The Glass Intact

The Glass Intact
The Glass Intact
Studio album by Sarge
Released	1998
Length	39:16
Label	Mud
Sarge chronology

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."^{[citation needed]}

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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 edit

Stall
A Torch
Beguiling
Charms and Feigns
Homewrecker
Half as Far
I Took You Driving
Fast Girls
The First Morning
Put in the Reel
To Keep You Trained

Credits edit

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 edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Ankeny, Jason. "The Glass Intact". AllMusic. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Zacharek, Stephanie (June 1998). "Reviews". Spin. p. 135.
^ 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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[allmusic-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Ankeny, Jason. "The Glass Intact". AllMusic. Retrieved June 13, 2019.

[spin-2] Zacharek, Stephanie (June 1998). "Reviews". Spin. p. 135.

[sarge-liner-notes-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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