To commemorate the 35th Anniversary of Gentle Giant's debut release, DRT Entertainment is releasing special editions of select Gentle Giant Albums. These 35th anniversary editions are digitally remastered with new packaging elements and previously unreleased bonus live tracks. Acquiring the series will undoubtedly be a necessity for the massive Gentle Giant community that has remained active for (3) decades. "In A Glass House" (recorded in 1973) was never released in the U.S.. Easily one of the group's most pleasing records, it's a complex and dynamic listen that yields truly amazing Gentle Giant songs that make it a must-have for all the fans that literally have been searching decades to find a copy. 2005.
Titles:
1. Runaway
2. Inmates Lullaby
3. Way Of Life
4. Experience
5. Reunion
6. In A Glass House
7. Runaway/Experience
8. In A Glass House
Review by Bruce Eder
Precisely why this album, recorded in 1973, has never been released in the United States is one of those minor mysteries of the pop music business. The group was reduced to a quintet here with the departure of elder brother Phil Shulman, but its sound is unchanged, and the group may actually be tighter without the presence of his saxophones. The time signatures are still really strange, and the tempo changes are sometimes jarring, as is the wide range of dynamics, but this is also one of the group's most pleasing records — they rock out in various places, and elsewhere perform all kinds of little experiments with percussion instruments ("An Inmate's Lullaby"), or create a strange, otherworldly sort of modern medieval-style music ("Way of Life"). None of it except possibly "A Reunion" is light listening, but the challenge does yield some rewarding sounds.
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