Hotel Shampoo is the third solo album by Welsh musician and Super Furry Animals front-man Gruff Rhys. It was released on 14 February 2011 through Onvi Records/Turnstile (in the UK) and Wichita (in the US) and peaked at number forty-two on the UK Albums Chart. The album includes the singles "Shark Ridden Waters", "Sensations In The Dark", "Honey All Over" and "Space Dust #2"; the latter of which is collaboration with Sarah Assbring and Miles Kane. The album won the 2011 Welsh Music Prize and the Album of the Year award at the Artrocker Awards 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.
Samples
The track "Shark Ridden Waters" is built around a sample of "It Doesn't Matter Anymore", as performed by The Cyrkle.[5]
Track listing
Floor 1
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Shark Ridden Waters"
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.
"Conservation Conversation"
2:40
7.
"Sophie Softly"
2:11
Floor 2
No.
Title
Length
8.
"Christopher Columbus"
3:33
9.
"Space Dust #2"
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
International bonus tracks (Floor 3)
14. "I Totally Understand" - 3:40 (US, Japan and Taiwan)
15. "Follow The Sunflower Trail (Theme Tune For A National Strike)" - 4:12 (US and Japan)
16. "Pengwyn Pengwyn" - 1:34 (Taiwan)
Personnel
Musician credits
Gruff Rhys – Guitars, Vocals, Vibraphone, Moog, Korg and Solina Synthesizers
Gorwel Owen – Piano, Moog, Banjo, Jupiter and Stylophone
