Second Childhood
1976 studio album by Phoebe Snow
Second Childhood Phoebe Snow , released in 1976. Second Childhood was certified gold by the RIAA on July 9, 1976.
Reception
In a retrospective review for AllMusic , critic William Ruhlmann called the album "a classy job on which Snow contributed seven originals and displayed her versatility on covers ranging from Motown to Gershwin." Robert Christgau wrote of the album: "I'm pleased to report that her trademark melismatic quaver hasn't degenerated into a gimmick, and I acknowledge that this is a good record of its type. I just have my doubts about how good a jazz-folk mood-music record can be."
Personnel
Phoebe Snow – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 5, 6, 8), acoustic guitar (1–3, 7)
Ken Ascher – electric piano (1)Ken Bichel – synthesizers (1)Richard Tee – electric piano (2, 5), acoustic piano (8), organ (8)Don Grolnick – electric piano (4, 6, 10), acoustic piano (9)Hugh McCracken – acoustic guitar (1), electric guitar (2, 5, 8)John Tropea – electric guitar (1, 8)Stuart Scharf – acoustic guitar (7)Tony Levin – bass guitar (1, 2, 8)Will Lee – bass guitar (4, 6, 9, 10)Gordon Edwards – bass guitar (5)
Ron Carter – double bass (3)Richard Davis – double bass (7)Steve Gadd – drums (1, 2)Jimmy Young – drums (4, 6)
Grady Tate – drums (5, 8, 10)Ralph MacDonald – percussion (2, 3, 6, 7)David Sanborn – saxophone solo (1, 5)Jerome Richardson – flute solo (10)Patrick Williams – orchestration (2, 3, 6, 9, 10)Howard Johnson – tuba quintet arrangement (5)
Phil Kearns – backing vocals (1, 5, 6, 8)
The Jessy Dixon Singers – backing vocals (2)Phil Ramone – backing vocals (5)Production
Producer – Phil Ramone
Engineers – Glenn Berger and Phil Ramone
Assistant Engineers – Vicky Fabry and David Smith
Design – Ed Lee
Photography – Frank Laffitte
Handwriting – Robert Biro and Andy Engel Charts
Chart (1976)
Peak
Australia (Kent Music Report )
71
United States (Pop Albums)
13
References
1 2 Coleman, Mark; Sarig, Roni (2004). "Phoebe Snow". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide ed.). Simon & Schuster . p. 756. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8 ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide . Random House. 1992. pp. 651– 652.↑ "Gold and Platinum Awards" . RIAA. Retrieved January 3, 2019 .1 2 Ruhlmann, William. "Second Childhood > Review" . AllMusic . Retrieved April 4, 2019 . 1 2 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 ↑ "American album certifications – Phoebe Snow – Second Childhood" . Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved January 3, 2019 .
