Never Letting Go

Never Letting Go is the fourth album by singer–songwriter Phoebe Snow, released in 1977.

Reception
Robert Christgau wrote of the album: "By now Snow projects a jazz singer's assurance, and the originals are still overshadowed by the covers ... the tempos are invariably too reflective, and the reprises invariably too much." In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic William Ruhlmann wrote that "the record marked a fall-off in both her commercial success and her artistic accomplishment. The tasty studio musicians and Phil Ramone's pop-jazz production were still in place, and Snow remained a remarkable singer, but her synthesis of styles was beginning to seem not so much inspired as muddled."

Track listing
All songs written by Phoebe Snow, except where noted.


 * 1) "Love Makes a Woman"  (Carl Davis, Eugene Record, William Sanders, Gerald Simms) – 3:21
 * 2) "Majesty of Life" – 3:36
 * 3) "Ride the Elevator" – 3:55
 * 4) "Something So Right" (Paul Simon) – 4:02
 * 5) "Never Letting Go" (Stephen Bishop) – 3:12
 * 6) "We're Children" – 3:01
 * 7) "The Middle of the Night" – 3:33
 * 8) "Electra" – 3:53
 * 9) "Garden of Joy Blues" (Clifford Hayes) – 4:31

Personnel

 * Phoebe Snow – lead vocals, acoustic guitar (2, 6)
 * Ken Ascher – acoustic piano (1, 7, 8), electric piano (1, 5, 7), organ (1), keyboards (3, 9), synthesizers (7), orchestration (7)
 * Richard Tee – electric piano (2, 4)
 * Bob James – acoustic piano (5), electric piano (6)
 * Hugh McCracken – electric guitar (1, 4, 5, 7), acoustic guitar (2, 5, 6), slide guitar (3), harmonica (3)
 * Steve Burgh – electric guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar (5), acoustic guitar (6)
 * Steve Khan – electric guitar (1, 3, 7, 8), 12-string electric guitar (8), electric guitar solo (8), acoustic guitar (9)
 * Will Lee – bass (1, 5, 6, 7)
 * Tony Levin – bass (2, 3, 4, 8, 9)
 * Chris Parker – drums (1, 4-7)
 * Grady Tate – drums (2, 7)
 * Steve Gadd – drums (3, 8, 9)
 * Ralph MacDonald – percussion (1, 2, 4, 6)
 * Michael Brecker – tenor sax solo (1, 6)
 * Hubert Laws – flute solo (2)
 * Eddie Daniels – clarinet solo (3)
 * Phil Woods – alto sax solo (5)
 * William Eaton – orchestration (1, 2, 8), woodwind orchestration (4)
 * Robert Freedman – orchestration (3, 5), string orchestration (4)
 * David Nadien – concertmaster
 * Gwen Guthrie – backing vocals (1, 4, 5)
 * Lani Groves – backing vocals (1, 4, 5)
 * Patti Austin – backing vocals (1, 4, 5)
 * Kenny Loggins – vocals on "We're Children"

Strings
 * Janet Hamilton and Charles McCracken – cello
 * Russ Savakos – double bass
 * Lamar Alsop and Emanuel Vardi – viola
 * Sanford Allen, Joyce Flissler, Harry Glickman, Marvin Morgenstern, Tony Posk, Herbert Sorkin and Carol Webb – violin

Brass
 * Dave Taylor – bass trombone
 * Barry Rogers – trombone
 * Randy Brecker, Victor Paz and Alan Rubin – trumpet and flugelhorn
 * Jonathan Dorn – tuba

Woodwinds
 * Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone
 * Ray Beckinstein, Leon Cohen, Dave Tofani and George Young – alto flute and clarinet
 * Phil Bodner, Harvey Estrin, Walter Kane and George Marge – bass flute
 * Eddie Daniels – Bb clarinet
 * Michael Brecker and Eddie Daniels – tenor saxophone

Production

 * Phil Ramone – producer, remixing
 * Jim Boyer – engineer
 * Gene Grief – design
 * Paula Scher – design