Glow (Reef album)

Glow is the second studio album by English rock band Reef. Produced by the band and George Drakoulias, the album was released on 27 January 1997 through Sony Soho Square and supported by the singles "Place Your Hands", "Come Back Brighter", "Consideration" and "Yer Old". Glow reached number one on the UK Albums Chart.

Recording
Glow was produced by George Drakoulias and the band; Jim Scott handled recording for nearly every track bar "Don't You Like It?", "Higher Vibration" and "Yer Old", which were done by Richard Digby Smith. Scott mixed almost every songs, except for "Don't You Like It?" (which was done by Sylvia Massy) and "Yer Old" (done by Smith). Stephen Marcussen then mastered the album at Precision Mastering.

Reception
In a retrospective assessment, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of music website Allmusic gave the album four out of five stars, claiming it to be "more focused and better than its predecessor [Replenish]" and describing it as "inspired" and "terrific". Rock music magazine Kerrang! ranked the album third on their 1997 "Albums of the Year" list.

Track listing
All songs by Reef, all lyrics by Gary Stringer.

Personnel
Personnel per booklet.

Reef
 * Jack Bessant – bass
 * Dominic Greensmith – drums
 * Kenwyn House – guitar
 * Gary Stringer – vocals

Additional musicians
 * Benmont Tench – keyboards
 * Chris Trujillo – percussion

Production and design
 * George Drakoulias – producer
 * Reef – producer
 * Brett Finn - R & A
 * Jim Scott – recording (all except tracks 6, 8 and 11), mixing (all except tracks 6 and 11)
 * Richard Digby Smith – recording (tracks 6, 8 and 11), mixing (track 11)
 * Sylvia Massy – mixing (track 6)
 * Stephen Marcussen – mastering
 * Paul Cohen – photography