The High Above and the Down Below

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The High Above and the Down Below
Studio album by Cliff Eberhardt
Released April 10, 2007
Recorded Minneapolis, Minnesota
Genre folk, singer-songwriter
Length 39:48
Label Red House Records
Producer Eric Peltoniemi
Professional reviews
Cliff Eberhardt chronology
School for Love
(2002)		 The High Above and the Down Below
(2008)

The High Above and the Down Below is the seventh studio album by contemporary folk singer-songwriter Cliff Eberhardt. It was released on Red House Records on April 10, 2007. It is Eberhardt's first album in five years and follows a lengthly recovery from serious injuries Eberhardt suffered in a 2002 auto accident.[2][4]

Contents

[edit] Recording

The album was recorded live-in-studio and produced by Eric Peltoniemi. Only a few overdubs were added (mostly doubling Eberhardt's own slide guitar work to his own guitar playing). Eberhardt says, "This is the recording that I always wanted to make."[5] The musicians featured include Eberhardt (vocals & guitars), Rich Dworsky (piano, B3, Rhodes), Gordy Johnson (bassses), and J.T. Bates (drums).

[edit] Reception

The album received favorable reviews,[1][2][3][4] and made at least one critic's list of best albums of the year.[6] The album debuted at #12, on the Folk Radio Airplay chart for April 2007.[7]

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Cliff Eberhardt

  1. "The High Above and the Down Below" - 3:14
  2. "Missing You" - 2:43
  3. "It's Home Everywhere I Go" - 3:28
  4. "The Next Big Thing" - 3:15
  5. "The Right Words" - 4:52
  6. "After the Rain Falls" - 2:14
  7. "Assembly Line" - 3:55
  8. "Dug Your Own Grave" - 2:57
  9. "Let This Whole Thing Burn" - 3:18
  10. "New Is What's Come Over You" - 4:04
  11. "I'm All Right" - 2:34
  12. "Goodbye Again" - 3:09

[edit] Credits

[edit] Musicians

[edit] Production

[edit] Artwork

  • Photography - Jim Herrington
  • Layout and design - Eric Peltoniemi
  • Cover concept - Cliff Eberhardt

[edit] Other

  • Bookings - Steve Lindquist
  • Management - Stephen Garvan/Garvan Management

[edit] Charts

date chart peak
April 2007 Folk Radio Airplay Chart 12 [7]

[edit] Releases

year format label catalog #
2007 CD Red House RHR CD 199

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Craig Harris, "Review: Cliff Eberhardt - The High Above and the Down Below", Dirty Linen, 132, October-November 2007
  2. ^ a b c Arthur Wood, "Back at the Wheel", Folkwax, May 16, 2007
  3. ^ a b Michael Devlin, "Review: Cliff Eberhardt - The High Above and the Down Below", Music Matters Review, 24
  4. ^ a b c Scott Sheldon, "Off the Beaten Track: Cliff Eberhardt - The High Above and the Down Below", Sing Out!, Winter 2008 (link to article on BNET)
  5. ^ Cliff Eberhardt, liner notes for The High Above and the Down Below (RHR CD 199), Red House Records, Inc., 2007
  6. ^ Ken Barnes, Edna Gundersen, Steve Jones, Elysa Gardner and Brian Mansfield, "The Best, the Worst, the Weirdest", USA Today, December 23, 2007
  7. ^ a b Richard Gillmann, "Top Albums of April 2007", as determined by FolkDJ-L playlists, folkradio.org