The Indescribable Wow was well received on its release. In Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...

the reviewer said, "Phillips is a major talent, with great rewards to offer" while Allmusic states that the album's music is "timeless".

Track listing

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

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

Personnel

• Sam Phillips: Vocals, Guitars,
• T-Bone Burnett
  T-Bone Burnett
  Joseph Henry Burnett , widely known as T-Bone Burnett, is an American musician, songwriter, and soundtrack and record producer.He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band on the Rolling Thunder Revue...
  
  : Guitar, Mandocello, Marxophone
• Jerry Scheff
  Jerry Scheff
  Jerry Obern Scheff is an American bassist, perhaps best known for his work with Elvis Presley in the early 1970s as a member of his TCB Band and his work on The Doors' final recordings....
  
  : Bass
• Steve Jordan
  Steve Jordan (musician)
  Steve Jordan is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, musical director and Grammy Award-winning artist, who has made a name for himself as a producer from the Bronx in New York City. A graduate of the Fiorello H...
  
  : Drums
• Ralph Forbes: Drum Machine
• Mickey Curry
  Mickey Curry
  Michael Timothy Curry is an American drummer. He is best known for his long-term collaboration with the singer-songwriter Bryan Adams, although he has also worked with Hall & Oates, Cher, Tina Turner, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Sam Phillips, Tom Waits, The Cult, Steve Jones and...
  
  : Drums
• Alex Acuña
  Alex Acuña
  Alejandro Neciosup Acuña aka Alex Acuña is a Peruvian drummer and percussionist, in the Afro-Cuban jazz style.Born in Pativilca, Peru, Acuña played in local bands from the age of ten, and moved to Lima as a teenager. At the age of eighteen he joined the band of Perez Prado, and in 1967 he moved...
  
  : Percussion and Drums
• Mike Utley
  Mike Utley
  Michael Utley is a former American football player. He is known for being paralyzed during an NFL game.-NFL career:...
  
  : Organ
• Darrell Leonard
  Darrell Leonard
  Darrell Leonard is a Los Angeles based trumpet player, composer and arranger.He recorded and toured with Delaney and Bonnie and Friends from 1970 through 1972.He is a Grammy winner for his work with Taj Mahal and the Phantom Blues Band....
  
  : Trumpet
• Buell Neidlinger
  Buell Neidlinger
  Buell Neidlinger is an American cellist and double bassist.Neidlinger was born in Westport, Connecticut. After Yale University, he moved to New York City and began playing in various jazz settings...
  
  : Cello and String Bass
• David Miner
  David Miner (musician)
  David Miner , sometimes credited as David Minor, is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, perhaps best known as a member of Grace Slick's The Great Society in the 1960s. He actually co-founded The Great Society along with Jerry, Darby, and Grace Slick as well as Bard Du Pont, in the sense...
  
  : Harpsichord, Harmonium, Bass
• "What Do I Do" arranged by Van Dyke Parks
  Van Dyke Parks
  Van Dyke Parks is an American composer, arranger, producer, musician, singer, author and actor. Parks is perhaps best known for his contributions as a lyricist on the Beach Boys album Smile....
  
   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
  Tchad Blake
  Tchad Blake is an American record producer, audio engineer, mixer and musician.He has worked with numerous artists and musicians, including State Radio, Apartment 26, Elvis Costello, Peter Gabriel, Pearl Jam, Tom Waits, Richard Thompson, Brazilian Girls, Sheryl Crow, November 2nd, Travis, Marike...
  
  .
• Assistant Engineers: Dave Knight, Brian Soucy, and Clif Norrell.
• Recorded at Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, California and Ocean Way Recorders.