The Glorious Dead (album)

The Glorious Dead
The Glorious Dead
Studio album by The Heavy
Released	20 August 2012
Genre	Indie rock; neo soul; blues rock;
Length	39:17
Label	Counter
Producer	Paul Corkett; The Heavy;
The Heavy chronology

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100^[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
musicOMH	^[4]
The Skinny	^[1]

The Glorious Dead is the third studio album by English rock band The Heavy.^[5]^[6]^[7] It was released on 20 August 2012 and has been described as a "quirky take on rootsy soul-influenced music."^[3] It peaked at #191 on the Billboard 200.

Critical reception

Consequence of Sound wrote that the album "incorporates guitar-driven hard rock, bringing the band closer to the mainstream, which happens to be full of blues nerds just like them."^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Can't Play Dead"	Dan Taylor · Kelvin Swaby	4:23
2.	"Curse Me Good"	Taylor	4:59
3.	"What Makes a Good Man?"	Taylor · Swaby	3:48
4.	"The Big Bad Wolf"	Taylor · Swaby	3:24
5.	"Be Mine"	Taylor	4:16
6.	"Same Ol'"	Taylor · Swaby	4:03
7.	"Just My Luck"	Taylor · Swaby · Spencer Page · Chris Ellul	3:04
8.	"The Lonesome Road"	Taylor	4:01
9.	"Don't Say Nothing"	Taylor · Swaby · Page · Ellul	3:40
10.	"Blood Dirt Love Stop"	Taylor · Swaby	3:57

The Glorious Dead: Synch Edition (Disc 2)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"A Lesson Learned"	3:06
2.	"In Your Hands"	3:00
3.	"The Sleeping Ignoramus"	4:24
4.	"She Got To Go"	1:44
5.	"Can't Play Dead" (Instrumental)	4:19
6.	"Curse Me Good" (Instrumental)	4:57
7.	"What Makes A Good Man?" (Instrumental)	3:45
8.	"The Big Bad Wolf" (Instrumental)	3:21
9.	"Be Mine" (Instrumental)	4:15
10.	"Same Ol'" (Instrumental)	4:00
11.	"Just My Luck" (Instrumental)	3:00
12.	"The Lonesome Road" (Instrumental)	3:56
13.	"Don't Say Nothing" (Instrumental)	3:37
14.	"Blood Dirt Love Stop" (Instrumental)	3:56
15.	"Short Change Hero"	5:22
16.	"No Time"	4:31
17.	"Strong Enough"	2:52
18.	"What You Want Me To Do"	3:22
19.	"Big Bad Wolf"	2:38
20.	"How You Like Me Now?"	3:37

Personnel

The Heavy

Kelvin Swaby – vocals
Dan Taylor – guitar
Spencer Page – bass
Chris Ellul – drums

Producing

Paul Corkett - producing, mixing, recording
The Heavy - producing, mixing, recording
Gabriel Roth - additional recording
Hal Ritson - additional recording
Rob Dowell - additional recording
Lloyd Buchanan - gospel scoring

References

^ ^a ^b "Album Review: The Heavy – The Glorious Dead". www.theskinny.co.uk.
^ "The Glorious Dead - The Heavy". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
^ ^a ^b Collar, Matt. "The Heavy The Glorious Dead". Allmusic. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
^ "The Heavy - The Glorious Dead | Album Reviews". 19 August 2012.
^ "The Heavy | Biography & History". AllMusic.
^ "The Heavy's Glorious Return". 21 August 2012.
^ "The Heavy's 'The Glorious Dead': Exclusive First Listen". Billboard. 14 August 2012.
^ "Album Review: The Heavy - The Glorious Dead". 17 August 2012.

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[auto-1] "Album Review: The Heavy – The Glorious Dead". www.theskinny.co.uk.

[mc-2] "The Glorious Dead - The Heavy". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 August 2013.

[allmusic-3] Collar, Matt. "The Heavy The Glorious Dead". Allmusic. Retrieved 10 August 2013.

[4] "The Heavy - The Glorious Dead | Album Reviews". 19 August 2012.

[5] "The Heavy | Biography & History". AllMusic.

[6] "The Heavy's Glorious Return". 21 August 2012.

[7] "The Heavy's 'The Glorious Dead': Exclusive First Listen". Billboard. 14 August 2012.

[8] "Album Review: The Heavy - The Glorious Dead". 17 August 2012.

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v t e The Heavy
Albums	Great Vengeance and Furious Fire (2007) The House That Dirt Built (2009) The Glorious Dead (2012) Hurt & the Merciless (2016) Sons (2019) Amen (2023)
Singles	"How You Like Me Now?" "What Makes a Good Man?"
Other songs	"Short Change Hero"
Related articles	Discography