Glow (Reef album)
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 [Audio Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing (recorded music)|mixed] almost every songs, except for "Don't You Like It?" and "Yer Old". 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 " 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
- Benmont Tench – keyboards
- Chris Trujillo – percussion
- George Drakoulias – producer
- Reef – producer
- Brett Finn - R & A
- Jim Scott – recording, mixing
- Richard Digby Smith – recording, mixing
- Sylvia Massy – mixing
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
- Paul Cohen – photography