The Inconsolable Secret

2005 studio album by Glass Hammer

Studio album by

Glass Hammer

Released

July 12, 2005

Genre

Progressive rock, symphonic rock

Length

98:50 (original version)
168:12 (with 2013 third disc)^[1]

Label

Arion 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.	Title	Length
1.	"A Maker of Crowns"	15:21
2.	"The Knight of the North"	24:39

Disc Two
No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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

Glass Hammer

Walter Moore – lead vocals^[2]
Susie Bogdanowicz – lead vocals
Fred Schendel – keyboards, electric and steel guitars, vocals
Steve Babb – keyboards, bass, vocals

Additional musicians

Matt Mendians – drums
Sarah Snyder – vocals
Flo Paris – vocals on “Long and Long Ago” and “Having Caught a Glimpse”
Eric Parker – acoustic guitar
The Adonia String Trio
- Rebecca James – violin
- Susan Hawkins-Whitacre – viola
- Rachel Hackenberger – cello
Bethany Warren – backing vocals and choir
Stephanie Rumpza – recorder and choir
Haley McGuire, Summer Hullender, Elimy Hammett and Natalie Pittman – choir
Tom Hammett – vocals
Laura Lindstrom – vocals on “Morrigan's Song”
David Carter – lead guitar on "Long and Long Ago"

Production

Fred Schendel and Steve Babb – production
Bob Katz – mastering
Roger Dean – cover art

New personnel in 2013 re-issue

Jon Davison – lead vocals on "Long and Long Ago" and "The Morning She Woke"
Kamran Alan Shikoh – electric and classical guitars on "The Morning She Woke" and "The Knight of the North"
Johnny Bruhns – electric guitar on "Long And Long Ago"
David Wallimann – electric guitar on "Having Caught A Glimpse"
Donna Curry – flute on "Long And Long Ago" and "Having Caught A Glimpse"
Kelly Luther Stultz – alto choir
Josh Greene – baritone choir

References

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