Glow is the second studio album by English rock band Reef. Produced by the band and George Drakoulias, the album was released on 27 January 1997 through Sony Soho Square and supported by the singles "Place Your Hands", "Come Back Brighter", "Consideration" and "Yer Old". Glow reached number one on the UK Albums Chart.
Recording Glow was produced by George Drakoulias and the band; Jim Scott handled recording for nearly every track bar "Don't You Like It?", "Higher Vibration" and "Yer Old", which were done by Richard Digby Smith. Scott mixed almost every songs, except for "Don't You Like It?" (which was done by Sylvia Massy) and "Yer Old" (done by Smith). Stephen Marcussen then mastered the album at Precision Mastering.
Reception
In a retrospective assessment, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of music website AllMusic claimed that the album was "more focused and better than its predecessor [Replenish]" and describing it as "inspired" and "terrific". Rock music magazine Kerrang! ranked the album third on their 1997 "Albums of the Year" list.
Track listing All songs by Reef, all lyrics by Gary Stringer.
Personnel Personnel per booklet.
Reef Jack Bessant – bass Dominic Greensmith – drums Kenwyn House – guitar Gary Stringer – vocals
Additional musicians Benmont Tench – keyboards Chris Trujillo – percussion
Production and design George Drakoulias – producer Reef – producer Brett Finn - R & A Jim Scott – recording (all except tracks 6, 8 and 11), mixing (all except tracks 6 and 11) Richard Digby Smith – recording (tracks 6, 8 and 11), mixing (track 11) Sylvia Massy – mixing (track 6) Stephen Marcussen – mastering Paul Cohen – photography
Charts + Chart performance for GlowChart (1997)Peakposition
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