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'''Artist:''' [[Gentle Giant]]
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{{Infobox album
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| Name = In a Glass House
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| Type = Album
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| Artist = [[Gentle Giant]]
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| Cover = In_a_Glass_House.jpg
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| Released = September 14 or 21, 1973
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| Recorded = July 1973, Advision Studios, London
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| Genre = [[Progressive rock]], [[experimental rock]], [[art rock]]
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| Length = 38:08
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| Label = [[Vertigo Records|Vertigo/WWA]]
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| Producer = [[Gentle Giant]], Gary Martin
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| Review =
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*Allmusic {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/in-a-glass-house-mw0000116818 |title=In a Glass House - Gentle Giant | AllMusic |first=Bruce |last=Eder |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=3 September 2011}}</ref>
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*Hippyland {{rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hippy.com/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=405 |title=Gentle Giant: In a Glass House (1973) - Hip Music Reviews - Hippyland |first=Ben |last=Miller |work=hippy.com |year=2011 |accessdate=26 June 2011}}</ref>
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*Sputnikmusic {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=5552 |title=Gentle Giant - In a Glass House User Opinions - sputnikmusic |first= |last= |work=sputnikmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=26 June 2011}}</ref>
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| Last album = ''[[Octopus (Gentle Giant album)|Octopus]]''<br />(1972)
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| This album = ''In a Glass House''<br />(1973)
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| Next album = ''[[The Power and the Glory (Gentle Giant album)|The Power and the Glory]]''<br />(1974)
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}}
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'''Date Released:''' September, 1973
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'''''In a Glass House''''' is an album by British [[progressive rock]] band [[Gentle Giant]], released in 1973.
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'''Label:''' Vertigo/WWA
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One of Gentle Giant's most popular albums (although the band themselves were not happy with it at the time, being made under pressure of Phil Shulman's departure),<ref>Nick Logan & Bob Woffinden, ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock (New Musical Express)'', 2nd ed., Salamander Books-Harmony Books NY-London, 1977, p.92</ref> it was available in North America only as a rare<ref>''The Rolling Stone Record Guide'' (first edition, 1979, p. 147) does not list the LP among nine Gentle Giant albums up to ''Giant for a Day''. Also absent from the list are the first self-titled LP, and the compilation albums ''Giant Steps'' and ''Pretentious''.</ref> import – both LP and CD – until 2004 when a digitally remastered CD was released. This was because their US label [[Columbia Records]] rejected the album as uncommercial. As a result Columbia dropped the band from the label which contractually allowed the band to take ownership of the original master recording and all rights to it. This cleared the way for the first "official" release of the title in the United States on compact disc on the band's own Alucard label. It is the first Gentle Giant album after the departure of [[Phil Shulman]].
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'''Produced By:''' Gentle Giant
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The 2004 release had two live recordings from the tour as bonus tracks. The album was reissued in 2005 and distributed by [[Derek Shulman]]'s DRT label with 1 bonus live track as part of the 35th Anniversary reissue series of the band's back catalogue. In 2009 "In a Glass House" became available for the first time as a digital download with bonus live recordings (these recordings differed from the original 2004 and 2005 release of the album) remastered by Fred Kervorkian under the supervision of [[Ray Shulman]]. ''In a Glass House'' received a physical release on CD as part of a 40th Anniversary series of reissues this time without any bonus tracks with plans to release vinyl versions of all the band's albums from ''In a Glass House'' through ''Giant for a Day'' in late 2010.<ref>[http://www.dvdivas.net/INDEX-PROGRESSIVELAND.html "Progressiveland" interview with Derek Shulman] by Wayne Klein, 17 February 2010</ref>
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'''Tracklisting:'''
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The album is allegedly based around the concept that "people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones".<ref>[http://www.blazemonger.com/GG/albums/in.a.glass.house.html ''In A Glass House'' (1973) - Gentle Giant web site]</ref> The record begins and ends with the sound of breaking glass.
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# [[The Runaway, Gentle Giant|The Runaway]] (7:16)
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# [[An Inmate's Lullaby, Gentle Giant|An Inmate's Lullaby]] (4:40)
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# [[Way Of Life, Gentle Giant|Way Of Life]] (8:04)
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# [[Experience (Song), Gentle Giant|Experience]] (7:50)
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# [[A Reunion, Gentle Giant|A Reunion]] (2:12)
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# [[In A Glass House (Song), Gentle Giant|In A Glass House]] (8:09)
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'''Review:'''
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The final track of the album is hidden. Following the song "In a Glass House", there is a delay then a brief recapitulation of every other track on the album.<ref>This is comparable to the hidden track "[[Her Majesty]]" on ''[[Abbey Road]]'', the 1969 album by [[The Beatles]].</ref> The album cover had a black and white lithograph of the group covered with clear plastic ("glass") on a die-cut.
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==Trivia==
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==Further Reading==
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==Track listing==
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(links to websites, additional reviews, fansites, books, periodicals or any additional information on the album)
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All songs written by Shulman, Shulman and Minnear, except where noted.
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[[category:Gentle Giant albums]]
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[[category:Vertigo albums]]
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{{Track listing
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| headline = Side one
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| title1 = The Runaway
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| length1 = 7:15
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| title2 = An Inmate's Lullaby
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| note2 = Minnear, R. Shulman
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| length2 = 4:39
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| title3 = Way of Life
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| length3 = 8:04
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}}
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{{Track listing
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| headline = Side two
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| title1 = Experience
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| length1 = 7:50
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| title2 = A Reunion
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| note2 = Minnear, R. Shulman
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| length2 = 2:11
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| title3 = In a Glass House
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| note3 = Minnear, R. Shulman
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| length3 = 8:09
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}}
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{{Track listing
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| headline = Bonus tracks on remastered CD
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| title7 = The Runaway/Experience
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| note7 = Live 23 September 1976 at the Philipshalle in Düsseldorf, West Germany
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| length7 = 10:01
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| title8 = In a Glass House
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| note8 = Live 5 April 1974, at the Münsterlandhalle, Münster, West Germany
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| length8 = 9:49
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}}
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*35th anniversary disc only contains the "The Runaway/Experience" bonus track with a length of 9:43
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==Personnel==
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*[[Derek Shulman]] - lead vocals on tracks 1-4 and 6, alto saxophone (track 6), soprano saxophones (track 6), descant recorder (track 1)
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*[[Gary Green]] - 12 string acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 5, 6), 6 string electric guitar (tracks 3, 6), electric guitars (tracks 1, 4), steel guitar (track 6), mandolin (track 6), tambourine (track 6), treble recorder (track 3)
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*[[Kerry Minnear]] - Moog (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6), Hammond organ (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6), piano (tracks 1, 3, 4), electric piano (tracks 5, 6), Thomas Organ (tracks 3, 4), clavichord (track 4), celesta (track 2), glockenspiel (tracks 1, 2, 4), marimba (tracks 1, 2), vibraphone (track 2), tympani (track 2), cello (track 5), descant recorder (tracks 1, 3), lead vocals on tracks 1 and 3-6
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*[[Ray Shulman]] - bass (tracks 1, 3-6), acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 6), [[violin]] (tracks 3, 6), violins (track 5), electric violin (track 4), tambourine (track 4), backing vocals (tracks 1, 6)
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*[[John Weathers]] - drums (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6), bass drum (track 5), cowbell<ref>Gentle Giant's website (www.blazemonger.com/GG/)</ref> (track 6)
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==Production==
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*Arranged By Gentle Giant
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*Produced By Gentle Giant & Gary Martin
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*Recorded & Engineered By Gary Martin
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*Mixed By Dan Bornemark
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==CD releases==
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*[[Road Goes On Forever (label)|Road Goes On Forever]] RGF CD 1001, 1992?, no bonus tracks
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==References==
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{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Albums]]
[[Category:Albums]]
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[[category:1973 albums]]
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[[category:Gentle Giant albums]]