The Room
Studio album by
Harold Budd
ReleasedAugust 15, 2000
GenreAmbient
Length54:52
LabelAtlantic[1]
ProducerHarold Budd
Harold Budd chronology
Fenceless Night: Selections for Cinema 1980-1998
(1998) 		The Room
(2000) 		Three White Roses and a Budd
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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]

Production

Budd constructed The Room as a concept album about thematically different areas.[6] Budd produced the album.[7]

Critical reception

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]

Track listing

  1. "The Room of Ancillary Dreams" – 6:08
  2. "The Room of Oracles" – 4:46
  3. "The Room of Stairs" – 5:21
  4. "The Room of Corners" – 5:05
  5. "The Room Alight" – 4:41
  6. "The Candied Room" – 3:41
  7. "The Room of Mirrors" – 7:07
  8. "The Room Obscured" – 1:03
  9. "The Room of Forgotten Children" – 2:16
  10. "The Room of Accidental Geometry" – 3:25
  11. "The Room of Secondary Light" – 4:38
  12. "The Flowered Room" – 4:26
  13. "The Room" – 2:15

References

  1. ^ a b "Harold Budd | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  2. ^ a b "The Room - Harold Budd | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ Considine, J.D. (24 Aug 2000). "CD REVIEWS". The Baltimore Sun. LIVE. p. 8T.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 46.
  5. ^ Lechner, Ernesto (3 Sep 2000). "Record Rack". Los Angeles Times. Calendar. p. 61.
  6. ^ "Harold Budd, ambient composer and Eno collaborator, dies of COVID-19 complications at 84". Los Angeles Times. December 9, 2020.
  7. ^ "Reviews & Previews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. August 19, 2000 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "Different drummers | The Guardian | guardian.co.uk". www.theguardian.com.
  9. ^ "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. November 29, 2000 – via Google Books.




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