Glass Houses (album) the back cover shows Joel looking through the hole that the rock made in the glass. This alludes to the adage that "people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones". In 2004, the pop-culture journalist and rock critic Chuck Klosterman praised the album in an essay on Joel titled "Every Dog Must Have His Every Day, Every Drunk Must Have His Drink" from his book "Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs" (the title of the essay refers to a line from the "Glass Houses" song "Don't Ask Me Why"). In particular, Klosterman praised some of the more obscure tracks from the album
Glass Houses (film) saying that it was "a wryly observed poke at a libidinous group of middle-class nonentities," (Hirschhorn, 1989: 296). Glass Houses (film) Glass Houses (1972) is an American independent film released by Columbia Pictures in 1972, although it was actually filmed in 1970. It is of interest in film history because of the credentials of its key personnel. "Glass Houses" was directed by Alexander Singer, notable for his work on the "Star Trek" series, . It was one of the earliest screen appearances of actress Jennifer O'Neill, best known for her role in "Summer of '42" (1972). "Glass Houses" cinematography was