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The Glow
Studio album by Bonnie Raitt
Released	September 1979
Studio	Sound Factory (Hollywood)
Genre	Rock
Length	36:59
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Peter Asher
Bonnie Raitt chronology
Sweet Forgiveness (1977) The Glow (1979) Green Light (1982)

The Glow is the seventh album by the American musician Bonnie Raitt, released in 1979. It was one of the first albums to be recorded and mixed digitally.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record Guide	B+
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Entertainment Weekly	B−
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

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." 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." The New York Times concluded that the album "includes the finest vocal performances of her career."

Track listing

Side one

1. "I Thank You" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter) – 2:51
2. "Your Good Thing (Is About to End)" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter) – 4:00
3. "Standin' by the Same Old Love" (Raitt) – 4:10
4. "Sleep's Dark and Silent Gate" (Jackson Browne) – 3:25
5. "The Glow" (Veyler Hildebrand) – 4:11

Side two

1. "Bye Bye Baby" (Mary Wells) – 3:17
2. "The Boy Can't Help It" (Bobby Troup) – 3:39
3. "(I Could Have Been Your) Best Old Friend" (Andy McMahon, Tracy Nelson) – 2:52
4. "You're Gonna Get What's Coming" (Robert Palmer) – 3:32
5. "(Goin') Wild for You Baby" (David Batteau, Tom Snow) – 5:25

Personnel

• • As listed in liner notes:
• Bonnie Raitt – lead vocals, electric slide guitar (3, 8), National steel guitar (7)
• Danny Kortchmar – electric guitar (1–4, 6, 7, 9), backing vocals (7)
• Waddy Wachtel – electric guitar (1, 3, 4, 6–10), harmony vocals (3), backing vocals (7)
• Bill Payne – acoustic piano (1–4), electric piano (8, 10), Oberheim synthesizer (9, 10)
• Don Grolnick – acoustic piano (5)
• Bob Glaub – bass (1–4, 6, 7, 9, 10)
• Bob Magnusson – bass (5)
• Freebo – bass (8)
• Rick Marotta – drums (1–4, 6–10), cowbell (1), percussion (6, 7, 8)
• John Guerin – drums (5)
• Larry Williams – saxophone (2)
• Trevor Lawrence – saxophone (2)
• David Sanborn – alto saxophone solo (2)
• Steve Madaio – trumpet (2)
• Paul Butterfield – harmonica (6)
• Rosemary Butler – backing vocals (1, 9)
• Kenny Edwards – backing vocals (1, 4, 9)
• Maxayn Lewis – backing vocals (1, 9)
• JD Souther – backing vocals (1, 9)
• Craig Fuller – backing vocals (4)
• Peter Asher – backing vocals (7)

Production

• Producer – Peter Asher
• Recorded and Mixed by Val Garay
• Assistant Engineers – Niko Bolas and George Ybarra
• Recorded and Mixed at The Sound Factory (Hollywood, CA).
• Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles).
• Art Direction and Design – John Kosh
• Cover Photo – David Alexander
• Sleeve Photos – Jim Shea

Charts

Billboard (United States)

References

1. "Bonnie Raitt completes 'The Glow' with Peter Asher". Rolling Stone (300). Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc.: 24 September 29, 1979.
2. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 575.
3. "The Glow Review by Jason Elias". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
4. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
5. Gordon, Robert (August 23, 1991). "Bonnie Raitt on the record". Entertainment Weekly.
6. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: R". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
7. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1996. p. 553.
8. Holden, Stephen (November 29, 1979). "The Glow". Rolling Stone.
9. McGrath, Paul (6 Oct 1979). "The Glow Bonnie Raitt". The Globe and Mail. p. F8.
10. Palmer, Robert (21 Sep 1979). "The Pop Life". The New York Times. p. C12.
11. "Bonnie Raitt". Billboard. Retrieved 2 January 2024.

• Bonnie Raitt albums
• 1979 albums
• Albums produced by Peter Asher
• Warner Records albums