"This time when I reach out, it may be my last try," warns Phoebe Snow on the title track to her seventh album, which is her first in eight years. Perhaps with that in mind, it's a well-considered effort, and one that brought moderate success, including two Adult Contemporary chart hits in "If I Can Just Get Through the Night" (Number 13), and "Something Real" (Number 29). Snow takes a slightly more relaxed approach to the rock style of her last album, Rock Away. She sticks to contemporary songs for the most part (there's a dance music cover of the Emotions' "Best of My Love"), and writes half of them herself. She tends to de-emphasize the more unusual aspects of her voice, although not so much that you'd confuse it with anybody else's. The result is a sturdy, respectable set, although not one likely to launch a major comeback. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Something Real
02/01/1989 | Elektra / Wea
All Music Guide Review
Something Real Track Listing
Credits of Something Real
- Clarence McDonald
- Arranger
- Lou Marini
- Horn
- John McCurry
- Guitar
- Joe Pirrera
- Engineer, Mixing
- Phil Ramone
- Producer
- Eric Rehl
- Drums, Keyboards
- Steve Rinkoff
- Engineer, Mixing
- Don Rubin
- Executive Producer
- Pat Thrall
- Guitar
- Russ Titelman
- Producer
- Hank Medress
- Associate Executive Producer
- Carol Steele
- Percussion
- Paul McGovern
- Saxophone
- Dan Gellert
- Assistant Engineer
- Alexandria Saraspe-Conomos
- Production Assistant
- Larry Debari
- Guitar
- Vaneese Thomas
- Vocals (Background)
- Jill Dell'Abate
- Production Coordination
- Joy Askew
- Piano, Keyboards
- Dave Bargeron
- Horn
- Jeff Bova
- Keyboards
- Steve Boyer
- Engineer, Mixing
- Jimmy Bralower
- Drum Machine
- Randy Brecker
- Horn
- Bruce Calder
- Engineer, Assistant Engineer
- Ricky Fataar
- Bass, Percussion, Vocals (Background), Producer, Drums
- Shane Fontayne
- Guitar
- Rob Fraboni
- Producer
- David Frank
- Arranger, Keyboards
- Lani Groves
- Vocals (Background)
- Jay Healy
- Engineer, Mixing
- Anthony Jackson
- Bass
- Darryl Johnson
- Bass, Vocals (Background)
- Robbie Kilgore
- Keyboards
- Brenda King
- Vocals (Background)
- Robbie Kondor
- Arranger, Keyboards
- Bob Ludwig
- Mastering
- Ivan Neville
- Piano, Organ (Hammond)
- Phoebe Snow
- Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals (Background), Harmony Vocals, Main Performer, Pre-Production
- Mick Taylor
- Guitar
- Jon Faddis
- Horn
- Bob Mintzer
- Horn
- Rob Mounsey
- Keyboards
- Tom Scott
- Sax (Alto)
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