Room V

Room V
Studio album by Shadow Gallery
Released	June 7, 2005
Genre	Progressive metal, hard rock
Length	75:34
Label	InsideOut
Producer	Carl Cadden-James, Gary Wehrkamp, and Shadow Gallery
Shadow Gallery chronology
Legacy (2001) Room V (2005) Prime Cuts (2007)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
ProgArchives	95% [1]
ProgArchives	[2]
Sea of Tranquility	[3]

Room V is the fifth studio album by the progressive metal group Shadow Gallery, released in 2005 (see 2005 in music). It continues the story started in Tyranny , picking up after Tyranny's Act II. It is the band's first album not featuring longtime keyboardist Chris Ingles, although he did have input in the album's writing process before his departure. ^[4] It is also their last album to feature longtime lead vocalist Mike Baker, who died of a heart attack in 2008.

The cover art was done by Rainer Kalwitz, who also did the art for Tyranny.

Track listing

All titles and song lengths taken from the Room V liner notes. ^[5]

Act III

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Manhunt" (Instrumental)	Brendt Allman Chris Ingles Gary Wehrkamp		2:09
2.	"Comfort Me"	Wehrkamp	Carl Cadden-James Wehrkamp	6:51
3.	"The Andromeda Strain"	Allman Cadden-James Wehrkamp	Cadden-James	6:46
4.	"Vow"	Cadden-James Wehrkamp	Mike Baker Cadden-James	8:27
5.	"Birth of a Daughter" (Instrumental)	Allman Wehrkamp		2:40
6.	"Death of a Mother" (Instrumental)	Allman Wehrkamp		2:15
7.	"Lamentia"	Wehrkamp	Cadden-James	1:04
Total length:				30:16

Act IV

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lyrics	Length
8.	"Seven Years" (Instrumental)	Allman Ingles		3:37
9.	"Dark" (Instrumental)	Cadden-James		1:03
10.	"Torn"	Cadden-James James LaBrie Wehrkamp	Cadden-James	8:23
11.	"The Archer of Ben Salem"	Allman Ingles Wehrkamp	Cadden-James	7:28
12.	"Encrypted"	Allman Ingles	Cadden-James	8:01
13.	"Room V"	Allman Wehrkamp	Cadden-James	7:44
14.	"Rain"	Allman	Cadden-James	8:59
Total length:				45:17

Special Edition bonus disc

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Joe's Spotlight"	Joe Nevolo		3:06
2.	"She Wants to Go Home"	Allman	Allman	2:40
3.	"Memories" (Demo)	Wehrkamp	Baker	1:59
4.	"Rain" (Acoustic Version)	Allman	Cadden-James	5:53
5.	" Floydian Memories Pigs on the Wing (Part I) Fearless Mother (The Post War Dream/Thin Ice) Bike Brain Damage (Tienneman's Square/Goodbye Blue Sky) Point Me at the Sky Your Possible Pasts Shining On (guitar solo by Arjen Anthony Lucassen) One in the Crowd Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict (distant banter) Baby Lemonade (with guitar riff from Another Brick in the Wall) Welcome to the Machine (with interspersed vocalization from Wish You Were Here) Summer of '68 (instrumental) Sheep (sung by Arjen Anthony Lucassen) Julia Dream Comfortably Numb (guitar solo by Gary Wehrkamp) Cymbaline Corporal Clegg (with interspersed vocalization from The Great Gig in the Sky) Mother Reprise Wot's... Uh the Deal? (with Wish You Were Here segue) The Fletcher Memorial Home (Paranoid Eyes/The Final Cut) On the Turning Away Pigs on the Wing (Part II) "	Pink Floyd	Pink Floyd	24:36
Total length:				38:16

• The bonus disc also includes a CD-ROM segment titled The Story of Room V.

Personnel

All credits taken from the Room V liner notes. ^[5]

Shadow Gallery

• Carl Cadden-James - Bass guitar, backing vocals, Archer on "The Archer of Ben Salem", flute
• Brendt Allman - Acoustic and electric guitars, Vocals
• Gary Wehrkamp - Guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
• Joe Nevolo - Drums and percussion
• Mike Baker - lead vocals

Additional musicians

• Laura Jaeger - vocals on "Comfort Me"
• Libby Molnar - part of Alaska on "Dark"
• Mark Zonder - drums on "One in the Crowd" and a portion of "Floydian Memories"
• Arjen Lucassen - vocals throughout "Floydian Memories"; guitar solo in "Seven Years" and in the extract "Shining On"
• Jim Roberti - vocals throughout "Floydian Memories"
• Joe Stone - first guitar solo on "The Archer of Ben Salem"

References

1. "Shadow Gallery - Room V review at Angelic Warlord - Christian Metal Resource". angelicwarlord.com. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
2. "SHADOW GALLERY - Room V (2005)". www.progarchives.com. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
3. "Review: "Shadow Gallery: Room V" - Sea of Tranquility - the Web Destination for Progressive Music!".
4. Rademacher, Brian. "Interview with Mike Baker", Rockeyez, May 5, 2005. Retrieved on December 3, 2013.
5. Room V Liner Notes. Inside Out Music. 2005.