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| released = August 1, 2000 | released = August 1, 2000
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| producer = | producer =
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'''''The Glands''''' is an album by the American band ], released on August 1, 2000.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Newman |first1=Melinda |title=Capricorn Rising |magazine=Billboard |date=July 22, 2000 |volume=112 |issue=30 |page=12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Downs |first1=Gene |title=Make a Visit to the Promised Glands |work=Savannah Morning News |date=August 11, 2000 |page=5D}}</ref> The band supported the album with a North American tour.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Korbelik |first1=Jeff |title=The Glands make waves on indie rock scene |work=Lincoln Journal Star |date=September 8, 2000 |department=Ground Zero |page=18}}</ref> '''''The Glands''''' is an album by the American band ], released on August 1, 2000.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Newman |first1=Melinda |title=Capricorn Rising |magazine=Billboard |date=July 22, 2000 |volume=112 |issue=30 |page=12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Downs |first1=Gene |title=Make a Visit to the Promised Glands |work=Savannah Morning News |date=August 11, 2000 |page=5D}}</ref> The band supported the album with a North American tour.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Korbelik |first1=Jeff |title=The Glands make waves on indie rock scene |work=Lincoln Journal Star |date=September 8, 2000 |department=Ground Zero |page=18}}</ref> Its commercial prospects were damaged by the closure of the band's label, ], months after the album's release.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gotrich |first1=Lars |title=Songs We Love: The Glands, 'Straight Down' |work=All Songs Considered |agency=NPR |date=March 31, 2016}}</ref> It was reissued in 2001 by ]'s subsequent label, Velocette Records.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Newman |first1=Melinda |title=Is That a Zodiac Sign? |magazine=Billboard |date=April 21, 2001 |volume=113 |issue=16 |page=10}}</ref>


==Production== ==Production==
Frontman Ross Shapiro was chiefly inspired by pop music from the 1970s.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bumgardner |first1=Ed |title=Glandular Fever |work=Winston-Salem Journal |date=August 18, 2000 |page=E1}}</ref> He double tracked his vocals for the harmonies.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pick Hit |work=The Sunday Oregonian |date=September 3, 2000 |page=E7}}</ref> The majority of the album was produced by the band.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Waggoner |first1=Eric |title=Secrete Admirer |work=Westword |date=November 22, 2001 |department=Music}}</ref> Frontman Ross Shapiro was inspired primarily by pop music from the 1970s.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bumgardner |first1=Ed |title=Glandular Fever |work=Winston-Salem Journal |date=August 18, 2000 |page=E1}}</ref> He double tracked his vocals for the harmonies.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pick Hit |work=The Sunday Oregonian |date=September 3, 2000 |page=E7}}</ref> Many of the songs are marked by the absence of the irony found in much of the indie rock of the 1990s and are about youth and young adulthood, with lyrics that take the form of internal monologues; other songs deal with the problems of adulthood.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Waggoner |first1=Eric |title=The Glands |work=Phoenix New Times |date=August 31, 2000 |department=Music News}}</ref><ref name=AC/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Weisbard |first1=Eric |title=The long haul |work=The Village Voice |volume=45 |issue=49 |date=December 12, 2000 |page=166}}</ref> "I Can See My House from Here" originally contained a sample of ]' "]", but it was removed when the band was unable to obtain a copyright clearance.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Seigel |first1=Stephen |title=Glandular Disorder |work=Tucson Weekly |date=November 8, 2001 |department=Music}}</ref>


==Critical reception== ==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings {{Music ratings
|rev2 = '']'' |rev1 = ]
|rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="DM">{{cite news |last1=Munson |first1=Kyle |title=The Glands secrete sweet sounds |work=Des Moines Register |date=September 7, 2000 |page=DB10}}</ref> |rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web |title=The Glands Review by Tim Sendra |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-glands-mw0000063176 |website=AllMusic |access-date=January 6, 2025}}</ref>
|rev3 = '']'' |rev2 = '']''
|rev3score = {{rating|2|4}}<ref name="AC">{{cite news |last1=Hickey |first1=Brian |title=Short Takes |work=The Press of Atlantic City |date=September 1, 2000 |department=At the Shore |page=34}}</ref> |rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="TAC">{{cite news |last1=Bertin |first1=Michael |title=The Glands |work=The Austin Chronicle |date=March 2, 2001 |department=Music}}</ref>
|rev4 = '']'' |rev3 = '']''
|rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine |last1=Wolk |first1=Douglas |title=The Glands |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=November 9, 2000 |issue=853 |page=130}}</ref> |rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="DM">{{cite news |last1=Munson |first1=Kyle |title=The Glands secrete sweet sounds |work=Des Moines Register |date=September 7, 2000 |page=DB10}}</ref>
|rev5 = '']'' |rev4 = '']''
|rev4score = 8.7/10<ref name="PI">{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Paul |title=The Glands The Glands |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-glands-i-can-see-my-house-from-here/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=January 6, 2025 |date=November 15, 2018}}</ref>
⚫ |rev5score = {{rating|3|4}}<ref name=TT/>
|rev5 = '']''
|rev5score = {{rating|2|4}}<ref name="AC">{{cite news |last1=Hickey |first1=Brian |title=Short Takes |work=The Press of Atlantic City |date=September 1, 2000 |department=At the Shore |page=34}}</ref>
|rev6 = '']''
|rev6score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine |last1=Wolk |first1=Douglas |title=The Glands |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=November 9, 2000 |issue=853 |page=130}}</ref>
|rev7 = '']''
|rev7score = 9/10<ref name="SP">{{cite magazine |last1=Tortorello |first1=Michael |title=Jump Cuts |magazine=Spin |date=August 2000 |volume=16 |issue=8 |page=157}}</ref>
|rev8 = '']''
⚫ |rev8score = {{rating|3|4}}<ref name=TT/>
}} }}
'']'' stated that "the guitar sounds on ''The Glands'' are unconventional and unpredictable, with cool clean tones, snotty lead sounds, and beautifully trashy power chords."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Blackett |first1=Matt |title=The Glands |magazine=Guitar Player |date=August 2000 |volume=34 |issue=8 |page=106}}</ref> The '']'' noted that "Shapiro's voice is the plaintive, high-pitched whine you'd expect from an indie rock band, but it's endearing in the vein of, say, ] from ]."<ref name=DM/> '']'' said that "Shapiro emotes like a slacker, vintage 1992, while his mates bend and rip chords ('Livin' Was Easy'), tap keyboards ('Breathe Out') or lay on the Beach Boy harmonies ('When I Laugh')."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Amorim |first1=Kevin |title=New Sounds |work=Newsday |date=September 21, 2000 |page=C7}}</ref> '']'' stated that "the guitar sounds on ''The Glands'' are unconventional and unpredictable, with cool clean tones, snotty lead sounds, and beautifully trashy power chords."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Blackett |first1=Matt |title=The Glands |magazine=Guitar Player |date=August 2000 |volume=34 |issue=8 |page=106}}</ref> The '']'' noted that "Shapiro's voice is the plaintive, high-pitched whine you'd expect from an indie rock band, but it's endearing in the vein of, say, ] from ]."<ref name=DM/> '']'' said that "Shapiro emotes like a slacker, vintage 1992, while his mates bend and rip chords ('Livin' Was Easy'), tap keyboards ('Breathe Out') or lay on the Beach Boy harmonies ('When I Laugh')."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Amorim |first1=Kevin |title=New Sounds |work=Newsday |date=September 21, 2000 |page=C7}}</ref>


'']'' praised the "lyrics of unvarnished longing and regret laced with humor and a mixture of various music styles".<ref name=TT>{{cite news |title=Spin This |work=The Tampa Tribune |date=September 22, 2000 |department=Friday Extra! |page=15}}</ref> '']'' said that "the Glands amble through at the speed of hand-rolled cigarette smoke, pairing crackly guitar discord with gentle cellos and bell sounds for a sweet-and-sour effect."<ref name=RS/> '']'' called the album "memorable curveball pop."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wolff |first1=Carlo |title=The Gland The Glands |work=The Boston Globe |date=November 30, 2000 |department=Calendar |page=8}}</ref> '']'' considered it one of the best albums of 2000.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harrison |first1=Shane |title=From OutKast to Johnny Cash to 'Kid A' |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=December 10, 2000 |page=L4}}</ref> '']'' praised the "lyrics of unvarnished longing and regret laced with humor and a mixture of various music styles".<ref name=TT>{{cite news |title=Spin This |work=The Tampa Tribune |date=September 22, 2000 |department=Friday Extra! |page=15}}</ref> '']'' said that "the Glands amble through at the speed of hand-rolled cigarette smoke, pairing crackly guitar discord with gentle cellos and bell sounds for a sweet-and-sour effect."<ref name=RS/> '']'' called the album "memorable curveball pop."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wolff |first1=Carlo |title=The Gland The Glands |work=The Boston Globe |date=November 30, 2000 |department=Calendar |page=8}}</ref> '']'' and the '']'' considered it one of the best albums of 2000.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harrison |first1=Shane |title=From OutKast to Johnny Cash to 'Kid A' |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=December 10, 2000 |page=L4}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Wener |first1=Ben |title=A sensationally shallow year 2000 was dominated by teen-pop, recycled rap and bad metal—with scant relief in sight |work=Orange County Register |date=December 31, 2000 |department=Show |page=6}}</ref> '']'' called it "an indie-rock masterpiece of ... creepy beauty".<ref name=SP/>

In 2018, '']'' labeled ''The Glands'' "a fractured pop dynamo, one sun-dappled aw-shucks anthem after another, strung together with yarn and masking tape."<ref name=PI/>


==Track listing== ==Track listing==
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2000 studio album by the Glands
The Glands
Studio album by the Glands
ReleasedAugust 1, 2000
GenreIndie rock, pop
LabelCapricorn
The Glands chronology
Double Thriller
(1996) 		The Glands
(2000) 		Double Coda
(2018)

The Glands is an album by the American band the Glands, released on August 1, 2000. The band supported the album with a North American tour. Its commercial prospects were damaged by the closure of the band's label, Capricorn Records, months after the album's release. It was reissued in 2001 by Phil Walden's subsequent label, Velocette Records.

Production

The majority of the album was produced by the band. Frontman Ross Shapiro was inspired primarily by pop music from the 1970s. He double tracked his vocals for the harmonies. Many of the songs are marked by the absence of the irony found in much of the indie rock of the 1990s and are about youth and young adulthood, with lyrics that take the form of internal monologues; other songs deal with the problems of adulthood. "I Can See My House from Here" originally contained a sample of the Four Seasons' "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)", but it was removed when the band was unable to obtain a copyright clearance.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The Austin Chronicle
Des Moines Register
Pitchfork8.7/10
The Press of Atlantic City
Rolling Stone
Spin9/10
The Tampa Tribune

Guitar Player stated that "the guitar sounds on The Glands are unconventional and unpredictable, with cool clean tones, snotty lead sounds, and beautifully trashy power chords." The Des Moines Register noted that "Shapiro's voice is the plaintive, high-pitched whine you'd expect from an indie rock band, but it's endearing in the vein of, say, Wayne Coyne from the Flaming Lips." Newsday said that "Shapiro emotes like a slacker, vintage 1992, while his mates bend and rip chords ('Livin' Was Easy'), tap keyboards ('Breathe Out') or lay on the Beach Boy harmonies ('When I Laugh')."

The Tampa Tribune praised the "lyrics of unvarnished longing and regret laced with humor and a mixture of various music styles". Rolling Stone said that "the Glands amble through at the speed of hand-rolled cigarette smoke, pairing crackly guitar discord with gentle cellos and bell sounds for a sweet-and-sour effect." The Boston Globe called the album "memorable curveball pop." The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Orange County Register considered it one of the best albums of 2000. Spin called it "an indie-rock masterpiece of ... creepy beauty".

In 2018, Pitchfork labeled The Glands "a fractured pop dynamo, one sun-dappled aw-shucks anthem after another, strung together with yarn and masking tape."

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Livin' Was Easy" 
2."When I Laugh" 
3."Swim – Prelude" 
4."Swim" 
5."Mayflower" 
6."Lovetown" 
7."Straight Down" 
8."I Can See My House from Here" 
9."Fortress" 
10."Work It Out" 
11."Soul Inspiration" 
12."Ground" 
13."Favorite American" 
14."Breathe Out" 

References

  1. Newman, Melinda (July 22, 2000). "Capricorn Rising". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 30. p. 12.
  2. Downs, Gene (August 11, 2000). "Make a Visit to the Promised Glands". Savannah Morning News. p. 5D.
  3. Korbelik, Jeff (September 8, 2000). "The Glands make waves on indie rock scene". Ground Zero. Lincoln Journal Star. p. 18.
  4. Gotrich, Lars (March 31, 2016). "Songs We Love: The Glands, 'Straight Down'". All Songs Considered. NPR.
  5. Newman, Melinda (April 21, 2001). "Is That a Zodiac Sign?". Billboard. Vol. 113, no. 16. p. 10.
  6. Waggoner, Eric (November 22, 2001). "Secrete Admirer". Music. Westword.
  7. Bumgardner, Ed (August 18, 2000). "Glandular Fever". Winston-Salem Journal. p. E1.
  8. "Pick Hit". The Sunday Oregonian. September 3, 2000. p. E7.
  9. Waggoner, Eric (August 31, 2000). "The Glands". Music News. Phoenix New Times.
  10. ^ Hickey, Brian (September 1, 2000). "Short Takes". At the Shore. The Press of Atlantic City. p. 34.
  11. Weisbard, Eric (December 12, 2000). "The long haul". The Village Voice. Vol. 45, no. 49. p. 166.
  12. Seigel, Stephen (November 8, 2001). "Glandular Disorder". Music. Tucson Weekly.
  13. "The Glands Review by Tim Sendra". AllMusic. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  14. Bertin, Michael (March 2, 2001). "The Glands". Music. The Austin Chronicle.
  15. ^ Munson, Kyle (September 7, 2000). "The Glands secrete sweet sounds". Des Moines Register. p. DB10.
  16. ^ Thompson, Paul (November 15, 2018). "The Glands The Glands". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  17. ^ Wolk, Douglas (November 9, 2000). "The Glands". Rolling Stone. No. 853. p. 130.
  18. ^ Tortorello, Michael (August 2000). "Jump Cuts". Spin. Vol. 16, no. 8. p. 157.
  19. ^ "Spin This". Friday Extra!. The Tampa Tribune. September 22, 2000. p. 15.
  20. Blackett, Matt (August 2000). "The Glands". Guitar Player. Vol. 34, no. 8. p. 106.
  21. Amorim, Kevin (September 21, 2000). "New Sounds". Newsday. p. C7.
  22. Wolff, Carlo (November 30, 2000). "The Gland The Glands". Calendar. The Boston Globe. p. 8.
  23. Harrison, Shane (December 10, 2000). "From OutKast to Johnny Cash to 'Kid A'". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. p. L4.
  24. Wener, Ben (December 31, 2000). "A sensationally shallow year 2000 was dominated by teen-pop, recycled rap and bad metal—with scant relief in sight". Show. Orange County Register. p. 6.
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