The Room's Too Cold

The Room's Too Cold
The Room's Too Cold
Studio album by The Early November
Released	October 7, 2003
Studio	Portrait Recording Studios, Pompton Plains, New Jersey
Genre	Emo, alternative rock, pop punk
Length	46:40
Label	Drive-Thru Records
Producer	Chris Badami, Arthur Enders
The Early November chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
CMJ New Music Monthly	Favorable^[1]
The Mag	^[3]
Melodic	^[4]

The Room's Too Cold is the debut studio album by the American rock band The Early November. Produced by Chris Badami, it was released on October 7, 2003 through Drive-Thru Records. It was co-produced by the lead singer - Arthur 'Ace' Enders. The album also features a guest appearance from Kenny Vasoli of The Starting Line, who was also signed to Drive-Thru at the time. The album peaked at number 107 on US Billboard 200.

Release[]

Between late August and October 2003, the group performed on the Drive-Thru Records 2003 Invasion Tour.^[5] The Room's Too Cold was released on October 7. In January 2004, the band went on a tour of the UK, with Allister, Home Grown, Hidden in Plain View, and Yourcodenameis:milo.^[6] In March 2004, the group went on a headlining US tour with support from Limbeck, Spitalfield and Hey Mercedes.^[7] A music video was filmed for "Something That Produces Results" in April 2004.^[8] In April and May 2004, the band supported Less Than Jake on their tour of North America, and performed at the Skate and Surf Festival.^[9]^[10] In February 2005, the group supported Hawthorne Heights on the Take Action Tour across the US.^[11] In late 2013, the album was repressed on vinyl through Rise Records. In addition, the group performed it in its entirety in December of the same year.^[12]

Track listing[]

All lyrics are written by Arthur Enders; all music is composed by The Early November.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ever So Sweet"	4:19
2.	"Something That Produces Results"	2:43
3.	"The Mountain Range in My Living Room"	4:11
4.	"Sesame, Smeshame"	4:15
5.	"Baby Blue"	3:42
6.	"The Course of Human Life"	5:26
7.	"Dinner at the Money Table"	3:57
8.	"Exchanging Two Hundred"	4:27
9.	"My Sleep Pattern Changed"	3:37
10.	"Fluxy"	3:29
11.	"Everything's Too Cold ... But You're So Hot"	6:34
Total length:		46:40

B-Sides
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Just Enough" (This version is unreleased)
14.	"Make It Happen"	3:15

Notes[]

"Something That Produces Results" & "Baby Blue" both have an acoustic renditions on Aces band I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business acoustic album "Dust'n Off the Ol" Gee-Tar."
Jeff mentioned that there is one other song written for the record. Everything but the vocals were recorded.
Exchanging Two-Hundred featured on the hit US TV show Dog the Bounty Hunter.
The line "I don't want you to love me anymore" on the track "Baby Blue" is taken directly from a The Get Up Kids song "No Love" on their debut album Four Minute Mile.

Personnel[]

The Early November

Arthur Enders - Vocals, guitar, percussion, samples, keyboards, production
Sergio Anello - Bass guitar, percussion
Jeff Kummer - Drums, percussion
Joseph Marro - Guitar, Rhodes piano, keyboards, vibraphone

Production

Chris Badami – Producer, engineer, mixing
Michelle Dispenziere – Engineering assistant
Alan Douches – Mastering
David Rimelis – String arrangement

Artwork

Jeff Gross – Photography
Dennis Kleiman – Band photography
The Early November – Art Direction

Additional musicians

Evelyn Estavaof – Violin
Elizabeth Schulze – Viola
Gerall Hieser – Cello
Kenny Vasoli – Additional vocals on Fluxy

Charts[]

Album

Chart (2003)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[13]	107
Top Heatseekers Albums	1

References[]

Citations

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Borolla 2003, p. 12
^ Allmusic review
^ Smith, Stu Saur (June 18, 2004). "The Early November - The Rooms Too Cold l.p." The Mag. Archived from the original on October 31, 2004. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
^ Roth, Kaj (November 17, 2003). "The Early November - The Room's Too Cold". Melodic. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
^ MTV News Staff (August 12, 2003). "For The Record: Quick News On Justin Timberlake, Paris Hilton, Kelly Osbourne, Glassjaw, Elvis Costello, The Cure & More". MTV. Viacom. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
^ Heisel, Scott (January 10, 2004). "Allister / Home Grown / The Early November / Hidden In Plain View UK tour". Punknews.org. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
^ Heisel, Scott (February 4, 2004). "The Early November/Hey Mercedes/Spitalfield/Limbeck". Punknews.org. Aubin Paul. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
^ Heisel, Scott (April 7, 2004). "The Early November". Punknews.org. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
^ Heisel, Scott (February 13, 2004). "Skate and Surf lineup announced". Punknews.org. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
^ Paul, Aubin (March 4, 2004). "Less Than Jake back on the road. Tommy Tutone a no show". Punknews.org. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
^ Sharpe-Young 2005, p. 168
^ Wippsson, Johan (September 20, 2013). "The Early November Reissuing Seminal Debut Album The Room's Too Cold On Vinyl". Melodic. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
^ "The Early November Billboard Albums Chart". billboard.com.

Sources

Borolla, Caroline (October 27, 2003). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. 77 (837). ISSN 0890-0795.
Sharpe-Young, Garry (2005). New Wave of American Heavy Metal (1st ed.). New Plymouth, NZ: Zonda Books. ISBN 9780958268400.

[Borolla12-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Borolla 2003, p. 12

[2] Allmusic review

[3] Smith, Stu Saur (June 18, 2004). "The Early November - The Rooms Too Cold l.p." The Mag. Archived from the original on October 31, 2004. Retrieved April 18, 2020.

[4] Roth, Kaj (November 17, 2003). "The Early November - The Room's Too Cold". Melodic. Retrieved July 18, 2017.

[5] MTV News Staff (August 12, 2003). "For The Record: Quick News On Justin Timberlake, Paris Hilton, Kelly Osbourne, Glassjaw, Elvis Costello, The Cure & More". MTV. Viacom. Retrieved July 15, 2018.

[6] Heisel, Scott (January 10, 2004). "Allister / Home Grown / The Early November / Hidden In Plain View UK tour". Punknews.org. Retrieved March 19, 2021.

[7] Heisel, Scott (February 4, 2004). "The Early November/Hey Mercedes/Spitalfield/Limbeck". Punknews.org. Aubin Paul. Retrieved January 29, 2018.

[8] Heisel, Scott (April 7, 2004). "The Early November". Punknews.org. Retrieved March 28, 2021.

[9] Heisel, Scott (February 13, 2004). "Skate and Surf lineup announced". Punknews.org. Retrieved March 23, 2021.

[10] Paul, Aubin (March 4, 2004). "Less Than Jake back on the road. Tommy Tutone a no show". Punknews.org. Retrieved March 23, 2021.

[11] Sharpe-Young 2005, p. 168

[12] Wippsson, Johan (September 20, 2013). "The Early November Reissuing Seminal Debut Album The Room's Too Cold On Vinyl". Melodic. Retrieved January 29, 2018.

[13] "The Early November Billboard Albums Chart". billboard.com.

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