It Looks Like Snow is the third album by singer–songwriter Phoebe Snow, released in 1976.
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." 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..."
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, Steve Burgh, Ray Parker Jr., Greg Poree – guitars Chuck Domanico, Reggie McBride – bass guitar James Gadson, Ed Greene, 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)PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report) 64U.S. (Billboard 200)Billboard vol 88 #52 (25 December 1976) p.69 29
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