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The Turning is an album by Leslie Phillips that was released by Myrrh in 1987 and re-released in 1997 under the name Sam Phillips. This album marks the first time Phillips worked with producer T Bone Burnett .
About “The Turning”. Leslie Phillips takes a different direction on her fourth and final Myrrh release in 1987 by teaming up with her future husband, T-Bone Burnett. After the release of the ...
The Turning Lyrics: The turning from light to shadows / From burning to indifference / The turning of heart to granite / Of steel hopes to molten fear / And when it turns on me / Don't let...
Dec 21, 2007 · Sam Phillips performs in Philadelphia, PA in 1988...from her CD, The Turning. Brad Snyder. 736 subscribers.
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- Black and White in A Grey World
- The Turning
- The Indescribable Wow
- Cruel Inventions
- Martinis & Bikinis
- Omnipop
- Fan Dance
- A Boot and A Shoe
- Don’T Do Anything
- Cameras in The Sky
1985 Sam made four albums as Leslie Phillips. Based on the few tracks I’ve heard, her early work sounds like run-of-the-mill CCM, although Phillips’ voice is compelling. I’m starting this page with the fourth, The Turning, her first with T Bone Burnett.
1987, 7.5/10 Leslie Phillips linked up with seasoned producer T Bone Burnett on her fourth album. It’s a marked change from her earlier work – instead of smooth keyboards, she’s working with sparser Americana arrangements. Burnett brings in veteran musicians like bassist Jerry Scheff and percussionist Alex Acuña. There are enough traces of Christia...
1988, 8.5/10 The Turning set the tone for her subsequent career, but The Indescribable Wow isn’t typical for Phillips. As the joyful title and bright pink tones of the cover suggest, it’s unusually upbeat. She’s often blending upbeat music with dark lyrics, so there are moments like the disarmingly joyful breakup song ‘I Don’t Want To Say Goodbye T...
1990, 7.5/10 Compared with the sometimes joyful pop of The Indescribable Wow, Cruel Inventions is a more typical Phillips effort, sparer and more contemplative. T Bone Burnett and his usual crew are back, with a couple of significant additions – Marc Ribot and Elvis Costello both guest on guitar. The mellower sounds of Cruel Inventionsnecessitate m...
1994, 9/10 The Beatles seem like a constant presence in Phillips’ music – her economical songwriter, touches of psychedelia, and a husky voice with an air of knowing that’s sometimes reminiscent of John Lennon’s. The Beatles influence is most obvious on Martinis & Bikinis – there’s even a concluding cover of John Lennon’s ‘Gimme Some Truth’. Philli...
1996, 5.5/10 Sam Phillips was never a best-selling artist but Martinis & Bikinis was a successful record by her standards, selling 100,000 copies. Any career momentum was halted by the dark weirdness of follow-up Omnipop – it was neither critically nor commercially successful. Phillips later told Salon that “Omnipop seemed to be throbbing with pain...
2001, 8/10 There’s a lot separating Fan Dance from its predecessor, Omnipop. Motherhood, a five-year break between albums, and a new record label all make Fan Dance feel like a career reboot. It’s also stylistically different – where Omnipop was confronting, Fan Dance is relaxed, its folk-rock sound bringing out the prettiness in Phillips’ music. D...
2004, 7/10 Where Fan Dance signalled the beginning of a new era, A Boot and a Shoesignals the end of another. Phillips and Burnett divorced shortly after its release, and it’s a meditation on the dissolution of their marriage. Much of the focus is on the lyrics, with lines like “I was broken when you got me/With holes that would let the light throu...
2008, 8/10 During their marriage, Phillips had picked up production skills from Burnett – to her credit, Don’t Do Anything is a natural progression in her career. She uses musicians from her touring band on Don’t Do Anything– drummer Jay Bellerose and guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Eric Gorfain (Phillips’ second husband) appear on most tracks. Unu...
2011, 6.5/10 In 2009, Phillips launched the Long Play project – for a subscription of $50, subscribers received a plethora of digital content from Phillips including photos and a blog. As well as 5 EPs, including a Christmas record (an expanded version is now available on Spotify as Cold Dark Nights) they also received the full-length album Cameras...
The Turning by Sam Phillips released in 1987. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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After a best-of collection (Zero Zero Zero) and four more albums (Omnipop, Fan Dance, A Boot and a Shoe, Don’t Do Anything), Phillips is still “turning,” still in transition, still defying expectations.
