The Glass Intact

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The Glass Intact
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Studio album by
Sarge
Released1998[1]
Length39:16[1]
LabelMud[1]
Sarge chronology
Charcoal
(1996) 		The Glass Intact
(1998) 		Distant
(2000)

The Glass Intact is the second album by the Champaign, Illinois band Sarge. It was released in 1998 on .[1]

The album was somewhat of a breakout hit, getting a feature-length review at Salon.com and the Village Voice, and causing the band to become a 1998 "Hot Band" in Rolling Stone as well as being one of Spin Magazine's "98 for '98."[citation needed]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[1]
Spin(8/10)[2]

Jason Ankeny of AllMusic declared the album to be "a kind of apotheosis of '90s-era girl-punk", finding the album combined the "emotional intensity of Sleater-Kinney, the melodic aggression of Team Dresch, and the sheer exuberance of Cub, yet their best trick of all is that they sound like an absolute original."[1] Ankeny noted that Elizabeth Elmore "a gifted composer, an acute lyricist, and a nakedly honest vocalist", concluding that the album "is at heart a rock & roll album in the classic sense: cathartic, impassioned, and vividly alive."[1] Stephanie Zacharek of Spin also noted the albums debt to riot grrl music with its "explosive emotional intensity", finding the album "nervy, hopelessly seductive and hell-bent for trouble and heartache, The Glass Intact peers at the world through a very dark lens - but the sun, with its menace and warmth is never far from view.[2]

Track listing[]

  1. Stall
  2. A Torch
  3. Beguiling
  4. Charms and Feigns
  5. Homewrecker
  6. Half as Far
  7. I Took You Driving
  8. Fast Girls
  9. The First Morning
  10. Put in the Reel
  11. To Keep You Trained

Credits[]

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[3]

  • Elizabeth Elmore - guitars, vocals, piano
  • Rachel Switzky - bass
  • Chad Romanski - drums
  • Pat Cramer - additional guitars on track s1, 3, 4, and 5
  • Matt Allison - engineer, producer
  • Sarge - producer
  • Brendan Gamble - recording engineer on tracks 3, 5, and 9.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Ankeny, Jason. "The Glass Intact". AllMusic. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Zacharek, Stephanie (June 1998). "Reviews". Spin. p. 135.
  3. ^ The Glass Intact (Media notes). Sarge. . MUD CD 028.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)



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