''River of Souls'' is the twelfth 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 September 1993. The album features a variety of genres ranging from Celtic, Brazilian, country, and African soft rock. It received mostly positive reviews from fans and critics alike, praising the instrumentation and vocals. However, some of the song's topics, which included war and politics, were not well received.

Track listing

All songs written by Dan Fogelberg. #"Magic Every Moment" – 4:22 #"All There Is" – 4:34 #"The Minstrel" – 4:42 #"Faces of America" – 6:09 #"Holy Road" – 6:01 #"Serengeti Moon" – 4:45 #"Higher Ground" – 5:50 #"A Love Like This" – 3:57 #"River of Souls" – 6:11 #"A Voice for Peace" – 5:51

Personnel

* Dan Fogelberg – vocals, keyboards (1, 3, 6, 7, 10), acoustic guitar (1, 2, 4, 5), bass guitar (1, 3–7), synth steel drum (1), horn arrangements (1, 5), electric guitar (2, 4, 8), percussion (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10), acoustic piano (3, 5, 6, 8, 10), Hammond B3 organ (4), mandolin (4), drum programming (4–8, 10), cymbal (5, 9),

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(5), sampling (7), lead guitar (8, 10), classical guitar (9), synth flute (9), synth strings (9), rhythm guitar (10) *

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– synth marimba (1) * Michael Hanna – keyboards (2) *

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– Hammond B3 organ (5, 10) * Bill Payne – acoustic piano (9) * Robert McEntree – electric guitar (7, 8) *

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–

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(2), bass guitar (9) *

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– bass guitar (2) *

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– bass guitar (8, 10) *

Mike Botts Michael Gene Botts (December 8, 1944 – December 9, 2005) was an American drummer, best known for his work with 1970s soft rock band Bread, and as a session musician. During his career, he recorded with Linda Ronstadt, Karla Bonoff, Andrew G ...

– drums (1), shaker (1), bass drum (3), hi-hat (3), cymbal (8, 10) *

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– drums (2, 4), cymbal (3, 6, 7) *

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– drums (7) * Lenny Castro – congas (1, 5), shaker (1),

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(5) *

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– congas (2, 9),

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(2, 9, shaker (9), triangle (9), woodblock (9) * Pam Boulding – hammered dulcimer (3) * Bill Bergman – saxophone (1, 5), horn arrangements (1, 5) * Stephen "Doc" Kupka – baritone saxophone (1, 5) * Dennis Farias – trumpet (1, 5) * Daniel Fornero – trumpet (1, 5) * Philip Boulding –

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(3),

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(3) * Gene Elders – fiddle (4) * David Campbell – orchestra arrangements (3), conductor (3, 8), string arrangements (8) * Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals (5, 7) *

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– backing vocals (5, 6, 7) * Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals (5, 6, 7) * Maxine Anderson – backing vocals (6) * Ronald Kunene – backing vocals (6) * Abner Mariri – backing vocals (6) * Lebohang Morake – backing vocals (6) * Josef Powell – backing vocals (6)

Production

* Producer – Dan Fogelberg * Executive Producer – Remington Buckaroo Boone * Engineers – Dan Fogelberg, Marty Lewis, Dave Reynolds,

Elliot Scheiner Elliot Ray Scheiner (born 18 March 1947) is a music producer, mixer and engineer. Scheiner has received 27 Grammy Award nominations, eight of which he won, and he has been awarded four Emmy nominations, two Emmy Awards for his work with the Eagl ...

and James Tuttle. * Assistant Engineers – Neal Avron, Anastasia Fogelberg, Dave Glover, Mike Kloster and Kevin Nimmo. * Recorded at Mountain Bird Studios (Boulder, CO) and

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(Los Angeles, CA). * Mixed by Elliot Scheiner at

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(Los Angeles, CA). * Mix Assistant – Tom Winslow * Mastered by Denny Purcell at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, TN). * Art Direction and Design –

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and Brian Wittman * Photography –

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Charts

References

{{Authority control Dan Fogelberg albums 1993 albums Albums arranged by David Campbell (composer)