Nether Lands

Nether Lands is the fourth album by the late 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 - organ, guitar, piano, keyboard, vocals, 12 string guitar
• Kenneth A. Buttrey - drums
• Don Henley - vocals, harmony vocals
• Russ Kunkel - conga, drums
• Joe Lala - percussion, conga
• Frank Marocco - accordion
• Norbert Putnam - bass
• J.D. Souther - 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)

References