Album · Chet Faker
Built on Glass by Chet Faker
Built on Glass is an album by Chet Faker, released in 2014. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 13 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Talk Is Cheap”, on 4 lists and voted number one once.
Built on Glass, Chet Faker's debut album, arrived on Future Classic in April 2014, and it's the moment Nick Murphy, the Australian singer behind the alias, stretched out after the Thinking in Textures EP and a "No Diggity" cover that ended up soundtracking a Super Bowl ad. It's late-night electronic soul, all smoky, close-to-the-ear vocals, sparse beats and synths that glow rather than glare, with plenty of room left for the songs to breathe. "Talk Is Cheap" slinks, "Gold" struts, and "1998" and "Melt" fill out the after-hours mood.
Reviews were warm, the album debuted at number one on the ARIA chart, and it took Australian Album of the Year at the 2014 J Awards. Triple J listeners voted three of its tracks into the top ten of the Hottest 100 of 2014, with "Talk Is Cheap" on top.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Built on Glass on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talk Is Cheap | 4 | #1 | 1 | 2014–2025 | |
| 2 | Gold | 6 | #7 | – | 2014–2015 | |
| 3 | 1998 | 2 | #8 | – | 2014 | |
| 4 | Melt | 1 | #65 | – | 2013 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.