Glad All Over (The Wallflowers album)

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
The Wallflowers
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 American alternative rock band The Wallflowers. It was released in October 2012 by Columbia Records, and charted at No. 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

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

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

The Wallflowers

Additional musician

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

Charts

Chart performance for Glad All Over
Chart (2012) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[10] 48
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[11] 17
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[12] 19

Singles

Single Chart (2012) Peak
position
"Reboot the Mission"
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[13] 2
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[14] 43

References

  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.
  10. ^ "The Wallflowers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  11. ^ "The Wallflowers Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  12. ^ "The Wallflowers Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  13. ^ "The Wallflowers Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  14. ^ "The Wallflowers Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 29, 2024.