No Room
| No Room | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1992 | |||
| Recorded | 1991 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | What Are Records?[1] | |||
| Producer | Jim Scott | |||
| The Samples chronology | ||||
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No Room is an album by the Boulder, Colorado, band the Samples, released in 1992.[2][3] Prior to recording the album, the band left Arista Records to regain control of their musical direction.[4]
The Samples supported the album with a North American tour; they also played the 1993 H.O.R.D.E. festival.[5][6] They wrote and tested the songs while touring their previous album.[7] No Room sold almost 80,000 copies in its first nine months of release; it had topped more than 150,000 copies by 1998.[8][9]
Critical reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [10] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [11] |
The Chicago Tribune noted the "crystalline production, bubbling keyboard arrangements, snaky guitar lines and a tight, syncopated rhythm section."[11] The Daily Breeze deemed the album "rock with a point—and with touches of jazz fusion, ska, reggae and even a country twang."[12]
Mentioning the Samples' return to an independent label, the Tulsa World opined that "the band's loyalty to its formative ideas gives its music a consistent, yet broad-based, signature."[13] Trouser Press wrote: "'When It's Raining' is a standout, a shimmering melody surfing on a wiggly groove, finally capturing in the studio some of what the Samples transmit onstage."[14]
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by Sean Kelly, except where noted.
- "When It's Raining" – 3:33
- "Summertime" (Kelly, Al Laughlin) – 4:57
- "Another Disaster" (Kelly, Andy Sheldon) – 5:15
- "Did You Ever Look So Nice" (Kelly, Laughlin) – 4:02
- "Nothing Lasts for Long" – 4:35
- "Stone Tears" (Sheldon) – 4:43
- "Giants" (Sheldon) – 3:20
- "Suburbia" (Kelly, MacNichol) – 4:49
- "14th and Euclid" (Kelly, Laughlin) – 4:16
- "Won't Be Back Again" (Kelly, Laughlin) – 2:40
- "Pain" – 3:57
- "Little Whale" (Vince Sendra) – :56
- "Seany Boy (Drop Out)" – 2:39
- "Taking Us Home" – 4:03
- "When It's Raining - Live" (hidden track)
Personnel
[edit]- Sean Kelly – lead vocals, guitars
- Andy Sheldon – bass, vocals
- Al Laughlin – keyboards, vocals
- Jeep MacNichol – drums/percussion, vocals
References
[edit]- ↑ LeComte, Richard (May 7, 1992). "The Samples Defy Description, Please Audiences". Lawrence Journal-World.
- ↑ Morse, Steve (November 27, 1992). "Of the previous unknowns...". Arts & Film. The Boston Globe. p. 117.
- ↑ Alesia, Tom (February 27, 1992). "The Samples Return to Springfield with a Mission". Entertainment. The State Journal-Register. p. 17.
- ↑ "Band Scorns The Big Time". Living Today. Omaha World-Herald. September 10, 1992. p. 37.
- ↑ "The Samples: Lost Battle, But Lost War". Calendar. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. April 1, 1993. p. 7.
- ↑ Bream, Jon (July 9, 1993). "Neo-hippie rock the common thread at HORDE Festival". Star Tribune. p. 4E.
- ↑ Triplett III, Ward W. (May 8, 1992). "The Samples take name seriously". The Kansas City Star. p. H16.
- ↑ Scott, Jane (April 30, 1993). "Sampling Success". Friday. The Plain Dealer. p. 32.
- ↑ "Samples Return to Indie Roots". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. September 12, 1998.
- ↑ "The Samples No Room". AllMusic.
- 1 2 Rothschild, David (October 8, 1992). "Samples No Room". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 7.
- ↑ Spear, Elizabeth (June 29, 1992). "Samples mesh rock with jazz fusion, ska, reggae". Daily Breeze. p. C5.
- ↑ Brown, Mark (August 28, 1992). "Alternative Rock Quartet Now Back on Its Own Track". Tulsa World. p. C1.
- ↑ "Samples". Trouser Press. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
