''Glow'' is the second

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by English rock band

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. 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

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claimed that the album was "more focused and better than its predecessor 'Replenish'' and describing it as "inspired" and "terrific". Rock music magazine ''

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'' 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

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References

{{Authority control 1997 albums Reef (band) albums Albums produced by George Drakoulias