No Room

1992 studio album by the Samples From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

Released1992
Recorded1991
GenreRock
LabelWhat Are Records?[1]
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No Room
Studio album by
the Samples
Released1992
Recorded1991
GenreRock
LabelWhat Are Records?[1]
ProducerJim Scott
The Samples chronology
Underwater People
(1991)		 No Room
(1992)		 The Last Drag
(1993)
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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

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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

All songs written by Sean Kelly, except where noted.

  1. "When It's Raining" – 3:33
  2. "Summertime" (Kelly, Al Laughlin) – 4:57
  3. "Another Disaster" (Kelly, Andy Sheldon) – 5:15
  4. "Did You Ever Look So Nice" (Kelly, Laughlin) – 4:02
  5. "Nothing Lasts for Long" – 4:35
  6. "Stone Tears" (Sheldon) – 4:43
  7. "Giants" (Sheldon) – 3:20
  8. "Suburbia" (Kelly, MacNichol) – 4:49
  9. "14th and Euclid" (Kelly, Laughlin) – 4:16
  10. "Won't Be Back Again" (Kelly, Laughlin) – 2:40
  11. "Pain" – 3:57
  12. "Little Whale" (Vince Sendra) – :56
  13. "Seany Boy (Drop Out)" – 2:39
  14. "Taking Us Home" – 4:03
  15. "When It's Raining - Live" (hidden track)

Personnel

  • Sean Kelly – lead vocals, guitars
  • Andy Sheldon – bass, vocals
  • Al Laughlin – keyboards, vocals
  • Jeep MacNichol – drums/percussion, vocals

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