Magic Hotel

Magic Hotel is the second album by English band Toploader. Released in 2002, it is a follow-up to their successful 1999 album Onka's Big Moka. The album title is a reference to a Los Angeles hotel where the band lived while recording the album.

Magic Hotel
Studio album by
Toploader
Released19 August 2002
Recorded2001-2002
StudioRAK Studios, London, Ocean Way Recording, Los Angeles
Genre
Length42:40
LabelS2
ProducerDave Eringa
Toploader chronology
Onka's Big Moka
(1999)		 Magic Hotel
(2002)		 Dancing in the Moonlight - The Best of Toploader
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Daily Record(unfavourable)[1]
Evening Standard(mixed)[2]
The Guardian[3]
The Mirror(scathing)[4]
New Straits Times[5]
NME(1/10)[6]
Stylus Magazine(F)[7]

Critical reviews were harshly negative, and sales of the album were disappointing compared to their debut. As a result Toploader was dropped by S2 Records, and the band broke up before reforming in 2009.

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

Weekly charts
Chart (2002) Peak
position
Irish Albums (IRMA)[8] 36
Scottish Albums (OCC)[9] 3
UK Albums (OCC)[10] 3

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[11] Silver 60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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". The Guardian. 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. Murthl, R.S. (22 October 2002). "Pithy, soulful Knopfler". New Straits Times: 4.
  6. Dempster, Sarah (6 August 2002). "Toploader : Magic Hotel - Pub rockers' shit second album..." NME. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  7. Monks, Jon (1 September 2003). "Toploader: Magic Hotel". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  8. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Toploader". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  9. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  10. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  11. "British album certifications – Toploader – Magic Hotel". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 August 2023.


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