The Glass Intact
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 Mud Records.[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."

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[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 tracks 1, 3, 4, and 5
  • Matt Allison - engineer, producer
  • Sarge - producer
  • Brendan Gamble - recording engineer on tracks 3, 5, and 9

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ankeny, Jason. "The Glass Intact". AllMusic. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  2. 1 2 Zacharek, Stephanie (June 1998). "Reviews". Spin. p. 135.
  3. ↑ The Glass Intact (Media notes). Sarge. Mud Records. MUD CD 028.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)



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