The Inconsolable Secret

The Inconsolable Secret
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 12, 2005
GenreProgressive rock, symphonic rock
Length98:50 (original version)
168:12 (with 2013 third disc)[1]
LabelArion Records/Sound Resources
Glass Hammer chronology
Shadowlands
(2004)
The Inconsolable Secret
(2005)
Culture of Ascent
(2007)

The Inconsolable Secret is the eighth studio album by American progressive rock band Glass Hammer, released on July 12, 2005, by Arion Records/Sound Resources.

It is the last album with singer Walter Moore as band member (though he would continue to collaborate with the band, including on 2014's Ode to Echo), and also the first without band leader Fred Schendel acting as drummer.

A special edition of the album was released on June 25, 2013, with an additional third disc featuring five songs entirely re-recorded by the band, with new members Jon Davison and Kamran Alan Shikoh on vocals and guitar respectively.[2] The name "inconsolable secret" comes from C.S. Lewis's sermon, The Weight of Glory.[3]

Track listing

Disc One
No.TitleLength
1."A Maker of Crowns"15:21
2."The Knight of the North"24:39
Disc Two
No.TitleLength
1."Long and Long Ago"10:23
2."The Morning She Woke"5:36
3."Lirazel"4:30
4."The High Place"3:33
5."Morrigan's Song"2:23
6."Walking Toward Doom"2:06
7."Mog Ruith"2:03
8."Through a Glass Darkly"6:55
9."The Lady Waits"5:26
10."The Mirror Cracks"2:12
11."Having Caught a Glimpse"13:23
Disc Three (2013 re-issue)
No.TitleLength
1."Long and Long Ago"10:23
2."The Morning She Woke"5:36
3."A Maker of Crowns"15:21
4."The Knight of the North"24:39
5."Having Caught a Glimpse"13:23

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Image indicating the length of the songs".
  2. ^ a b "official page for the album". Glass Hammer website. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  3. ^ C.S. Lewis The Weight of Glory (New York: Macmillan and Co., 1966), pp. 4-5.