It Looks Like Snow

It Looks Like Snow
It Looks Like Snow
Studio album by Phoebe Snow
Released	1976
Recorded	Cherokee Studios; (Los Angeles, California); Wally Heider Studios; (San Francisco, California)
Genre	R&B; soft rock; jazz; pop;
Label	Columbia
Producer	David Rubinson
Phoebe Snow chronology

It Looks Like Snow is the third album by singer–songwriter Phoebe Snow, released in 1976.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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

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

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

Charts

Chart (1977)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[4]	64
U.S. (Billboard 200)^[5]	29

References

^ 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

[RS_2004-1] 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.

[AM-2] Viglione, Joe. "It Looks Like Snow > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved April 4, 2019.

[Christgau-3] 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.

[aus-4] 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.

[5] Billboard vol 88 #52 (25 December 1976) p.69

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