Editing Round Room

{{Infobox album
| name       = Round Room
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Phish]]
| cover      = Phishrr.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = December 10, 2002
| recorded   = October 5, 6, 18, 19, 2002, The Barn, [[Vermont]]
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| length     = 77:51
| label      = [[Elektra Records|Elektra]]
| producer   = [[Bryce Goggin]]
| prev_title = [[Farmhouse (album)|Farmhouse]]
| prev_year  = 2000
| next_title = [[The Victor Disc]]
| next_year  = 2002
| misc       = 
{{Singles
 | name        = Round Room
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = 46 Days
 | single1date = 2002
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r618316 |title=Round Room – Phish &#124; AllMusic |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |access-date=7 August 2011}}</ref>
| rev2      = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/phish/albums/album/177985/review/5942496/round_room |title=Phish: Round Room : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone |first=Tom |last=Moon |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |year=2011 |access-date=7 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119212838/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/phish/albums/album/177985/review/5942496/round_room |archive-date=January 19, 2008 }}</ref>
}}

'''''Round Room''''' is the tenth studio [[album]] by the American [[rock music|rock]] band [[Phish]] released on December 10, 2002, by [[Elektra Records]].

The album was recorded over the span of four days in October 2002, and its release marked the end of the group's two year hiatus from touring and recording.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Phish Come Back 'Round' For New Studio Set |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/73667/phish-come-back-round-for-new-studio-set |magazine=Billboard |access-date=5 November 2018}}</ref>

==Production and release==
Initially, Phish planned to record the album live at their December 31, 2002 concert at [[Madison Square Garden]] in New York City, their first concert since October 2000, but they decided instead to release the songs they had recorded that fall instead.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Fricke |first1=David |title=Phish: America's Great Jam Band Returns |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phish-americas-great-jam-band-returns-177400/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=1 October 2018 |date=6 March 2003}}</ref>

As with previous Phish albums, the songs originated in collaborative writing sessions between frontman [[Trey Anastasio]] and lyricist [[Tom Marshall (singer)|Tom Marshall]] (with two songs contributed by bass guitarist [[Mike Gordon]]). ''Round Room'' is unique, however, in that the final tracks were taken from the band's unedited rehearsal sessions at [[The Barn (recording studio)|The Barn]], Anastasio's studio in Vermont. ''Rolling Stone'' notes that this approach gives the album a "decidedly live" feeling, and "breathes with an anxious, edge-of-the-seat intensity that's missing from their previous studio efforts."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/phish/albums/album/177985/review/5942496/round_room |title=Phish: Round Room : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone |first=Tom |last=Moon |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |year=2011 |access-date=7 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119212838/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/phish/albums/album/177985/review/5942496/round_room |archive-date=January 19, 2008 }}</ref> Though largely positive, the review criticizes Anastasio's singing and the "Phishspeak" quality of the lyrics.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/phish/albums/album/177985/review/5942496/round_room |title=Phish: Round Room : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone |first=Tom |last=Moon |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |year=2011 |access-date=7 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119212838/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/phish/albums/album/177985/review/5942496/round_room |archive-date=January 19, 2008 }}</ref>

In the liner notes for the album, ''Round Room'' is dedicated to the memory of [[Widespread Panic]] guitarist [[Michael Houser]], who died in August 2002, and Scott Schertzer, a Phish fan who was killed in the [[September 11 attacks]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite web |title=Phish Live Downloads, Round Room |url=https://www.nugs.net/live-download-of-phish-mp3-flac-or-online-music-streaming/9572.html |website=www.nugs.net |access-date=15 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SCOTT M. SCHERTZER |url=http://www.legacy.com/sept11/story.aspx?personid=147284 |website=Legacy |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref>

Phish appeared on TV twice before their official return to the stage on New Year's Eve 2002. "46 Days" was debuted live on the December 14, 2002, episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'',<ref>[http://phish.net/setlists/?d=2002-12-14 Phish.net Setlists: 2002-12-14] Phish.net. Online. Accessed: Sept. 2, 2011.</ref> and "All of These Dreams" debuted five days later on the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]''.<ref>[http://phish.net/setlists/?d=2002-12-19 Phish.net Setlists: 2002-12-19] Phish.net. Online. Accessed: Sept. 2, 2011.</ref>

About a week after the release of ''Round Room'', Phish recorded an impromptu jam session in a studio in New York City, excerpts of which were later scheduled for release as ''[[The Victor Disc]]''. However, this instrumental album has not yet been officially released.

==Track listing==
{{Track list
|headline = ''Round Room''
|extra_column = Lead vocals
|title1 = Pebbles and Marbles 
|writer1 = {{hlist|[[Trey Anastasio]]|[[Tom Marshall (singer)|Tom Marshall]]}}
|extra1 = Anastasio
|length1 = 11:39
|title2 = Anything But Me 
|extra2 = Anastasio
|writer2 = {{hlist|Anastasio|Marshall|Scott Herman}}
|length2 = 4:30
|title3 = Round Room 
|extra3 = Gordon
|writer3 = {{hlist|[[Mike Gordon]]|[[Joseph Linitz]]}}
|length3 = 4:13
|title4 = Mexican Cousin
|extra4 = Anastasio
|writer4 = {{hlist|Anastasio|Marshall}}
|length4 = 3:16
|title5 = Friday 
|extra5 = {{hlist|Anastasio|Gordon}}
|writer5 = {{hlist|Anastasio|Marshall|Herman}} 
|length5 = 6:31
|title6 = Seven Below 
|extra6 = {{hlist|Anastasio <small>(with [[Page McConnell]])</small>}}
|writer6 = {{hlist|Anastasio|Marshall}}
|length6 = 8:27
|title7 = Mock Song
|extra7 = Gordon
|writer7 = Gordon 
|length7 = 4:29
|title8 = 46 Days
|extra8 = Anastasio
|writer8 = {{hlist|Anastasio|Marshall}} 
|length8 = 6:15
|title9 = All of These Dreams
|extra9 = Anastasio
|writer9 = {{hlist|Anastasio|Marshall|Herman}} 
|length9 = 4:08
|title10 = Walls of the Cave 
|extra10 = Anastasio
|writer10 = {{hlist|Anastasio|Marshall}} 
|length10 = 9:59
|title11 = Thunderhead
|extra11 = Anastasio
|writer11 = {{hlist|Anastasio|Marshall}}
|length11 = 3:19
|title12 = Waves 
|extra12 = {{hlist|Anastasio <small>(with McConnell)</small>}}
|writer12 = {{hlist|Anastasio|Marshall|Herman}}
|length12 = 11:05
|total_length = 77:51
}}

==Personnel==
'''[[Phish]]'''
:[[Trey Anastasio]] – guitars, lead vocals
:[[Page McConnell]] – keyboards, backing vocals, co-lead vocals <small>(tracks 6, 12)</small>
:[[Mike Gordon]] – bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals <small>(tracks 3, 5, 7)</small>
:[[Jon Fishman]] – drums, backing vocals

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.phish.com Phish's official website]

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