| The Glow | ||||
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| Released | September 1979 [1] | |||
| Studio | Sound Factory (Hollywood) | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 36:59 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Peter Asher | |||
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The Glow is the seventh album by the American musician Bonnie Raitt, released in 1979. [2] It was one of the first albums to be recorded and mixed digitally.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+ [4] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B− [6] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [7] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [2] |
Rolling Stone wrote that Asher "doesn’t overproduce in the usual sense by filling tracks with unnecessary sweetening, but rather by turning out gleamingly spare, 'official' Los Angeles rock that’s as spiritually hollow as it is technically immaculate." [8] The Globe and Mail noted that, "as always, she could use a little shake-up in her sound and in the now typecast way she approaches each song." [9] The New York Times concluded that the album "includes the finest vocal performances of her career." [10]
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Billboard (United States)
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Pop Albums [11] | 30 |
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