In a Glass House

The first five-piece record, rejected by Columbia and sold in North America only as an import for nearly twenty years.
Gentle Giant, 1973

Released
21 September 1973
Recorded
July 1973
Studio
Advision Studios, London
Label
WWA, Vertigo
Producer
Gentle Giant, Gary Martin
Length
38:08

Made in July 1973 at Advision, soon after Phil Shulman's departure, it was produced by the band with Gary Martin. Columbia judged it uncommercial and dropped Gentle Giant, so it had no American release until 1992. Derek Shulman remembered the period as a weird one and the recording as tortuous. The closing title track hides a short recap of the album, known as Index.

Track listing

  1. The Runaway7:15
  2. An Inmates Lullaby4:39
  3. Way of Life8:04
  4. Experience7:50
  5. A Reunion2:11
  6. In a Glass House8:09

More from Gentle Giant

Octopus (1972), The Power and the Glory (1974)

Sources

  1. In a Glass House, Wikipedia
  2. Derek Shulman interview by Jason Rubin, Gentle Giant Home Page (1991)