Glow (Reef album)

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Glow
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Studio album by
Released27 January 1997 (1997-01-27)
Genre Britpop, indie rock, alternative rock
Length50:35
Label Sony Soho Square
Producer George Drakoulias, Reef
Reef chronology
Replenish
(1995)
Glow
(1997)
Rides
(1999)
Singles from Glow
  1. "Place Your Hands"
    Released: 21 October 1996
  2. "Come Back Brighter"
    Released: 13 January 1997
  3. "Consideration"
    Released: 24 March 1997
  4. "Yer Old"
    Released: 21 July 1997

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. [1]

Contents

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. [2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

In a retrospective assessment, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of music website AllMusic claimed that the album was "more focused and better than its predecessor [Replenish]" and describing it as "inspired" and "terrific". [3] Rock music magazine Kerrang! ranked the album third on their 1997 "Albums of the Year" list. [4]

Track listing

All songs by Reef, all lyrics by Gary Stringer. [2]

No.TitleLength
1."Place Your Hands"3:37
2."I Would Have Left You"4:23
3."Summer's in Bloom"3:46
4."Lately Stomping"2:44
5."Consideration"5:42
6."Don't You Like It?"4:14
7."Come Back Brighter"3:31
8."Higher Vibration"3:52
9."I'm Not Scared"5:03
10."Robot Riff"7:12
11."Yer Old"3:18
12."Lullaby"3:13
Enhanced edition (Epic EK 67971)
No.TitleLength
13."Naked" (music video) 
14."Place Your Hands" (music video) 
15."Consideration" (music video) 
16."Come Back Brighter" (music video) 
Deluxe edition bonus disc (486940 6)
No.TitleLength
1."Place Your Hands" (live)3:44
2."Summer's in Bloom" (live)3:44
3."Lately Stomping" (live)3:06
4."Yer Old" (live)3:20
5."Yer Old" (music video)3:18
6."Place Your Hands" (live video)3:44
7."Summer's in Bloom" (live video)3:44
8."Lately Stomping" (live video)3:06
Total length:27:46

Personnel

Personnel per booklet. [2]

Charts

Chart performance for Glow
Chart (1997)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [5] 18
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [6] 74
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [7] 38
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [8] 12
UK Albums (OCC) [9] 1

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [10] Gold35,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [11] Platinum300,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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