Hotel Shampoo

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.

Hotel Shampoo
Studio album by
Gruff Rhys
Released14 February 2011
RecordedRecorded for the most part at OFN, Llanfaelog, Wales 2010
GenreAlternative rock
Length40:16
LabelOvni Records/Turnstile (UK), Wichita (US), Hostess Entertainment Unlimited (JP)
ProducerGorwel Owen, Gruff Rhys, Andy Votel
Gruff Rhys chronology
Candylion
(2007)		 Hotel Shampoo
(2011)		 American Interior
(2014)
Singles from Hotel Shampoo
  1. "Shark Ridden Waters" b/w "I Totally Understand"
    Released: October 2010
  2. "Sensations In The Dark" b/w "Follow The Sunflower Trail (Theme Tune For a National Strike)"
    Released: February 2011
  3. "Honey All Over" b/w "Xenodocheionology"
    Released: May 2011
  4. "Space Dust #2" b/w "Whale Trail"
    Released: October 2011
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic74/100
Review scores
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AllMusic
Drowned In Sound
The Independent

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.

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