| The Room | ||||
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| Released | August 15, 2000 | |||
| Genre | Ambient | |||
| Length | 54:52 | |||
| Label | Atlantic [1] | |||
| Producer | Harold Budd | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Baltimore Sun | [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [5] |
The Room is an album composed and performed by Harold Budd, released in 2000. [1]
Budd constructed The Room as a concept album about thematically different areas. [6] Budd produced the album. [7]
AllMusic wrote that "though some of the synthesizer textures verge on a little too much new age sweetness, [Budd's] piano is always a thing of tranquil beauty, veiled in layers of eerie echo, evoking a half-remembered dream." [2] The Guardian wrote: "There was a time when every other musician with a synthesizer, a piano and a Portastudio was trying to make ambient statements like this, but the financial superstructure (not to mention the potential yuppie consumers) faded fast after Black Friday. Budd's choice of timbres and melodies, which manage to be pretty without insulting the intelligence, mean that the ambient legacy is in safe hands." [8] CMJ New Music Monthly deemed the album "remarkably vibrant." [9]
Harold Montgomory Budd was an American avant-garde composer and poet. Born in Los Angeles and raised in the Mojave Desert, Budd became a respected composer in the minimalist and avant-garde scene of Southern California in the late 1960s, and later became better known for his work with figures such as Brian Eno and Robin Guthrie. Budd developed what he called a "soft pedal" technique for playing piano.
Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror is a 1980 album by Harold Budd and Brian Eno. This is the second installment of Eno's Ambient series, which began in 1978 with Ambient 1: Music for Airports, identifiable by its similar cover art which evokes rural terrain on a map.
Down Here is the second album by American singer-songwriter Tracy Bonham. It was released in 2000, after being delayed several times due to record label issues.
The Pearl is an album by ambient musicians Harold Budd and Brian Eno, which was released in 1984. This album is similar to Budd and Eno's previous collaboration Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror, consisting mostly of subtly treated piano textures, but this time with more pronounced electronic treatments and nature recordings. This album was produced with Daniel Lanois, who is also credited on the front cover.
Robot Rock is the third full-length album by Joy Electric, released in 1997. It is the group's best-selling album.
The Fawn is a 1997 album by The Sea and Cake.
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More Betterness! is a studio album by punk rock band No Use for a Name, released in 1999.
Wide Swing Tremolo is the third studio album by alternative country band Son Volt. It was released in 1998 on Warner Bros. Records.
St. Arkansas is the 12th studio album by Pere Ubu, released in 2002.
Bay City is an album by David Thomas and Foreigners, released in 2000.
Bedlam Ballroom is a studio album by the swing revival band Squirrel Nut Zippers, released in 2000. It followed several major personnel changes. The album reflects a stylistic shift, with the band incorporating a broader ranges of styles, instrumentation, and production approaches. The band broke up after the release of the album, eventually reuniting in 2007.
New Sheets is the third and final studio album by the American alternative rock band Possum Dixon. It was released in 1998 on Interscope Records.
The Return of El Santo is the second album by the Latin ska band King Changó, released in 2000. The album's title is a tribute to Mexican wrestler El Santo.
In Your Bright Ray is the fourth and final solo album, released in 1997, by Grant McLennan.
Star Maps is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Possum Dixon. It was released in 1996 on the Interscope Records.
Dream Signals in Full Circles is an LP by Tristeza, released on Tigerstyle Records in 2000.
Introduction is an album by the experimental rock band Red Krayola, released in 2006 via Drag City.
Scars From Falling Down is a studio album by Steel Pole Bath Tub, released in 1995 through Slash Records.
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