Rooms by the Hour explained

Rooms by the Hour
Type:	Album
Artist:	Rustic Overtones
Cover:	Rusticovertonesroomsbyhour.jpg
Released:	January 20, 1998
Recorded:	Big Sound Studios, Westbrook, Maine
Genre:	Rock, jazz, soul, funk, ska
Length:	48:57
Label:	Ripcord Records^[1]
Producer:	Lance Vardis
Prev Title:	My Dirt (EP)
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	¡Viva Nueva!
Next Year:	2001

Rooms by the Hour is an album by the American band Rustic Overtones, released in 1998.^{[2] [3]} The album drew the attention of several major labels, leading to the band's contract with Arista Records.^{[4] [5]}

Critical reception

The Providence Journal thought that the band "blends fast-paced lyrics in a G. Love style and the instrumentation of a ska band—percussion, sax, another upright bass—to 'Feast or Famine'."^[6]

AllMusic wrote that the "energetic, horn-powered rock incorporates elements of jazz and R&B."

Track listing

1. "Feast or Famine"
2. "Girl Germs"
3. "Check"
4. "The Letter"
5. "Hardest Way Possible"
6. "Kicking and Screaming"
7. "Pink Belly"
8. "Sugarcoat"
9. "The Heist"
10. "Machine Maker"
11. "History Crush"
12. "Shaker"
13. "Iron Boots"
14. "Outtro"

2008 Deluxe Edition bonus tracks

15. "Cherry"
16. "Last Night's Band"
17. "Room 6"

Notes and References

1. Top 75 . CMJ New Music Monthly . May 1998 . 57 . 63.
2. Web site: Rustic Overtones Biography, Songs, & Albums. AllMusic.
3. News: Weinstein . Joshua L. . WITH ITS ACT VERY TOGETHER, BAND HITS ROAD . Portland Press Herald . 1 Mar 1998 . 1A.
4. News: Berndtson . Chad . CONCERT PREVIEW - Re-release plans grow into reunion of Rustic Overtones . The Patriot Ledger . August 16, 2007.
5. News: Rauh . Tracey D. . For the newly signed Rustic Overtones, the past week has been Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy . Foster's Daily Democrat . June 28, 1998 . News.
6. News: Watson . Vaughn . Pedal to the metal - and rap, rock, ska . . . . The Providence Journal . September 9, 1999 . L15.