Glow (Al Jarreau album)

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Glow
Glow Al Jarreau.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 15, 1976
RecordedFebruary 1976 – May 1976
Studio
  • Sound Labs (Hollywood)
  • Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre
Length36:15
Label Reprise [1]
Producer Tommy LiPuma, Al Schmitt
Al Jarreau chronology
We Got By
(1975)
Glow
(1976)
Look to the Rainbow
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Record Guide C+ [2]
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The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Glow is the second solo album by Al Jarreau, released in 1976. [4]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Al Jarreau except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rainbow in Your Eyes" Leon Russell 4:30
2."Your Song" Elton John, Bernie Taupin 5:38
3."Água de Beber" Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes 3:57
4."Have You Seen The Child" 3:48
5."Hold on Me" 1:47
6."Fire and Rain" James Taylor 4:49
7."Somebody's Watching You" Sylvester Stewart 3:48
8."Milwaukee" 4:57
9."Glow" 5:07

Personnel

Production

Charts

Glow peaked at #132 and #30 on the Billboard 200 on the Soul LP charts respectively. [5]

The only single to be released and make the charts was "Rainbow in Your Eyes" reaching number 92 on the R&B charts. [6]

Album

Chart (1976)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200132
US R&B/Soul30

Charting singles

YearSongPeak chart positions [7]
US R&B
1976"Rainbow in Your Eyes"92

Production

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References

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  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: J". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 27, 2019 via robertchristgau.com.
  3. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 361–362.
  4. All Music Guide
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