The Inconsolable Secret

Don Cassidy- Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio
"The Inconsolable Secret is an instant modern progressive rock classic! This is progressive rock the way it should be!"

Product Description
America’s greatest progressive rock band is back with a jaw-dropping Double Album of epic proportions. A package that literally redefines the entire concept of "epic."

GH is back with the beautiful pipe organs, the melodic Moogs and Mellotrons. Back with a huge, fantastically intriguing story that even tops the one told on their masterpiece album, Lex Rex. Back with a full orchestra and amazing choir. Back with the classic GH line-up, including Matt Mendians on drums, Susie Bogdanowicz and Walter Moore on vocals, and prog-rock icons Steve Babb and Fred Schendel on … well, practically everything else!

This double-album digipak set contains 13 stunning new pieces of Glass Hammer music. In addition, Disc One is an enhanced CD containing a behind-the-scenes video of the band recording the new album, as well as The Inconsolable Secret lyrics in beautifully designed high-resolution PDF format, and a high-quality digital version of Roger Dean's gorgeous cover art painting. The enhanced CD also features The Lay of Lirazel, and epic poem by Steve Babb upon which The Inconsolable Secret is based.

Fans of Glass Hammer’s Lex Rex and Shadowlands will not be disappointed.

The Inconsolable Secret

The Inconsolable Secret,Glass Hammer,Sound Resources / Arion Records,America's number one prog band is know for its keyboard-driven, symphonic-progressive rock in the style of the seventies prog-giants.,Rock

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The Inconsolable Secret

Average customer rating: Great vintage prog-rock Extraordinary Glass Hammer - Epic Symphonic Progressive Rock Glass Hammer is a well guarded secret. Things to know when buying this recording

The Inconsolable Secret Glass Hammer Manufacturer: Sound Resources / Arion Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Shadowlands ? Second Life Syndrome A Place in the Queue Paradox Hotel ASIN: B000A0W684 Release Date: 2005-07-12

Tracks:

1. A Maker Of Crowns
2. The Knight Of The North

Tracks:

1. Long And Long Ago
2. The Morning She Woke
3. Lirazel
4. The High Place
5. Morrigan's Song
6. Walking Toward Doom
7. Mog Ruith
8. Through A Glass Darkly
9. The Lady Waits
10. The Mirror Cracks
11. Having Caught A Glimpse

Product Description

America’s greatest progressive rock band is back with a jaw-dropping Double Album of epic proportions. A package that literally redefines the entire concept of “epic.” GH is back with the beautiful pipe organs, the melodic Moogs and Mellotrons. Back with a huge, fantastically intriguing story that even tops the one told on their masterpiece album, Lex Rex. Back with a full orchestra and amazing choir. Back with the classic GH line-up, including Matt Mendians on drums, Susie Bogdanowicz and Walter Moore on vocals, and prog-rock icons Steve Babb and Fred Schendel on … well, practically everything else! This double-album digipak set contains 13 stunning new pieces of Glass Hammer music. In addition, Disc One is an enhanced CD containing a behind-the-scenes video of the band recording the new album, as well as The Inconsolable Secret lyrics in beautifully designed high-resolution PDF format, and a high-quality digital version of Roger Dean's gorgeous cover art painting. The enhanced CD also features The Lay of Lirazel, and epic poem by Steve Babb upon which The Inconsolable Secret is based. Fans of Glass Hammer’s Lex Rex and Shadowlands will not be disappointed.

Customer Reviews:

Great vintage prog-rock.......2007-05-24

This CD is uncompromizingly progressive to boot. Very well done, with all the anachronisms you'd expect from a prog album, yet fresh and original nonetheless. These guys are just out to make great music, they have no worry in the world about sounding commercial, and that kind of attitude deserves applause. Having said that, the music itself is as rich and complex as anything Yes and Genesis has ever done, with production that just shines. Beautiful melodies and chord progressions abound, mind-boggling solos and time-defying meters elevate this work to progressive Olympus.

Extraordinary.......2007-05-22

Glass Hammer's "The Inconsolable Secret" is an amazing work. I finally picked this up a couple of weeks ago and am very excited about this music.
The pieces are filled with beautiful melodies around wonderful arrangements. The orchestration in each song is perfect. The production superb. The Roger Dean artwork is just an added bonus that adds to your overall experience. Over 90 minutes of music on 2 CD's and I never tire of it. With that much music there is bound to be something you might skip over. Not so with this album. It is all excellent.

To those not familiar with this band: If you enjoy the likes of YES, ELP, Kansas, and a touch or two of old school Genesis, then I highly recommend Glass Hammer. Check out "Chronometree", "Lex Rex", and "Live at NEARFest" as well. You'll be in for a treat!

Glass Hammer - Epic Symphonic Progressive Rock.......2007-04-20

Glass Hammer come back with a double album chock full of grandiose music. This album is all knights, ladies, sword and sorcery stuff. For some this will be way too cheesy, for others it will be a great epic tale. For me it is somewhere in the middle. Fans of symphonic progressive rock should eat this two disc set up. It is divided into two sections with disc one entitled "The Knights" and disc two "The Lady". Disc two is probably the most symphonic work the band has done to date, shifting through many moods and sections. Some of it is loud and bombastic, but much of the disc is quiet and almost ambient in spots. As usual with Glass Hammer the whole thing is very keyboard heavy. Fred Schendel is a monster, propelling the music in sweeping keyboard textures. The vocals on disc one are mostly from Walter Moore, which for me is a good thing. Disc two features the female lead vocals of Susie Bogdanowicz. At times the music and vocals almost remind me of Renaissance on the second disc. Overall I think this is one of Glass Hammer's best releases and is sure to please fans of symphonic retro progressive rock.

Glass Hammer is a well guarded secret........2007-01-11

I first heard them 3 months ago. I asked the keyboard guy where they'd been.
He said right here in Chattanooga. I am impressed with this band. They have
great moments. They do have flavors, of Yes, Kansas, and Emerson, Lake, and Palmer.
Great keyboard work. They bass man and keyboard man flow well together. BUt
they should, they've been together since the beginning of the band's formation.
THis is the only album of their's that I own. I will buy some of their other
ones periodically. This album has great moments, some brilliant melodic lines,
great keyboard work. THe vocals are good but lack the power of a Kansas, or
Yes. I first heard them live, and thought the mix was mediocre. But they
deserive a buy and a listen.

Things to know when buying this recording.......2006-10-03

If it's symphonic prog you are after, The Inconsolable Secret is a positively phenomenal album, a top contender for Best Prog Album of the Year (2005), in my opinion. It is, quite simply, the most beautifully immersive, most creative, phenomenal work of artistic brilliance that I've ever experienced. It also exhibits new Roger Dean artwork, a bluish formation of shaped boulders amidst a starry-night landscape.

Here's what comes with the CD: First off, it's a 2-disc set. Disc 1, titled "The Knight", has two songs on it, totalling about 39 minutes. The second disc, titled "The Lady", is a collection of songs that all run together. Disc 1 is also an Enhanced CD, which contains a few different goodies: a very-high-resolution jpeg image of Roger Dean's painting on the cover, a .pdf document containing all the lyrics in a four-color layout using a fancy Roger-Dean-ish font for all the titles and a very long .pdf document that contains Steve Babb's epic-length poem, "The Lay Of Lirazel", which is actually misspelled in the filename as "Lizarel". There's always some last-minute edits that escape the naked eye.

The other thing one should know is that this item comes as a DIGIPAK. That's when the outer cover and folds are made of cardboard and the artwork is printed directly onto it. This wasn't going to stop me from buying it, but I just thought you should know, just in case you hate digipaks.

I hope this review was informative for you in your decision to buy/not buy.

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