Glad All Over (The Wallflowers album)

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Glad All Over
An outline of the members of the Wallflowers standing side-by-side on a white background with a city skyline in the shape of their bodies
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 9, 2012 (2012-10-09)
RecordedJanuary 20 – February 20, 2012 at Easy Eye Studio
GenreAlternative rock
Length36:26
LabelColumbia
ProducerJay Joyce
The Wallflowers chronology
Collected: 1996–2005
(2009)
Glad All Over
(2012)
Exit Wounds
(2021)
Singles from Glad All Over
  1. "Reboot the Mission"
    Released: July 24, 2012[1]
  2. "Love Is a Country"
    Released: October 1, 2012

Glad All Over is the sixth studio album for Californian alternative rock band The Wallflowers. It was released in October 2012 by Columbia Records, and charted at #48.

The band revealed the title of the album on July 12, 2012, and they released their first single, "Reboot the Mission" for free on July 24, 2012.[1]

On October 1, 2012, it was announced on the band's website that "Love Is a Country" would be the second single.[2]

Reception[edit]

The album received a score of 73 out of 100 from Metacritic, indicating generally positive reviews. In a positive review, AllMusic wrote that "The Wallflowers don't abandon their identity as rock & roll classicists, they just now feel the freedom to mess around, and they've come up with one of their loosest, liveliest records that not-so-coincidentally is one of their best."

Nine years after the release of the record, Jakob Dylan told Uproxx that "it was a contentious record to make" and that tensions within the band led to it being a "disjointed" album. "Simply put, I don’t think the band was getting together that great when we got back together. So, you can hear it in the record," he said.[3]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Consequence of Sound[8]
PopMatters[9]

Track listing[edit]

All lyrics are written by Jakob Dylan; all music is composed by The Wallflowers

No.TitleLength
1."Hospital for Sinners"3:05
2."Misfits and Lovers"3:25
3."First One in the Car"4:21
4."Reboot the Mission"3:32
5."It's a Dream"3:15
6."Love Is a Country"3:54
7."Have Mercy on Him Now"3:21
8."The Devil's Waltz"3:06
9."It Won't Be Long (Till We're Not Wrong Anymore)"3:38
10."Constellation Blues"4:21
11."One Set of Wings"3:28
12."Whole Wide World" (Wreckless Eric cover. Japan Bonus Track, wrongly listed as "Whole Live World")3:20

Personnel[edit]

The Wallflowers

Additional musician

  • Mick Jones – guitar, backing vocals on "Misfits and Lovers" and "Reboot the Mission"
  • Jay Joyce – guitar, backing vocals, percussion, production

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "The Wallflowers Release". thewallflowers.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  2. ^ "Love is a Country Release". thewallflowers.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
  3. ^ Hyden, Steve. "Jakob Dylan Reviews Every Album By The Wallflowers". Uproxx.
  4. ^ "Glad All Over Rating". Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  5. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Glad All Over – The Wallflowers". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  6. ^ Rahman, Ray (2012-10-01). "Music Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  7. ^ Jody Rosen (2012-10-02). "Glad All Over | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
  8. ^ "Album Review: The Wallflowers – Glad All Over". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
  9. ^ "The Wallflowers: Glad All Over". PopMatters. October 18, 2012.