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by American singer Jennifer Nettles. It was released on June 25, 2021, and is her first release under Concord Records. Taking inspiration from Broadway, the album consists of cover songs from Broadway plays and features arrangements by Alex Lacamoire. Three singles were released from ''Always Like New'', " Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat", "

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Background

Track listing

All tracks are produced by Alex Lacamoire, Adam Zotovich, Scott Patton and Jennifer Nettles.

Personnel

Musicians

* Jennifer Nettles – vocals * Alex Lacamoire – acoustic piano (1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10),

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(9) * Joseph Joubert – acoustic piano (7), organ (7) * Dillion Kondor – acoustic guitar (1, 4, 8) * Scott Patton – acoustic guitar (1, 3-6, 8), electric guitar (2, 3, 7, 9) * Clay Sears – acoustic guitar (3, 9), electric guitar (3, 9) * Andrew Keenan –

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(1) * Paul Bushnell – bass guitar (2, 3, 9), electric bass (7) * John Patitucci – upright bass (4) * Zev Kats – upright bass (5, 6) * Joshua Day – drums (2, 5-7) * Victor Indrizzo – drums (3, 9) * Aaron Heick – saxophones (2, 7) * Tom Timko – saxophones (2) * Randy Andos – bass trombone (2) * Michael Davis – trombone (2, 7) * Nick Marchoine – trumpet (2, 7) * Andrew Janss – cello (1, 5) * Rebecca Young – viola (1, 5) * Shmuel Katz – viola (5) * Lisa Kim – violin (1, 5) * Suzanne Ornstein – violin (1, 5) * Antoine Silverman – violin (6) * Casey Erin Clark – backing vocals (2, 7) * Allyson Kaye Daniel – backing vocals (2, 7) * Allen René Louis – backing vocals (2, 7) * Angela Grovey – backing vocals (2, 7) * Zonya Johnson – backing vocals (2, 7) * Jason McCollum – backing vocals (2, 7) * Michael McElroy – backing vocals (2, 7), vocal arrangements (2, 7) * Anastasia Talley – backing vocals (2, 7) * Virginia Woodruff – backing vocals (2, 7) *

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Production and technical

* Adam Zotovich – executive producer * Alex Lacamoire – producer, arrangements, orchestrations * Jennifer Nettles – producer, arrangements * Scott Patton – co-producer * Joseph Joubert – arrangements (7) * Ian Kagey – engineer * Derik Lee – engineer * Neal Avron – mixing * Scott Skrzynski – mix assistant * Bri Holland – editing * Chris Gehringer – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York) * Misa Iwama – music librarian * Emily Grishman – music copyist * Aiden Terry – music copyist * Stephanie Leah Evans – music assistant * Jacqueline Godfrey – music assistant * Isaac Hayward – music assistant * Scott Wasserman – music assistant * Carrie Smith – art direction * Sage Lamonica – package design * Shervin Lainez – photography

Charts

Release history

References

{{Jennifer Nettles 2021 albums Jennifer Nettles albums Concord Records albums