The Indescribable Wow

Infobox Album | Name = The Indescribable Wow
Type = Album
Artist = Sam Phillips


Released = 1988
Recorded = Ocean Way Recorders (Los Angeles, California) Sunset Sound Factory (Hollywood, California)
Genre = Folk rock
Length =
Label = Virgin Records
Producer = T-Bone Burnett
Reviews = |Last album = Recollection (1987) | This album = "The Indescribable Wow" (1988)
Next album = Cruel Inventions (1991) |

"The Indescribable Wow" is the fifth (studio) album from American singer-songwriter Sam Phillips.

Track listing

All songs by Sam Phillips, except "Holding On To The Earth" and "She Can't Tell Time" by Sam Phillips and TBone Burnett.

# "I Don't Want To Fall In Love" – 2:54
# "I Don't Know How To Say Goodbye To You" – 3:19
# "Flame" – 2:35
# "Remorse" – 3:43
# "What Do I Do" – 3:58
# "I Can't Stop Crying" – 3:21
# "Holding On To The Earth" – 3:02
# "She Can't Tell Time"– 3:58
# "What You Don't Want To Hear" – 3:05
# "Out Of Time" – 4:24

Personnel

*Sam Phillips: Vocals, Guitars,
*T-Bone Burnett: Guitar, Mandocello, Marxophone
*Jerry Scheff: Bass
*Steve Jordan: Drums
*Ralph Forbes: Drum Machine
*Mickey Curry: Drums
*Alex Acuña: Percussion and Drums
*Mike Utley: Organ
*Darrell Leonard: Trumpet
*Buell Neidlinger: Cello and String Bass
*David Miner: Harpsichord, Harmonium, Bass
*"What Do I Do" arranged by Van Dyke Parks and T-Bone Burnett

Production notes

*Produced by T Bone Burnett.
*Mixed by Kevin Killen.
*Recorded by Rik Pekkonen, assisted by Mike Ross.
*Additional Recording by Tchad Blake.
*Assistant Engineers: Dave Knight, Brian Soucy, and Clif Norrell.
*Recorded at Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, California and Ocean Way Recorders.