Now Look

Now Look
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1975
Recorded22 April – 6 June 1974 (London); 14–21 April 1975 (Baambrugge)
StudioThe Wick, Richmond, London; B.B.C. Studios, Baambrugge, Holland
GenreRock
LabelWarner Bros. Records
ProducerRonnie Wood, Bobby Womack, Ian McLagan
Ronnie Wood chronology
I've Got My Own Album to Do
(1974)
Now Look
(1975)
Mahoney's Last Stand
(1976)

Now Look is the second solo album by English musician Ronnie Wood, released in July 1975. In the United States, it peaked at number 118 on Billboard's top 200 albums listings, during a six-week chart run. Produced by Wood, Bobby Womack and Ian McLagan, the album also includes musical contributions from Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Jean Roussel, Willie Weeks and Andy Newmark – all of whom had played on Wood's debut, I've Got My Own Album to Do.

The Faces worked the song "Big Bayou" into the setlist for their 1975 fall tour, which turned out to be the band's final tour. Faces vocalist Rod Stewart recorded his own cover of "Big Bayou" the following year for A Night on the Town. Wood remade "Breathe on Me" in 1991 for his album Slide On This.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB[2]
Disc[3]
MusicHound[4]
Record Collector[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Ronnie Wood, except where indicated.

  1. "I Got Lost When I Found You" (Wood, Bobby Womack) – 4:26
  2. "Big Bayou" (Gib Guilbeau) – 2:42
  3. "Breathe on Me" – 6:32
  4. "If You Don’t Want My Love" (Womack, Gordon DeWitty) – 4:18
  5. "I Can Say She's Alright" (Wood, Womack) – 6:22
  6. "Caribbean Boogie" – 2:23
  7. "Now Look" – 3:53
  8. "Sweet Baby Mine" (Jim Ford, Womack) – 3:28
  9. "I Can't Stand the Rain" (Donald Bryant, Ann Peebles, Bernard Miller) – 3:12
  10. "It's Unholy" – 6:28
  11. "I Got a Feeling" (Womack, Ian McLagan, Jean Roussel) – 3:21

Personnel

  • Ronnie Wood – lead vocals, guitars (acoustic, rhythm, lead, slide and pedal steel)
  • Keith Richards – guitar on "I Can Say She's Alright" and "I Can't Stand the Rain", harmony vocals on "Breathe on Me"
  • Bobby Womack – guitar, backing vocals on "I Got Lost When I Found You", "Big Bayou", "If You Don't Want My Love", "I Can Say She's Alright", "Sweet Baby Mine", and "I Got a Feeling"
  • Mick Taylor – slide guitar on "It's Unholy"
  • Willie Weeks – bass guitar on all tracks
  • Ian McLagan – organ, piano, keyboards, backing vocals on all tracks
  • Jean Roussel – synthesizer, keyboards, electric piano, clavinet on "I Got Lost When I Found You", "Big Bayou", "If You Don't Want My Love", "I Can Say She's Alright", "Sweet Baby Mine" and "I Got a Feeling"
  • Andy Newmark – drums, percussion on all tracks
  • Kenney Jones – additional drums on "Caribbean Boogie" and "Now Look"
  • Womack Sisters – backing vocals on "I Got a Feeling"

Technical

  • Keith Harwood – engineer
  • Nigel Molden – coordinator
  • AGI, Mike Doud, Ronnie Wood – cover design
  • Chevy Kevorkian – front cover photography

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Ron Wood Now Look". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 22 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Russell, Rosalind (19 July 1975). "Ronnie Wood – Now Look" (PDF). Disc. Sutton: IPC Specialist and Professional Press Ltd. p. 21. ISSN 0308-1168. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023 – via World Radio History.
  4. ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 1246. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  5. ^ Staunton, Terry (December 2008). "Ronnie Wood – Now Look". Record Collector. p. 98. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  6. ^ Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John, eds. (1983). The new Rolling stone record guide. New York, NY: Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p. 557. ISBN 0-394-72107-1.