PHOEBE SNOW “Something Real.” Elektra **1/2

That Snow is back after an eight-year hiatus from recording is cause for celebration among those who find her distinctively quirky voice downright addictive. But while this album is classy and polished, there isn’t much that approaches classic Snow territory, aside from “We Might Never Feel This Way Again,” with its touching, grab-the-moment romanticism, and the softly tender “I’m Your Girl,” which Snow wrote for her late mother. Any record by Snow is worth a listen, but you may have to go back to some of her previous albums to really get a sense of what makes her so distinctively real.