Strawberry Hotel - critics' reviews

[TheBang]

AllMusic - 3.5/5
https://www.allmusic.com/album/straw...4354591#review
"Strawberry Hotel returns to the ebb-and-flow sequencing of their proper albums, balancing introspective tone poems with progressive club-stormers."

The Quietus
https://thequietus.com/quietus-revie...-hotel-review/
"If 2016’s Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future was a shift towards a warmer sound, then in 2024 we can count ourselves lucky to be enjoying a vintage and masterful Underworld. Here they present us with the full gamut, from the cinematic to the euphoric, with the situations going from the eccentric and daft to the enjoyably baffling."

[TheBang]

A couple reviews from Down Under:

https://www.bernardzuel.net/post/und...y-hotel-review
https://justmight.com.au/2024/10/alb...by-underworld/

[TheBang]

Record Collector, Dec. 2024 issue - 4/5

[TheBang]

Maxazine - 6/10
https://maxazine.com/2024/11/01/unde...awberry-hotel/
"While the album might gain some ground with multiple listens, it lacks the urgency and innovative spirit that define Underworld’s best work. For fans of the genre, there is enough to enjoy, but those looking for the groundbreaking electronic music that earned the group its reputation may be better off revisiting their earlier work."

Stereoboard.com - 4/5
https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/245643/9
"‘Strawberry Hotel’ is a welcome return for one of the UK’s most iconic dance acts, showing how they have grown as the years have passed. This is another accomplished LP that will rank among their best, packed full of experiments and sense of effortlessness."

[purlieu]

A review saying it lacks innovative spirit, followed by one saying it's packed full of experiments. Nothing sums up the silliness of music reviews better than that post!