Built on Glass

Built on Glass is the debut studio album by Australian electronic musician Chet Faker. It was released on 11 April 2014 under Future Classic^[1] and generally favorable reviews.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100^[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The A.V. Club	B^[4]
NME	6/10^[5]
Now	^[6]
Pitchfork Media	7.3/10^[7]
This Is Fake DIY	^[8]

Built on Glass received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album holds an average score of 75, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[2]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Nick Murphy.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Release Your Problems"	3:12
2.	"Talk Is Cheap"	3:38
3.	"No Advice" (Airport version)	1:45
4.	"Melt" (featuring Kilo Kish)	4:10
5.	"Gold"	4:45
6.	"To Me"	5:14
7.	"/"	0:18
8.	"Blush"	4:47
9.	"1998"	6:05
10.	"Cigarettes & Loneliness"	7:52
11.	"A Lesson in Patience"	5:45
12.	"Dead Body"	3:54

Personnel

Performance

Nick Murphy – performer
Lakisha Robinson – featured artist (track 4)
CLEOPOLD – guitar solo (track 12)

Visuals and imagery

Tin & Ed – art direction, photography

Technical and production

Nick Murphy – production, recording
Eric J Dubowsky – mixing
Brian Lucey^[9] – mastering

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[1]	1
Australian Independent Albums (AIR)^[10]	1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[11]	31
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[12]	38
French Albums (SNEP)^[13]	76
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)^[14]	51
New Zealand Albums (Recorded Music NZ)^[15]	6
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[16]	49
UK Albums (OCC)^[17]	87
UK Independent Albums (OCC)^[18]	18
US Billboard 200^[19]	158
US Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)^[20]	6
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[21]	29
US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)^[22]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)	Position
Australian Albums Chart^[23]	12

Certifications


Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)^[24]	Platinum	70,000^{^}
^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Catalog	Ref.
Australia	11 April 2014	CD 2×LP digital download	Future Classic Opulent	FCL107 FCL107 —	^[25]
United Kingdom	14 April 2014		Future Classic	FCL107CD FCL107 —	^[26]^[27]
United States	15 April 2014		Downtown	DWT70381 DWT70382 —	^[28]^[29]
Japan	30 April 2014	CD digital download	Future Classic Hostess	HSE-30334 —	^[30]

National Tour (February 2015)

Late in 2014, Faker released dates for this National Tour. It's his biggest tour to date and will be the final run for his debut record ‘Built On Glass’. ^[31]

Wed 11 Feb – ANU Bar, Canberra /
Fri 13 Feb – Hordern Pavillion, Sydney /
Sat 14 Feb – Convention Centre, Brisbane /
Fri 20 Feb – Chevron Gardens, Perth Festival /
Sat 21 Feb – Chevron Gardens, Perth Festival /
Thu 26 Feb – Palais Theatre, Melbourne
Fri 27 Feb – Palais Theatre, Melbourne /
Sat 28 Feb – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide /

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Chet Faker – Built on Glass". Australiancharts.com. Hung Medien.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Built on Glass Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
↑ Jeffries, David. "Built on Glass – Chet Faker". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
↑ Modell, Josh (15 April 2014). "Chet Faker's debut is mostly the real thing". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
↑ Haynes, Gavin (11 April 2014). "Chet Faker – 'Built on Glass'". NME. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
↑ Leconte, Julia. "Chet Faker". Now. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
↑ Cleland, Jake (15 April 2014). "Chet Faker: Built on Glass". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
↑ Price, Joe. "Chet Faker – Built on Glass". This Is Fake DIY. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
↑ "Built on Glass". chetfaker.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
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Independent peak chart positions for albums in Australia:
- Built on Glass: "Independent Label Albums Charts: The Week Beginning 21 Apr 2014". AIR. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
↑ "Chet Faker – Built on Glass" (in Dutch). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien.
↑ "Chet Faker – Built on Glass" (in French). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
↑ "Chet Faker – Built on Glass". Lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
↑ "Chet Faker – Built on Glass" (in Dutch). Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien.
↑ "Chet Faker – Built on Glass". Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
↑ "Chet Faker – Built on Glass". Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
↑ "Chart Log UK: New Entries – CLUK Update 26.04.2014 (wk16)". zobbel.de (Tobias Zywietz). Retrieved 14 May 2014.
↑ April 2014 "26 April 2014 Top 40 Independent Albums Archive | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved 26 April 2014.
↑ "Chet Faker Album & Song Chart History" Billboard 200 for Chet Faker. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
↑ "Chet Faker Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums for Chet Faker. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
↑ "Chet Faker Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Independent Albums for Chet Faker. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
↑ "Chet Faker Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums for Chet Faker. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
↑ "End of Year Charts – ARIA Top 100 Albums 2014". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2015 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
↑ "Built on Glass – Chet Faker". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
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↑ "Chet Faker Takes Out Triple J Album of the Year Award". www.futureclassic.com.au. Retrieved 27 January 2015.