16, 2007). "CONCERT PREVIEW - Re-release plans grow into reunion of Rustic Overtones". The Patriot Ledger.
  6. ^ Rauh, Tracey D. (June 28, 1998). "For the newly signed Rustic Overtones, the past week has been Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy". Foster's Daily Democrat. News.
  7. ^ Watson, Vaughn (September 9, 1999). "Pedal to the metal - and rap, rock, ska . . ". The Providence Journal. p. L15.



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