Nether Lands

Nether Lands
Studio album by Dan Fogelberg
Released	May 1977[1]
Recorded	Caribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado, The Record Plant, Los Angeles and Sausalito, Quadraphonic Sound Studios, Nashville and North Star Studio, Boulder, Colorado[1]
Genre	Soft rock
Length	43:59
Label	Full Moon/Epic
Producer	Dan Fogelberg and Norbert Putnam
Dan Fogelberg chronology
Captured Angel (1975) Nether Lands (1977) Twin Sons of Different Mothers (1978)
Singles from Nether Lands
"Love Gone By" Released: 1977 "Nether Lands" Released: 1977

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Nether Lands is the fourth album by American singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg, released in 1977 (see 1977 in music). The album title is a play on Nederland, Colorado, the location of one of the studios used to record the album. Nederland is the Dutch name for the country known in English as the Netherlands.

Track listing

All songs written by Dan Fogelberg.

1. "Nether Lands" – 5:32
2. "Once upon a Time" – 3:38
3. "Dancing Shoes" – 3:28
4. "Lessons Learned" – 4:52
5. "Loose Ends" – 5:23
6. "Love Gone By" – 3:04
7. "Promises Made" – 3:18
8. "Give Me Some Time" – 3:20
9. "Scarecrow's Dream" – 4:10
10. "Sketches" – 3:32
11. "False Faces" – 4:52

Personnel

• Dan Fogelberg - acoustic & electric guitars, piano, electric piano, organ, keyboards, vocals, 12 string guitar, slide guitar
• Kenneth A. Buttrey - drums
• Dominic Frontiere, Dan Fogelberg, Norbert Putnam - orchestral arrangements
• Don Henley - backing vocals, harmony vocals
• Russ Kunkel - conga, drums
• Joe Lala - percussion, conga
• Frank Marocco - accordion
• Norbert Putnam - bass
• J.D. Souther - backing vocals, harmony vocals
• John Stronach - percussion, maracas, tambourine
• Al Perkins - pedal steel, dobro
• Joe Walsh - guitar, electric guitar
• Tim Weisberg - flute

Production

• Produced by: Dan Fogelberg and Norbert Putnam
• Mix down Engineer: Marty Lewis
• Assistant Engineers: Jeff Guercio, Mark Guercio, John Henning, Marty Lewis, Bruce Hensal, Gary Landinsky.
• Recorded at:
  • Caribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado
  • Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, California
  • Quadrafonic Sound Studios, Nashville, Tennessee;
  • The Record Plant, 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: Kosh
• Painting by: Dan Fogelberg
  • (painting is inside gatefold cover of LP)

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1977	Pop Albums	13

References

1. "Nether Lands". Dan Fogelberg Official Website. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
2. Allmusic review