Glimmer
Studio album by
Kevin Salem
Released1996
GenreAlternative rock
LabelRoadrunner Records[1]
ProducerNiko Bolas
Kevin Salem chronology
Soma City
(1994)		 Glimmer
(1996)		 Ecstatic
(2001)

Glimmer is an album by the American alternative rock musician Kevin Salem, released in 1996.[2][3]

Salem supported the album by opening for the Connells on a North American tour.[4]

Production

The album was produced by Niko Bolas.[5] Frank Sampedro played guitar on several tracks; David Mansfield played steel guitar on "Trouble".[6][7] Todd Thibaud also contributed to Glimmer.[8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[9]
Boston Herald[10]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[11]
Orlando Sentinel[7]
The Tampa Tribune[12]

The Washington City Paper thought that "the scrupulously tailored verse-chorus cadence of Glimmer's anthems feels so immediately familiar that Salem could probably make a mint ghost-writing for Tom Petty."[13] The Austin Chronicle stated that "Glimmer is loaded with big guitars—chunky, Seventies-style arena-rock rhythms (think Joe Perry sans high-dollar production) with indie tones and guitar-noodling solos."[14] The Tampa Tribune wrote: "Tom Petty with indie credibility for those hipsters who are too embarrassed to admit that Damn the Torpedoes rocks."[12]

Stewart Lee, of The Sunday Times, declared that "beautiful, compelling, nerve-shattering lead-guitar lines snake and spiral over clean and uncluttered rhythm parts, never resorting to simple effects-pedal overload"; Lee later listed Glimmer as the best album of 1996.[15][16] The St. Paul Pioneer Press thought that "Salem's tough/tender tunes, guitar wizardry and no-frills, all-thrills band just might set you on an endless road trip."[17] The Boston Herald deemed it "a screamer of an album that works the intersection of heartland rock 'n' roll and guitar-driven alternative rock."[10]

AllMusic wrote that Salem's "serious but not humorless lyrics have an almost novelistic detail to them, especially on the haunting 'Chemical Night Train', and the band ... rocks throughout."[9] The Press-Telegram considered Glimmer to be the fifth best album of 1996.[18]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Run Run Run" 
2."Innocence" 
3."Pray for Rain" 
4."Chemical Night Train" 
5."Underneath" 
6."Sleep" 
7."Number Seven" 
8."All on Trial" 
9."Always" 
10."Damned" 
11."Trouble" 
12."Destructible" 

References

  1. ↑ "Kevin Salem". Trouser Press. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Kevin Salem Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ "Kevin Salem – Soul of gold". No Depression. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "CONNELLS, FRAT-HOUSE FAVORITES, BRING JANGLY POP ROCK TO TOAD'S". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  5. ↑ Verna, Paul (Aug 3, 1996). "Glimmer". Billboard. 108 (31): 89.
  6. ↑ Sullivan, Jim (12 Sep 1996). "Solo Salem". The Boston Globe. Calendar. p. 36.
  7. 1 2 Gettelman, Parry (30 Aug 1996). "Kevin Salem, Glimmer". Orlando Sentinel. Calendar. p. 7.
  8. ↑ Lozaw, Tristram (August 9, 1996). "Boston Beat". Boston Herald. p. S16.
  9. 1 2 "Glimmer - Kevin Salem | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  10. 1 2 Convey, Kevin R. (August 2, 1996). "DISCS - 'Glimmer' shines with hot guitars". Boston Herald. p. S19.
  11. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 230.
  12. 1 2 Johnson, Rommie (August 2, 1996). "KEVIN SALEM, Glimmer". The Tampa Tribune. Friday Extra!. p. 21.
  13. ↑ "Glimmer". Washington City Paper. October 4, 1996.
  14. ↑ "Record Reviews". www.austinchronicle.com.
  15. ↑ Lee, Stewart (22 Sep 1996). "KEVIN SALEM Glimmer". The Sunday Times. Features. p. 1.
  16. ↑ Lee, Stewart (December 22, 1996). "Records of the year". The Sunday Times. Features. p. 32.
  17. ↑ Walsh, Jim (August 1, 1996). "Kevin Salem, 'Glimmer'". St. Paul Pioneer Press. p. 8C.
  18. ↑ Grobaty, Tim (December 20, 1996). "SENDING OUT OUR LORV". Press-Telegram. p. W2.
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