''It Looks Like Snow'' is the third

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Phoebe Snow, released in 1976.

Reception

In a retrospective review for

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, 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."

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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" (

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, Sammy Cahn) – 4:30 # "Stand Up on the Rock" – 3:58 # "In My Girlish Days" (

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) – 4:48 # "Mercy on Those" – 6:06 # " Don't Let Me Down" (

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) – 5:51 # "Drink Up the Melody (Bite the Dust, Blues)" – 5:51 # "Fat Chance" – 2:56 # "My Faith Is Blind" – 5:54 # "

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" ( Eddie Hazel,

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, Angelo Bond) – 4:18

Personnel

* Phoebe Snow – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitars * Reginald "Sonny" Burke – keyboards, string arrangements *

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– keyboards on "Mercy on Those" * David Bromberg – guitars * Steve Burgh – guitars *

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– guitars * Greg Poree – guitars * Chuck Domanico – bass * Reggie McBride – bass *

James Gadson James Gadson ( James Edward Gadson; born June 17, 1939) is an American drummer and session musician. Beginning his career in the late 1960s, Gadson has since become one of the most-recorded drummers in the history of R&B. He is also a singer and ...

– drums *

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– drums *

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– 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

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(San Francisco, CA). * Photography –

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and Phil Kearns

Charts

References

{{Authority control Phoebe Snow albums 1976 albums Albums produced by Dave Rubinson Columbia Records albums Albums recorded at Wally Heider Studios