It Looks Like Snow
| It Looks Like Snow | ||||
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| Released | 1976 | |||
| Recorded | Cherokee Studios (Los Angeles, California) Wally Heider Studios (San Francisco, California) | |||
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| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | David Rubinson | |||
| Phoebe Snow chronology | ||||
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It Looks Like Snow is the third album by singer–songwriter Phoebe Snow, released in 1976.
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+ [3] |
In a retrospective review for Allmusic, critic Joe Viglione called the album "an overpowering collection of pop-jazz-funk-folk that puts this amazing vocalist's talents in a beautiful light... It Looks Like Snow is a major work from a fabulous performer traversing styles and genres with ease and elegance."[2] Robert Christgau wrote of the album; "Snow's gifts as a singer and lyricist are finally channeled. The silly mystical ideas are way down below her overriding good sense; up above we find a fairly strong, direct, and happy woman who is by no means vegetating in her contentment..."[3]
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by Phoebe Snow, except where noted.
- "Autobiography (Shine, Shine, Shine)" – 5:15
- "Teach Me Tonight" (Gene De Paul, Sammy Cahn) – 4:30
- "Stand Up on the Rock" – 3:58
- "In My Girlish Days" (Ernest Lawlars) – 4:48
- "Mercy on Those" – 6:06
- "Don't Let Me Down" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 5:51
- "Drink Up the Melody (Bite the Dust, Blues)" – 5:51
- "Fat Chance" – 2:56
- "My Faith Is Blind" – 5:54
- "Shakey Ground" (Eddie Hazel, Jeffrey Bowen, Angelo Bond) – 4:18
Personnel
[edit]- Phoebe Snow – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitars
- Reginald "Sonny" Burke – keyboards, string arrangements
- David Pomeranz – keyboards on "Mercy on Those"
- David Bromberg – guitars
- Steve Burgh – guitars
- Ray Parker Jr. – guitars
- Greg Poree – guitars
- Chuck Domanico – bass
- Reggie McBride – bass
- James Gadson – drums
- Ed Greene – drums
- Harvey Mason – drums
- Andy Narell – steel drums
- Hadley Caliman – horns
- Mel Martin – horns
- Kurt McGettrick – horns, horn arrangements
- Bob Yance – horns
- The Golden Age Jazz Band on "Autobiography (Shine, Shine, Shine)"
- Phil Kearns – backing vocals
- The Waters Family – backing vocals
Production
[edit]- Producer – David Rubinson
- Engineers – David Rubinson and Fred Catero
- Mastered by Phil Brown and George Horn at Columbia Studios (San Francisco, CA).
- Photography – Norman Seeff and Phil Kearns
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1977) | Peak position |
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| Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] | 64 |
| U.S. (Billboard 200)[5] | 29 |
References
[edit]- ^ Coleman, Mark; Sarig, Roni (2004). "Phoebe Snow". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 756. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ a b Viglione, Joe. "It Looks Like Snow > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
- ^ a b Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 280. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ Billboard vol 88 #52 (25 December 1976) p.69
