Glow (Reef album)
# 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

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |

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.

## Charts

Chart performance for Glow :

| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) | 18 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) | 74 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) | 38 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) | 12 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 1 |

## Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| - | - | - |
| Australia (ARIA) | Gold | $35,000^^$ |
| United Kingdom (BPI) | Platinum | $300,000^*$ |
| $^*$ Sales figures based on certification alone. $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||
