{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Japanese Hospitality | type = Album | artist = Warmen | cover = Japanese Hospitality (album).jpg |border=yes | alt = | released = 26 August 2009 | recorded = 2009 | venue = | studio = | genre = Power metal, neoclassical metal | length = 40:57 | label = Spinefarm | producer = Janne Wirman | prev_title = Accept the Fact | prev_year = 2005 | next_title = First of the Five Elements | next_year = 2014 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''About.com'' | rev1Score = 3.5/5<ref name="About.com">{{cite web |last1=Bowar |first1=Chad |title=Warmen Japanese Hospitality Review |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/w/fr/warmen-japanesehospitality.htm |website=About.com |access-date=31 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712005213/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/w/fr/warmen-japanesehospitality.htm |archive-date=12 July 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev2 = ''{{ill|Imperiumi|fi|Imperiumi (verkkosivusto)}}'' | rev2Score = 9/10<ref name="Imperiumi">{{cite web |last1=Heino |first1=Kalevi |title=Levyarviot: Warmen – Japanese Hospitality |url=http://www.imperiumi.net/index.php?act=albums&id=9173 |website={{ill|Imperiumi|fi|Imperiumi (verkkosivusto)}} |access-date=31 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301182316/http://www.imperiumi.net/index.php?act=albums&id=9173 |archive-date=1 March 2010 |language=Finnish |date=21 August 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Metal.de'' | rev3Score = 6/10<ref name="Metal.de">{{cite web |author1=Fabian |title=Warmen - Japanese Hospitality Review |url=https://www.metal.de/reviews/warmen-japanese-hospitality-12901/ |website=Metal.de |access-date=31 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130154934/https://www.metal.de/reviews/warmen-japanese-hospitality-12901/ |archive-date=30 November 2021 |language=German |date=25 August 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> | rev4 = ''{{ill|Powermetal.de|de|Powermetal.de}}'' | rev4Score = 7/10<ref name="Powermetal.de">{{cite web |last1=Schaper |first1=Pia-Kim |title=Review: Warmen - Japanese Hospitality |url=https://www.powermetal.de/review/review-Warmen/Japanese_Hospitality,14421.html |website={{ill|Powermetal.de|de|Powermetal.de}} |access-date=31 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090823051508/https://www.powermetal.de/review/review-Warmen/Japanese_Hospitality,14421.html |archive-date=23 August 2009 |date=19 August 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> | rev5 = ''{{ill|Soundi|fi|Soundi}}'' | rev5Score = 3/5<ref name="Soundi">{{cite web |last1=Säynekoski |first1=Marko |title=WARMEN: Japanese Hospitality |url=https://www.soundi.fi/levyarviot/warmen-japanese-hospitality/ |website={{ill|Soundi|fi|Soundi}} |publisher={{ill|Pop Media (company)|lt=Pop Media|fi|Pop Media}} |access-date=31 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123115224/https://www.soundi.fi/levyarviot/warmen-japanese-hospitality/ |archive-date=23 January 2022 |date=August 2009 |quote=Arvio julkaistu Soundissa 8/2009. |url-status=live}}</ref> }} '''''Japanese Hospitality''''' is the fourth studio album by Warmen, the side project of Children of Bodom keyboard player Janne Wirman. It was released on 26 August 2009 by Spinefarm Records. The album includes two cover versions: "Separate Ways", originally recorded by Journey, and "Black Cat" by Janet Jackson. Guest musicians include Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom), Pasi Rantanen (Thunderstone), Timo Kotipelto (Stratovarius), {{ill|Jonna Geagea|lt=Jonna Kosonen|fi|Jonna Geagea}} (Nylon Beat) and Marko Vaara.
==Reception== ''About.com'' concluded: "Japanese Hospitality is an enjoyable album featuring a diverse cast of characters, some catchy songs, eclectic music and only one misfire."<ref name="About.com"/> ''Metal Hammer'' highlighted "High Heels on Cobblestone" and "Don't Bring Her Here" but said many other tracks seem half-baked and unfinished.<ref name="MetalHammer">{{cite web |last1=Leim |first1=Christof |title=Warmen JAPANESE HOSPITALITY Review |url=https://www.metal-hammer.de/reviews/warmen-japanese-hospitality-review/ |website=Metal Hammer |publisher=Axel Springer SE |access-date=31 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306190343/https://www.metal-hammer.de/reviews/warmen-japanese-hospitality-review/ |archive-date=6 March 2021 |language=German |date=1 April 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Metal.de'' said the two cover songs sound too much like the originals.<ref name="Metal.de"/> ''{{ill|Imperiumi|fi|Imperiumi (verkkosivusto)}}'' praised Rantanen's vocals on "My Fallen Angel" and called it one of the best songs on the album.<ref name="Imperiumi"/> {{ill|Vampster|de|Vampster}} said the album sounds like it's made in a laboratory and the cover songs lack originality.<ref name="Vampster">{{cite web |author1=Jutze |title=Reviews - WARMEN: Japanese Hospitality |url=https://vampster.com/cd-reviews/warmen-japanese-hospitality/ |website={{ill|Vampster|de|Vampster}} |access-date=4 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203102513/https://vampster.com/cd-reviews/warmen-japanese-hospitality/ |archive-date=3 December 2023 |language=German |date=2 December 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>
== Track listing == # "Japanese Hospitality" (J. Wirman, A. Wirman) – 4:22 # "Eye of the Storm" (feat. Timo Kotipelto) (J. Wirman, A. Wirman, T. Kotipelto) – 3:26 # "Goodbye" (feat. {{ill|Jonna Geagea|lt=Jonna Kosonen|fi|Jonna Geagea}}) (J. Wirman, A. Wirman, J. Kosonen) – 3:39 # "My Fallen Angel" (feat. Pasi Rantanen) (J. Wirman, A. Wirman, P. Rantanen) – 4:27 # "Don't Bring Her Here" (feat. Jonna Kosonen) (Alexi Laiho, J. Kosonen) – 3:01 # "High Heels on Cobblestone" (feat. Alexi Laiho) (J. Wirman, A. Wirman, A. Laiho) – 3:47 # "Switcharoo" (J. Wirman, A. Wirman) – 4:09 # "Black Cat" (Janet Jackson cover, feat. Jonna Kosonen) (Janet Jackson) – 4:23 # "Unconditional Confession" (feat. Marko Vaara) (J. Wirman, A. Wirman, J. Helko, M. Vaara) – 3:57 # "Separate Ways" (Journey cover, feat. Pasi Rantanen) (Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain, Neal Schon) – 5:26 # "Fading Like a Flower" (Roxette cover, feat. Jonna Kosonen) (Japanese edition bonus track) (Per Gessle)
== Personnel == *{{ill|Jonna Geagea|lt=Jonna Kosonen|fi|Jonna Geagea}}, Timo Kotipelto, Pasi Rantanen: vocals *Janne Wirman: keyboards, synthesizers *Alexi Laiho, Sami Virtanen, Antti Wirman: lead and rhythm guitars *Jyri Helko: bass guitar *Mirka Rantanen: drums, percussion
===Production=== *Produced and engineered by Janne Wirman *Mixed by Mikko Karmila and Janne Wirman *Mastered by Mika Jusslia
== Charts == {| class="wikitable" |- !Chart (2009) !Peak<br />position |- |Finnish Albums Chart<ref>[http://www.yle.fi/lista/listat/tuote.php?id=9539 Suomen virallinen lista]</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|36 |}
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