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It Looks Like Snow
1976 studio album by Phoebe Snow From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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It Looks Like Snow is the third album by singer–songwriter Phoebe Snow, released in 1976.
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Reception
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]
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Track listing
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
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Personnel
- 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
- 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
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References
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