The Turning (album)

The Turning
Studio album by Sam Phillips
Released	1987
Studio	Sunset Sound Factory, Los Angeles Sunset Sound, Los Angeles Mad Hatter, Los Angeles Mama Jo's, Hollywood Eagle Audio, Fort Worth, Texas Capitol Studios, Hollywood
Genre	Rock
Label	Myrrh, DCC Compact Classics
Producer	T Bone Burnett
Sam Phillips chronology
Black and White in a Grey World (1985)Black and White in a Grey World1985 The Turning (1987) Recollection (1987)Recollection1987
Alternative cover
The 1998 DCC re-release

The Turning is the fourth album by Leslie Phillips released in 1987 on Myrrh Records. It was re-released in 1997 under the name Sam Phillips.

This album marks the first time that Phillips worked with producer T Bone Burnett. The two would marry not long after the release of this album and Burnett would go on to produce more albums for the singer. The Turning stands out as a turning point in Phillips' career as a singer and songwriter; on one side, the cheerful, upbeat pop-rock albums that she recorded in the early 1980s, and, on the other, the quirky 60's music influenced rock and folk albums, with a much darker and more poetic tone lyrically.

This album was listed at No. 8 in the book CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music (Harvest House Publishers, 2001).

Track listing

All tracks written by Sam Phillips except where noted.

Personnel

• Sam Phillips – vocals, synthesizer, drum programming
• T Bone Burnett – guitar, drum programming
• David Miner – bass guitar
• Jerry Scheff – bass guitar
• John Schreiner – synthesizer
• Mickey Curry – drums
• Ralph Forbes – drum programming
• Alex Acuña – percussion
• Peter Case, Tonio K, Dawn O'Hanlon – backing vocals^[1]

Production

• T Bone Burnett – producer
• Tom Willet – executive producer
• Tchad Blake – engineer, mixing
• Steven Ford – engineer
• Larry Hirsch – engineer
• Bill Jackson – engineer
• Stephen Shelton – engineer
• Mike Kloster – assistant engineer
• David Knights – assistant engineer
• Steve Hoffman – mastering^[2]

References