Phoebe Snow a rock singer? Well, she certainly had the pipes, and producers Greg Ladanyi and Richie Cannata surrounded her with Billy Joel's backup band for a standard New York rock sound. With Snow contributing only three original tunes, the song selection was odd: Rod Stewart's "Gasoline Alley," the Buckinghams/Cannonball Adderley hit "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy," Bob Dylan's "I Believe in You." Rock Away sold better than her last two albums and produced two chart singles, "Games" (number 46) and "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (number 52). But anyone who had heard her first two albums knew that this was not the whole story by a long shot. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Rock Away
03/01/1981
All Music Guide Review
Rock Away Track Listing
Credits of Rock Away
- Bob McDill
- Performer
- Vince Melamed
- Performer
- Bill Payne
- Organ, Piano
- Ralph Schuckett
- Organ, Piano
- Doug Stegmeyer
- Bass
- Allen Toussaint
- Performer
- Arnold McCuller
- Vocals (Background)
- Lennie Delduca
- Vocals (Background)
- Dave Brown
- Guitar (Electric), Slide Guitar
- Andrea Farber
- Performer
- Rod Sifwart
- Performer
- Jocelyn Brown
- Vocals (Background)
- Carolyne Mas
- Performer
- Randy Brecker
- Trumpet
- Richie Cannata
- Vocals (Background), Producer
- Mark Clark
- Vocals (Background)
- Krystal Davis
- Vocals (Background)
- Liberty DeVitto
- Drums
- Craig Doerge
- Piano
- Ula Hedwig
- Vocals (Background)
- Robbie Kondor
- Piano
- Russ Kunkel
- Drums
- Greg Ladanyi
- Producer, Engineer
- David Landau
- Guitar (Electric)
- Patti Austin
- Vocals (Background)
- Bob Dylan
- Performer
- Phoebe Snow
- Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Main Performer
- David Lasley
- Vocals (Background)
















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