The Metropolitan Hotel is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Chely Wright. It was her first album for the Dualtone label, after a failed deal with the Vivaton! label. This album produced four singles, of which two were Top 40 hits on the country music charts: the number 40 "Back of the Bottom Drawer" and "The Bumper of My SUV" at number 35. The third and fourth singles ("The River" and a cover of Chuck Berry's "You Never Can Tell", respectively), both failed to chart. Wright left Dualtone after the release of this album.
Track listing
Personnel
As listed in liner notes:
Steve Brewster – drums
Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
Jimmy Carter – bass guitar
Eric Darken – percussion
Chip Davis – background vocals
Stuart Duncan – mandolin
Shannon Forrest – drums
Vince Gill – background vocals
Tony Harrell – keyboards
Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
Mark Hill – bass guitar
Sean Hurley – bass guitar
Travis Javis – piano
Jeff King – electric guitar
Chris McHugh – drums
Greg Morrow – drums
Gordon Mote – piano, keyboards
James T. Olsen – electric guitar
Russ Pahl – steel guitar
Billy Panda – acoustic guitar
Scotty Sanders – steel guitar
Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar
Michael Hart Thompson – electric guitar
Emily West – background vocals
John Willis – acoustic guitar
Chely Wright – lead vocals
Jonathan Yudkin – mandolin
Strings on "Back of the Bottom Drawer" and "The River" performed by the Nashville String Machine, conducted and arranged by Steve W. Maldin. Strings on "Between a Mother and a Child" performed and arranged by Jonathan Yudkin.