Strawberry Hotel

Strawberry Hotel is the eleventh studio album by British electronic group Underworld, released on 25 October 2024 through Virgin Music and the band's own label Smith Hyde Productions.^{[16][17][18][19]} It is the group's first studio album in five years, following the release of Drift Series 1 in 2019.

Strawberry Hotel
Studio album by Underworld
Released	25 October 2024
Length	68:24
Label	Smith Hyde Virgin
Producer	Esme Bronwen-Smith Rick Smith
Underworld chronology
Drift Series 1 (2019) Strawberry Hotel (2024)
Singles from Strawberry Hotel
"And the Colour Red" Released: 3 April 2023[1] "Denver Luna" Released: 18 October 2023[2] "Black Poppies" Released: 6 September 2024[3]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.5/10[4]
Metacritic	83/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
The Arts Desk	[7]
BPM	73%[8]
Classic Pop	[9]
Mojo	[10]
MusicOMH	[11]
The Observer	[12]
Record Collector	[13]
Sputnikmusic	3.7/5[14]
Uncut	9/10[15]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Karl Hyde and Rick Smith.

Strawberry Hotel track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Black Poppies"	2:52
2.	"Denver Luna"	8:01
3.	"Techno Shinkansen"	3:23
4.	"And the Colour Red"	5:42
5.	"Sweet Lands Experience"	4:44
6.	"Lewis in Pomona"	5:38
7.	"Hilo Sky"	5:04
8.	"Burst of Laughter"	3:27
9.	"King of Haarlem"	3:46
10.	"Ottavia"	5:00
11.	"Denver Luna" (acappella)	2:27
12.	"Gene Pool"	9:07
13.	"Oh Thorn!"	1:59
14.	"Iron Bones"	4:39
15.	"Stick Man Test"	2:35
Total length:		68:24

Japanese bonus track^[20]

No.	Title	Length
16.	"Velvet Does"	4:56
Total length:		73:20

Personnel

Underworld

• Karl Hyde – vocals (all tracks), engineering (track 4)
• Rick Smith – keyboards, production, mixing, engineering (all tracks); synthesizer (tracks 1, 4–10, 12–14), drums (1, 5–10, 12–15); mastering (2, 4, 11); vocals, vocal programming (2, 11); programming (3, 4); guitar, synthesizer programming (15)

Additional contributors

• Esme Bronwen-Smith – production (tracks 1, 5–10, 12–15), vocals (5–7, 10)
• Miles Showell – mastering (tracks 1, 3–15)
• Nina Nastasia – vocals (track 14)

Charts

Chart performance for Strawberry Hotel

Chart (2024)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[21]	142
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[22]	63
Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon)[23]	25
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[24]	46
Scottish Albums (OCC)[25]	16
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[26]	73
UK Albums (OCC)[27]	43
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[28]	1