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]
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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]
All songs written by Sean Kelly, except where noted.