Music
May, 1976
On Second Childhood (Columbia), Phoebe Snow seems more at ease with herself, both musically and personally, than on her first album; paradoxically, this new mellowness has transformed itself into greater musical energy. The album brims over with a buoyant, swingy charm that takes the sting and heavyheartedness out of such songs as her own Inspired Insanity and All Over or Holland/Dozier/Holland's Goin' Down for the Third Time. She also demonstrates a greater willingness to work in various jazz i...
