{{Infobox album | name = Guilt Trips | type = studio | artist = Ryan Hemsworth | cover = Guilt Trips.album.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2013|10|22}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = Electronic | length = {{Duration|m=36|s=06}} | label = Last Gang Records | producer = Ryan Hemsworth | prev_title = Distorted | prev_year = 2011 | next_title = Alone for the First Time | next_year = 2014 }} '''''Guilt Trips''''' is the first solo studio album by Canadian DJ/producer Ryan Hemsworth.<ref name=rollingstone>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ryan-hemsworth-is-getting-the-hang-of-the-dj-lifestyle-20131106|title=Ryan Hemsworth Is Getting the Hang of the DJ Lifestyle|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Max|last=Mertens|date=November 6, 2013|access-date=March 16, 2015}}</ref> It was released on Last Gang Records on October 22, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/news/listen-to-ryan-hemsworth-guilt-trips-full-album-st/75368/|title=Listen To Ryan Hemsworth 'Guilt Trips' (Full Album Stream)|work=Prefix|first=Clyde|last=Barretto|date=October 16, 2013|access-date=October 23, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2013/10/22/download-ryan-hemsworth-sinead-harnett-small-lost-mp3/|title=Ryan Hemsworth f. Sinead Harnett, "Small + Lost" MP3|work=The Fader|first=Naomi|last=Zeichner|date=October 22, 2013|access-date=October 23, 2013}}</ref> Music videos were created for "Against a Wall"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2013/10/ryan-hemsworth-against-a-wall-video-tour-dates-guilt-trips/|title=Ryan Hemsworth's 'Against a Wall' Video Stars a Girl and Her Cat|work=Spin|first=Jordan|last=Sargent|date=October 3, 2013|access-date=April 8, 2017}}</ref> and "One for Me".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2014/06/ryan-hemsworth-tinashe-one-for-me-video/|title=Ryan Hemsworth and Tinashe Make the 'Most Boring Video Possible' and It's Beautiful|work=Spin|first=Chris|last=Martins|date=June 12, 2014|access-date=April 8, 2017}}</ref> The album won the 2014 Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/News/arcade_fire_drake_ryan_hemsworth_take_home_early_juno_awards|title=Arcade Fire, Drake, Ryan Hemsworth Take Home Early Junos|work=Exclaim!|first=Brock|last=Thiessen|date=March 29, 2014|access-date=September 9, 2014}}</ref>
==Production== Most of the album was recorded on Hemsworth's laptop computer in airports and hotels while he was on tour.<ref name=rollingstone/> It features guest appearances from Sinead Harnett, Lofty305, Baths, Tinashe, Haleek Maul, and Kitty.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/Features/OnTheCover/ryan_hemsworth-success_irl/Page/2|title=Ryan Hemsworth - Success IRL (Page 2)|work=Exclaim!|first=Stephen|last=Carlick|date=November 2013|access-date=October 23, 2013}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Album ratings | MC = 77/100<ref name=metacritic>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/guilt-trips/ryan-hemsworth|title=Guilt Trips by Ryan Hemsworth|work=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=September 9, 2014}}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/guilt-trips-mw0002580934|title=Ryan Hemsworth - Guilt Trips|work=AllMusic|first=David|last=Jeffries|access-date=March 16, 2015}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Chicago Reader'' | rev2score = favorable<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/record-reviews-diplo-pusha-hemsworth-oranssi-souleyman/Content?oid=11291632|title=Ryan Hemsworth's cleaned-up, poppy Guilt Trips and 15 more record reviews|work=Chicago Reader|first=Miles|last=Raymer|date=October 21, 2013|access-date=October 23, 2013}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Consequence of Sound'' | rev3score = C+<ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2013/10/album-review-ryan-hemsworth-guilt-trips/|title=Album Review: Ryan Hemsworth - Guilt Trips|work=Consequence of Sound|first=Mike|last=Madden|date=October 23, 2013|access-date=April 8, 2017}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Exclaim!'' | rev4score = 8/10<ref name=exclaim>{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/DanceAndElectronic/ryan_hemsworth-guilt_trips|title=Ryan Hemsworth - Guilt Trips|work=Exclaim!|first=Stephen|last=Carlick|date=October 19, 2013|access-date=October 23, 2013}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Fact'' | rev5score = 4/5<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2013/10/25/ryan-hemsworth-guilt-trips/|title=Guilt Trips|work=Fact|first=Chris|last=Kelly|date=October 25, 2013|access-date=April 8, 2017}}</ref> | rev6 = ''NME'' | rev6score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/various-artists/14881|title=Ryan Hemsworth - 'Guilt Trips'|work=NME|first=Kate|last=Hutchinson|date=October 18, 2013|access-date=September 9, 2014}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Now'' | rev7score = NNN<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/ryan-hemsworth/|title=Ryan Hemsworth: Guilt Trips (Last Gang)|work=Now|first=Benjamin|last=Boles|date=October 24, 2013|access-date=April 7, 2018}}</ref> | rev8 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev8score = 7.4/10<ref name=pitchfork>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18670-ryan-hemsworth-guilt-trips/|title=Ryan Hemsworth: Guilt Trips|work=Pitchfork|first=Miles|last=Raymer|date=October 24, 2013|access-date=March 16, 2015}}</ref> | rev9 = ''Resident Advisor'' | rev9score = 3.5/5<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=13824|title=Ryan Hemsworth - Guilt Trips|work=Resident Advisor|first=Andrew|last=Ryce|date=November 13, 2013|access-date=March 16, 2015}}</ref> | rev10 = ''The Varsity'' | rev10score = favorable<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thevarsity.ca/2013/10/20/album-review-guilt-trips-by-ryan-hemsworth/|title=Album Review: Guilt Trips by Ryan Hemsworth|work=The Varsity|first=Corinne|last=Przybyslawski|date=October 20, 2013|access-date=October 23, 2013}}</ref> }} 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".<ref name=metacritic/>
David Jeffries of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, calling it "a soft, serene, and inspired debut."<ref name=allmusic/> 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."<ref name=exclaim/> 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."<ref name=pitchfork/>
''Exclaim!'' placed the album at number 8 on its year-end list of the "Top 10 Dance & Electronic Albums".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/exclaims_best_of_2013-top_10_dance_electronic_albums|title=Exclaim!'s Best of 2013: Top 10 Dance & Electronic Albums|work=Exclaim!|date=December 3, 2013|access-date=October 2, 2017}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | title1 = Small + Lost | note1 = featuring Sinead Harnett | length1 = 2:33 | title2 = Against a Wall | note2 = featuring Lofty305 | length2 = 4:33 | title3 = Weird Life | length3 = 4:02 | title4 = Still Cold | note4 = featuring Baths | length4 = 2:02 | title5 = Avec Vous | length5 = 3:38 | title6 = Happiness & Dreams Forever | length6 = 1:42 | title7 = Yaeko Mitamura Is Lonely | length7 = 3:40 | title8 = Ryan Must Be Destroyed | length8 = 4:29 | title9 = One for Me | note9 = featuring Tinashe | length9 = 3:30 | title10 = Day/Night/Sleep System | note10 = featuring Haleek Maul and Kitty | length10 = 5:51 | total_length = 36:06 }}
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==External links== * {{Discogs master|613715|Guilt Trips}} * {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=83a6a233-f66b-49de-b13e-6e238ffc60a2|name=Guilt Trips}}
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