The Room's Too Cold

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The Room's Too Cold
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Studio album by
The Early November
ReleasedOctober 7, 2003
StudioPortrait Recording, Lincoln Park, New Jersey
Genre Emo, alternative rock, pop punk [1]
Length46:40
Label Drive-Thru
Producer Chris Badami, Arthur Enders
The Early November chronology
For All of This
(2002)		The Room's Too Cold
(2003)		 The Acoustic EP
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
CMJ New Music Monthly Favorable [1]
The Mag Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Melodic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

The Room's Too Cold is the debut studio album by the American rock band The Early November, released on October 7, 2003 through Drive-Thru Records.

Contents

Background and recording

The Room's Too Cold was produced by Chris Badami and co-produced by frontman Arthur 'Ace' Enders and was recorded at Portrait Recording Studio in Lincoln Park, New Jersey. Badami also acted as engineer, with assistance from Michelle Dispenziere; Badami mixed the tracks before the album was mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music in New York City. [5] The band recorded 17 songs in total for the album, with 11 songs making the final cut. [6] Enders and Badami met with David Rimelis to arrange a string part for "Ever So Sweet". [7]

The album features a guest appearance from Kenny Vasoli of The Starting Line, who was also signed to Drive-Thru at the time.

Release

Between late August and October 2003, the group performed on the Drive-Thru Records 2003 Invasion Tour. [8] The Room's Too Cold was released on October 7. In January 2004, the band went on a tour of the UK, with Allister, Home Grown, Hidden in Plain View, and Yourcodenameis:milo. [9] In March 2004, the group went on a headlining US tour with support from Limbeck, Spitalfield and Hey Mercedes. [10] A music video was filmed for "Something That Produces Results" in April 2004. [11] In April and May 2004, the band supported Less Than Jake on their tour of North America, and performed at the Skate and Surf Festival. [12] [13] They went on a brief East Coast tour with A Thorn for Every Heart, Engine Down and Days Away at the start of 2005. [14] In February 2005, the group supported Sugarcult on the US Take Action Tour. [15] In late 2013, the album was repressed on vinyl through Rise Records. In addition, the group performed it in its entirety in December of the same year. [16]

Reception

Johnny Loftus of Allmusic gave the album a highly positive review. [17]

The album peaked at number 107 on US Billboard 200.[ citation needed ]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Arthur Enders, except one line in "Baby Blue" by Matt Pryor, all songs written by the Early November. [5]

No.TitleLength
1."Ever So Sweet"4:19
2."Something That Produces Results"2:43
3."The Mountain Range in My Living Room"4:11
4."Sesame, Smeshame"4:15
5."Baby Blue"3:42
6."The Course of Human Life"5:26
7."Dinner at the Money Table"3:57
8."Exchanging Two Hundred"4:27
9."My Sleep Pattern Changed"3:37
10."Fluxy"3:29
11."Everything's Too Cold ... But You're So Hot"6:34
Total length:46:40

Notes

Personnel

Personnel per booklet. [5]

Charts

Album
Chart (2003)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [18] 107
Top Heatseekers Albums 1

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References

Citations

  1. 1 2 Borolla 2003, p. 12
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ Smith, Stu Saur (June 18, 2004). "The Early November - The Rooms Too Cold l.p." The Mag. Archived from the original on October 31, 2004. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  4. ↑ Roth, Kaj (November 17, 2003). "The Early November - The Room's Too Cold". Melodic. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 The Room's Too Cold (booklet). The Early November. Drive-Thru/Eat Sleep Records. 2003. eat037cd.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ The Early November 2003, event occurs at 14:02–6
  7. ↑ The Early November 2003, event occurs at 13:25–35
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