Avant reunited with frequent collaborator Steve "Stone" Huff to work on the album, with additional production provided by Warryn Campbell.

[2] Its lead single "Read Your Mind" reached number 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

He wrote that "the same issues that weighed down Avant's previous two albums, rendering them good if uneven releases, continue to run unchecked for Private Room [...] So, once again, there's a handful of excellent contemporary R&B songs surrounded by too much material that's either decent or middling.

"[1] Vibe's Angie Romero found that while "Avant’s tenor may go down like a nice glass of Merlot, but his overall sound is less than intoxicating.

The nondescript midtempo backdrops stifle his vocal sensuality, while simplistic writing drags Private Room into the depths of banality.