℗ 2020 Interscope Records
| Released | August 28, 2020 |
| Duration | 40m 17s |
| Record Label | UMGRI Interscope |
| Genre | Alternative |
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1.1
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International Hotel
Billy Raffoul |
3:51 | |||
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1.2
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What Makes a Man
Billy Raffoul |
2:07 | |||
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1.3
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Philadelphia
Billy Raffoul |
3:07 | |||
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1.4
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Everything Marie
Billy Raffoul |
2:40 | |||
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1.5
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Sundown on County Line
Billy Raffoul |
3:11 | |||
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1.6
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Right Behind You
Billy Raffoul |
3:36 | |||
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1.7
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Library Book
Billy Raffoul |
2:47 | |||
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1.8
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The Ballad of James Howlett
Billy Raffoul |
2:42 | |||
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1.9
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Shannon
Billy Raffoul |
3:40 | |||
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1.10
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Big City
Billy Raffoul |
2:56 | |||
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1.11
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You & I
Billy Raffoul |
2:54 | |||
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1.12
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Truth Be Told (I Like You)
Billy Raffoul |
2:38 | |||
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1.13
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Massey Hall
Billy Raffoul |
4:08 |
The full-length debut from Canadian singer/songwriter Billy Raffoul, International Hotel takes its title from a hometown dive bar that’s played a crucial part in his musical upbringing. After tearing through four-hour-long sets of classic rock-and-roll covers at a venue in Michigan, his father Jody would invariably head back across the border for last call at the scrappy but sacred watering hole—a ritual the younger Raffoul has joined in countless times over the years.
Mainly co-produced by Raffoul and his longtime collaborator/childhood friend Justin Zuccato, International Hotel fully captures that spirit of warm and rugged intimacy. In a departure from the genre-blurring experimentation of his previous work, the album unfolds with a stark and stripped-down sound that lets his folk-rock roots shine more brightly than ever. Recorded with two microphones in Raffoul’s girlfriend’s bedroom in Leamington, the result is both a daring creative leap and a much-awaited musical homecoming.
“For me there’s so many great memories of the International Hotel: a lot of late nights and a lot of booze, with all our family and our friends. It’s just this incredible place that’s always been there in my mind.”
- Billy Raffoul
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – UMGRI Interscope Studio Masters
Tracks 1-6, 8-13 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 48 kHz / 24-bit
Tracks 1-6, 8-13 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 48 kHz / 24-bit
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.30 -0.31 to -0.30 | -14.41 -16.95 to -12.08 | -11.25 -14.00 to -9.00 | 9 7 to 11 | |
| 1 | International Hotel | -0.30 | -12.08 | -9.0 | 8 |
| 2 | What Makes a Man | -0.30 | -14.36 | -11.0 | 9 |
| 3 | Philadelphia | -0.30 | -13.17 | -10.4 | 7 |
| 4 | Everything Marie | -0.30 | -14.88 | -11.9 | 9 |
| 5 | Sundown on County Line | -0.30 | -14.29 | -11.8 | 8 |
| 6 | Right Behind You | -0.31 | -14.81 | -11.1 | 9 |
| 7 | Library Book | -0.30 | -16.57 | -13.0 | 10 |
| 8 | The Ballad of James Howlett | -0.30 | -12.96 | -10.0 | 8 |
| 9 | Shannon | -0.30 | -14.11 | -11.0 | 8 |
| 10 | Big City | -0.30 | -12.59 | -9.4 | 8 |
| 11 | You & I | -0.30 | -16.95 | -14.0 | 11 |
| 12 | Truth Be Told (I Like You) | -0.30 | -14.97 | -11.6 | 10 |
| 13 | Massey Hall | -0.30 | -15.63 | -12.0 | 9 |