Second Childhood

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Field	Value
name	Second Childhood
type	studio
artist	Phoebe Snow
cover	Phoebe Snow - Second Childhood.jpg
released	January 1976
recorded	A&R Recording, New York City
* jazz<ref name	"RS 2004"
length	40:24
label	Columbia
producer	Phil Ramone
prev_title	Phoebe Snow
prev_year	1974
next_title	It Looks Like Snow
next_year	1976
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| name = Second Childhood | type = studio | artist = Phoebe Snow | cover = Phoebe Snow - Second Childhood.jpg | alt = | released = January 1976 | recorded = A&R Recording, New York City | venue = | studio = | genre =

• Soft rock
• jazz | length = 40:24 | label = Columbia | producer = Phil Ramone | prev_title = Phoebe Snow | prev_year = 1974 | next_title = It Looks Like Snow | next_year = 1976

Second Childhood is the second album by the singer and songwriter Phoebe Snow, released in 1976. Second Childhood was certified gold by the RIAA on July 9, 1976.

Reception

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In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic William Ruhlmann called the album "a classy job on which Snow contributed seven originals and displayed her versatility on covers ranging from Motown to Gershwin." Robert Christgau wrote of the album: "I'm pleased to report that her trademark melismatic quaver hasn't degenerated into a gimmick, and I acknowledge that this is a good record of its type. I just have my doubts about how good a jazz-folk mood-music record can be."

Track listing

All songs by Phoebe Snow, except where noted

1. "Two Fisted Love" - 4:03
2. "Cash In" - 5:44
3. "Inspired Insanity" - 3:56
4. "No Regrets" (Harry Tobias, Roy Ingraham) - 2:58
5. "Sweet Disposition" - 4:04
6. "All Over" - 3:29
7. "Isn't It a Shame" - 3:56
8. "Going Down for the Third Time" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) - 2:33
9. "Pre-Dawn Imagination" - 3:28
10. "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 5:27

Personnel

• Phoebe Snow – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 5, 6, 8), acoustic guitar (1–3, 7)
• Ken Ascher – electric piano (1)
• Ken Bichel – synthesizers (1)
• Richard Tee – electric piano (2, 5), acoustic piano (8), organ (8)
• Don Grolnick – electric piano (4, 6, 10), acoustic piano (9)
• Hugh McCracken – acoustic guitar (1), electric guitar (2, 5, 8)
• John Tropea – electric guitar (1, 8)
• Stuart Scharf – acoustic guitar (7)
• Tony Levin – bass guitar (1, 2, 8)
• Ron Carter – double bass (3)
• Will Lee – bass guitar (4, 6, 9, 10)
• Gordon Edwards – bass guitar (5)
• Richard Davis – double bass (7)
• Steve Gadd – drums (1, 2)
• Grady Tate – drums (5, 8, 10)
• Jimmy Young – drums (4, 6)
• Ralph MacDonald – percussion (2, 3, 6, 7)
• David Sanborn – saxophone solo (1, 5)
• Jerome Richardson – flute solo (10)
• Patrick Williams – orchestration (2, 3, 6, 9, 10)
• Howard Johnson – tuba quintet arrangement (5)
• Phil Kearns – backing vocals (1, 5, 6, 8)
• The Jessy Dixon Singers – backing vocals (2)
• Phil Ramone – backing vocals (5)

Production

• Producer – Phil Ramone
• Engineers – Glenn Berger and Phil Ramone
• Assistant Engineers – Vicky Fabry and David Smith
• Design – Ed Lee
• Photography – Frank Laffitte
• Handwriting – Robert Biro and Andy Engel

Charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (1976) | Peak position | |---|---| | last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=280}} | 71 | | United States (Pop Albums) | 13 | ::

Certifications

References

References

1. (2004). "[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide". [[Simon & Schuster]].
2. (1992). "The Rolling Stone Album Guide". Random House.
3. "Gold and Platinum Awards". RIAA.
4. Ruhlmann, William. "''Second Childhood'' > Review". [[AllMusic]].
5. Christgau, Robert. (1981). "[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]". [[Ticknor & Fields]].
6. Kent, David. (1993). "Australian Chart Book 1970–1992". Australian Chart Book.

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