Magic Hotel

Magic Hotel
Studio album by Toploader
Released	26 August 2002
Recorded	2001-2002
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	42:40
Label	S2 Records
Producer	Dave Eringa
Toploader chronology
Onka's Big Moka (1999) Magic Hotel (2002) Dancing in the Moonlight - The Best of Toploader (2009)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Daily Record	(unfavourable)[1]
Evening Standard	(mixed)[2]
The Guardian	[3]
The Mirror	(scathing)[4]
NME	(1/10)[5]
Stylus Magazine	(F)[6]

Magic Hotel is the second album by British band Toploader. It follows the successful 1999 album Onka's Big Moka. The album title is a reference to the hotel in which they stayed in Los Angeles when recording the album. The album was released to extreme censure by an array of critics.

Track listing

1. "Time of My Life" – 03:35
2. "Cloud 9" – 03:34
3. "Never Forgotten" – 03:31
4. "Leave Me Be" – 03:29
5. "Lady Let Me Shine" – 05:02
6. "Stupid Games" – 03:29
7. "Following The Sun" - 03:08
8. "Only Desire" – 04:03
9. "Promised Tide" – 04:14
10. "The Midas Touch" – 05:27
11. "Some Kind of Wonderful" - 03:13

References

1. "192: THE BIG REVIEW PAGE; SHINING STAR". Daily Record. Archived at The Free Library. 23 August 2002. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
2. Smyth, David (19 August 2002). "Latest album reviews". Evening Standard. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
3. Sullivan, Caroline (16 August 2002). "Toploader: Magic Hotel". Daily Record. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
4. Martin, Gavin (17 August 2002). "Music: LOADER RUBBISH". The Mirror. Archived at The Free Library. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
5. Dempster, Sarah (6 August 2002). "Toploader : Magic Hotel - Pub rockers' shit second album...". NME. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
6. Monks, Jon (1 September 2003). "Toploader: Magic Hotel". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 5 June 2013.