Expensive Vomit in a Cheap Hotel

Expensive Vomit in a Cheap Hotel
Studio album by Sleeping in the Aviary
Released	October 14, 2008[1]
Genre	Pop/Rock
Length	45:40
Label	Science of Sound
Sleeping in the Aviary chronology
Oh, This Old Thing? (2007) Expensive Vomit in a Cheap Hotel (2008) Great Vacation! (2010)

Expensive Vomit in a Cheap Hotel is the second album by Minnesota-based band Sleeping in the Aviary. Originally released on October 14, 2008, it was re-released on vinyl on July 26, 2012.^[2] The band's frontman, Elliott Kozel, wrote some of the album's songs in a hospital in Colorado waiting to find out if his mom would die (she didn't).^[2] He has since said that he didn't like Expensive Vomit very much and that he thought there were "four good songs" on it,^[2] and the album's style was "a conscious response to Panic! at the Disco’s last album", saying, "They weren’t keeping it real so we thought we’d try to add some flavor."^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]
Punknews.org	[5]
No Ripcord	(6/10)[6]
Robert Christgau	(A-)[7]
Magnet	(mixed)[8]
Three Imaginary Girls	[9]
The Badger Herald	[10]
Prick	(favorable)[11]

The album received mainly positive reviews; for example, the A.V. Club wrote that it "opens up the band’s tender side amid its lo-fi scars and unruly freak-outs,"^[12] and Katjusa Cisar described it as "a blistering and catchy mix of punk, folk and rock".^[13] It was also ranked as the second best Madison album of 2008 by Rich Albertoni in Isthmus^[14] and one of the 10 best "albums you didn't hear" of 2008 by Magnet.^[15] Well-known music critic Robert Christgau awarded the album an A- and later ranked it #43 on his Dean's List for 2008.^[16]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Write On"	3:05
2.	"Calm Me Down"	3:32
3.	"Gas Mask Blues"	5:05
4.	"Maybe You're the Same"	3:54
5.	"Things Look Good"	2:56
6.	"I'm Old"	2:46
7.	"Everybody's Different, Everybody Dies"	2:42
8.	"You're a Party"	4:11
9.	"Ladybug Death Song"	4:01
10.	"Girl in the Ground"	4:13
11.	"Windshield"	9:15

Personnel

1. Elliott Kozel--vocals, guitar, songwriting
2. Phil Mahlstadt--bass guitar
3. Kyle Sobchak--guitar
4. Celeste Huele--accordion, musical saw
5. Michael Sienkowski--drums

References

1. "Expensive Vomit In A Cheap Hotel - Sleeping in the Aviary". Sleeping in the Aviary. 14 October 2008.
2. Green, Loren (25 July 2012). "Sleeping in the Aviary interview 1: On Maroon 5 and Googly Guy". Citypages. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
3. Albert, Jason (25 November 2008). "Interview: Pale Young Gentlemen and Sleeping In The Aviary". AV Club. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
4. Greg Prato. "Expensive Vomit in a Cheap Hotel - Sleeping in the Aviary - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic.
5. "Sleeping in the Aviary". punknews.org.
6. "Sleeping in the Aviary: Expensive Vomit in a Cheap Hotel - Music Review - No Ripcord". No Ripcord.
7. "Robert Christgau: CG: Sleeping in the Aviary". robertchristgau.com.
8. Cost, Jud (14 October 2008). "Expensive Vomit in a Cheap Hotel Review". Magnet. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
9. "Sleeping in the Aviary — Expensive Vomit In A Cheap Hotel". Three Imaginary Girls. November 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
10. Reed, Alexandra (16 October 2008). "Expensive Vomit in a Cheap Hotel". The Badger-Herald. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
11. Dettman, Sean (November 2008). "Sleeping in the Aviary Review". Prick. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
12. "Sleeping In The Aviary". AV Club. 25 August 2009. Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
13. Cisar, Katjusa (21 November 2008). "Q & A with Sleeping in the Aviary: Back in Madison after a wild ride". 77 Square. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
14. Albertoni, Rich (19 December 2008). "Winning spins: My top ten Madison albums of 2008". Isthmus. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
15. "Best of 2008: Hidden Treasures". Magnet. 5 January 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
16. "Robert Christgau: 2008: Dean's List". robertchristgau.com.