The Turning (album)

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The Turning
Studio album by Leslie 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
Leslie Phillips chronology
Black and White in a Grey World (1985) The Turning (1987) Recollection (1987)
Alternative cover
The 1998 DCC re-release

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

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. The two married soon 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.^[2]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Leslie Phillips except where noted.

Personnel[]

• Leslie Phillips – vocals, synthesizer, drum programming, go-go dancing
• T Bone Burnett – guitar, drum programming, backing vocals
• John Schreiner – synthesizer
• David Miner – bass guitar
• Jerry Scheff – bass guitar
• Mickey Curry – drums
• Ralph Forbes – drum programming
• Alex Acuña – percussion
• Peter Case, Tonio K, Dawn O'Hanlon – backing vocals^[3]

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
• Chris Bellman – original mastering
• Steve Hoffman – mastering for 1998 release^[4]

Artwork

• Michael Hodgson - art director, designer
• Dennis Keeley - photographer
• Pete Caravolais - assistant photographer
• Tony Proctor Lambe - hair and makeup artist

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