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2000 studio album by Harold Budd From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Room is an album composed and performed by Harold Budd, released in 2000.[1]
The Room | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | August 15, 2000 | |||
Genre | Ambient | |||
Length | 54:52 | |||
Label | Atlantic[1] | |||
Producer | Harold Budd | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Baltimore Sun | [3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
Los Angeles Times | [5] |
Budd constructed The Room as a concept album about thematically different areas.[6] Budd produced the album.[7]
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]
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