Guilt Trips

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Guilt Trips
File:Guilt Trips.album.jpg
Studio album by
Ryan Hemsworth
ReleasedOctober 22, 2013 (2013-10-22)
GenreElectronic
Length36:06
LabelLast Gang Records
ProducerRyan Hemsworth
Ryan Hemsworth chronology
Distorted
(2011) 		Guilt Trips
(2013) 		Alone for the First Time
(2014)

Guilt Trips is the first solo studio album by Canadian DJ/producer Ryan Hemsworth.[1] It was released on Last Gang Records on October 22, 2013.[2][3] Music videos were created for "Against a Wall"[4] and "One for Me".[5] The album won the 2014 Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year.[6]

Production

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Most of the album was recorded on Hemsworth's laptop computer in airports and hotels while he was on tour.[1] It features guest appearances from Sinead Harnett, Lofty305, Baths, Tinashe, Haleek Maul, and Kitty.[7]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[8]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarHalf star[9]
Chicago Readerfavorable[10]
Consequence of SoundC+[11]
Exclaim!8/10[12]
Fact4/5[13]
NME8/10[14]
NowNNN[15]
Pitchfork7.4/10[16]
Resident Advisor3.5/5[17]
The Varsityfavorable[18]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Guilt Trips received an average score of 77, based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[8]

David Jeffries of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, calling it "a soft, serene, and inspired debut."[9] Stephen Carlick of Exclaim! gave the album an 8 out of 10, commenting that "Guilt Trips is as unclassifiable as it is dazzling, a fine debut from an artist who continues to progress."[12] Miles Raymer of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.4 out of 10, saying, "Like his DJ sets, Guilt Trips is all over the place genre-wise, but it never feels dilettantish."[16]

Exclaim! placed the album at number 8 on its year-end list of the "Top 10 Dance & Electronic Albums".[19]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Small + Lost" (featuring Sinead Harnett)2:33
2."Against a Wall" (featuring Lofty305)4:33
3."Weird Life"4:02
4."Still Cold" (featuring Baths)2:02
5."Avec Vous"3:38
6."Happiness & Dreams Forever"1:42
7."Yaeko Mitamura Is Lonely"3:40
8."Ryan Must Be Destroyed"4:29
9."One for Me" (featuring Tinashe)3:30
10."Day/Night/Sleep System" (featuring Haleek Maul and Kitty)5:51
Total length:36:06

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