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The Room's Too Cold
Studio album by
The Early November
ReleasedOctober 7, 2003
StudioPortrait Recording, Lincoln Park, New Jersey
GenreEmo, alternative rock, pop punk[1]
Length46:40
LabelDrive-Thru
ProducerChris 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[2]
CMJ New Music MonthlyFavorable[1]
The Mag[3]
Melodic[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.

Background and recording

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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

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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

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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

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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

  • "Something That Produces Results" & "Baby Blue" both have an acoustic renditions on Aces band I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business acoustic album "Dust'n Off the Ol" Gee-Tar."
  • The line "I don't want you to love me anymore" on the track "Baby Blue" is taken directly from a The Get Up Kids song "No Love" on their debut album Four Minute Mile.
  • The singles were The Mountain Range in My Living Room and Something That Produces Results

Personnel

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Personnel per booklet.[5]

Charts

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

References

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Citations

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c 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
  8. ^ MTV News Staff (August 12, 2003). "For The Record: Quick News On Justin Timberlake, Paris Hilton, Kelly Osbourne, Glassjaw, Elvis Costello, The Cure & More". MTV. Viacom. Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  9. ^ Heisel, Scott (January 10, 2004). "Allister / Home Grown / The Early November / Hidden In Plain View UK tour". Punknews.org. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  10. ^ Heisel, Scott (February 4, 2004). "The Early November/Hey Mercedes/Spitalfield/Limbeck". Punknews.org. Aubin Paul. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  11. ^ Heisel, Scott (April 7, 2004). "The Early November". Punknews.org. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  12. ^ Heisel, Scott (February 13, 2004). "Skate and Surf lineup announced". Punknews.org. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  13. ^ Paul, Aubin (March 4, 2004). "Less Than Jake back on the road. Tommy Tutone a no show". Punknews.org. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  14. ^ Shultz, Brian (January 10, 2005). "Days Away tour and new songs". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  15. ^ White, Adam (January 29, 2005). "Take Action! Tour updates". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  16. ^ Wippsson, Johan (September 20, 2013). "The Early November Reissuing Seminal Debut Album The Room's Too Cold On Vinyl". Melodic. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  17. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/rooms-too-cold-mw0000325504
  18. ^ "The Early November Billboard Albums Chart". billboard.com.

Sources

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