The Metropolitan Hotel is the sixth studio album released 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.

The Metropolitan Hotel
Studio album by Chely Wright
Released	February 22, 2005 (2005-02-22)
Genre	Country
Label	Painted Red/Dualtone
Producer	Chely Wright (tracks 1, 5, 6, 8, 11) Chely Wright and Jeff Huskins (tracks 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 12) Stephony Smith and Chely Wright (track 10)
Chely Wright chronology
Everything (2004) The Metropolitan Hotel (2005) Lifted Off the Ground (2010)
Singles from The Metropolitan Hotel
"Back of the Bottom Drawer" Released: February 2004 "The Bumper of My SUV" Released: November 8, 2004

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Country Standard Time	link

Track listing

1. "It's the Song" (Bonnie Baker, Katrina Elam) – 3:57
2. "Back of the Bottom Drawer" (Liz Rose, Chely Wright) – 3:43
3. "I Got Him Ready for You" (Wright) – 3:19
4. "The River" (Wright) – 6:29
5. "Just the Way We Do It" (Brett Beavers, Wright) – 3:39
6. "The Bumper of My SUV" (Wright) – 4:41
7. "Your Shirt" (Lisa Drew, Pound Lamb) – 3:54
8. "Between a Mother and a Child" (Wright) – 4:09
9. "Southside of Lonesome" (Wright) – 4:00
10. "Wheels" (Stephony Smith, Wright) – 3:43
11. "C'est La Vie (You Never Can Tell)" (Chuck Berry) – 3:13
12. "What If I Can't Say No Again" (Ed Hill, David Frasier, Josh Kear) – 4:11

Personnel

As listed in liner notes:[1]

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.

Chart performance

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