''Nether Lands'' is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter

Dan Fogelberg Daniel Grayling Fogelberg (August 13, 1951 – December 16, 2007) was an American musician, songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. He is known for his 1970s and 1980s songs, including "Longer" (1979), "Same Old Lang Syne" (1980), and " ...

, released in 1977 (see

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). The album title is a play on

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, the location of one of the studios used to record the album.

Track listing

All songs written by

. #"Nether Lands" – 5:32 #"Once upon a Time" – 3:38 #"Dancing Shoes" – 3:28 #"Lessons Learned" – 4:52 #"Loose Ends" – 5:23 #"Love Gone By" – 3:04 #"Promises Made" – 3:18 #"Give Me Some Time" – 3:20 #"Scarecrow's Dream" For Don Quixote, Walt Disney and the Wizard of Oz – 4:10 #"Sketches" – 3:32 #"False Faces" – 4:52

Personnel

* Dan Fogelberg – vocals,

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, electric and acoustic guitars, orchestral arrangement (1), finger cymbals (3),

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(5), organ (6), sleigh bells and

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(9) * Kenneth A. Buttrey – drums (2, 6, 7, 8, 11), percussion (8) *

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– dobro, pedal steel guitar *

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– orchestral arrangements and conductor (1, 11), arrangement (10) *

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– harmony vocals (2, 5, 6) *

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– drums and

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– congas (6) *

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–

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(3) *

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– bass guitar, string quartet arrangement (3) *

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– harmony vocals (5), backing vocals (11) * John Stronach –

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s and

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(7) * Joe Vitale – drums (5) *

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– rhythm electric guitar (5) *

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– flute (8)

Production

* Produced by Dan Fogelberg and Norbert Putnam * Engineer – John Stronach * Mix-down Engineer – Marty Lewis * Assistant Engineers – Jeff Guercio, Mark Guercio, John Henning, Marty Lewis, Bruce Hensal and Gary Landinsky. * Recorded at: **

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, Nederland, Colorado **

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, Los Angeles, California ** Quadrafonic Sound Studios, Nashville, Tennessee **

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, Sausalito, California ** North Star Studios, Boulder, Colorado * Mastered by Glenn Meadows at Masterfonics, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee.

Other credits

* Photography by Andy Katz, Boulder, Colorado. * Design by

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* Interior painting by Dan Fogelberg

Charts

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References

{{Authority control Dan Fogelberg albums 1977 albums Albums arranged by David Campbell (composer) Albums produced by Norbert Putnam