Round Room

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

Round Room is unique, however, in that the final tracks were taken from the band's unedited rehearsal sessions at 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.

"[5] Though largely positive, the review criticizes Anastasio's singing and the "Phishspeak" quality of the lyrics.

[6] 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.