6/28/2023 0 Comments Glass House by Paul G. Day![]() Yet, if In A Glass House is one of Gentle Giant’s least accessible and most complex works, it also contains some of the best songwriting of their career. ![]() Based loosely on the adage “Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones,” it opens with the discordant sound of broken glass: a portent of the uncompromising contents to follow. Vowing to soldier on without him, the group decamped to London’s Advision Studios in July 1973 to work on a follow-up, their first for what would be a short-lived tenure with World Wide Artists.Īny worries that fans may have had about Phil’s loss were quickly assuaged by the resulting album. ![]() Tired of the constant bickering and the impact that a life on the road was having on his family life, Phil departed the group to resume his career as a teacher, leaving Gentle Giant as a quintet (with keyboardist Kerry Minnear, guitarist Gary Green and drummer John Weathers making up the remainder of the band). Based in Portsmouth, on the south coast of England, they’d begun their recording career with cult imprint Vertigo, producing a series of classic albums whose complex and beguiling brand of prog rock earned them a loyal fan base.Īn arduous tour to promote fourth album, Octopus, had been hampered by the increasingly fractious relationship that existed between sibling bandmates Derek (vocals and sax), Ray (bass), and Phil Shulman (sax). ![]() Gentle Giant’s fifth album, In A Glass House, proved to be a major turning point for the band. ![]()
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