Nether Lands

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Nether Lands
Dan Fogelberg - Nether Lands.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1977 [1]
RecordedCaribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado, The Record Plant, Los Angeles and Sausalito, Quadraphonic Sound Studios, Nashville and North Star Studio, Boulder, Colorado [1]
Genre Soft rock
Length43:59
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
  1. "Love Gone By"
    Released: 1977
  2. "Nether Lands"
    Released: 1977
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Nether Lands is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg, released in 1977. [4] The album title is a play on Nederland, Colorado, the location of one of the studios used to record the album.

Contents

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" For Don Quixote, Walt Disney and the Wizard of Oz – 4:10
  10. "Sketches" – 3:32
  11. "False Faces" – 4:52

Personnel

Production

Other credits

Charts

Album Billboard (United States)

YearChartPosition
1977Pop Albums [5] 13

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References

  1. 1 2 "Nether Lands". Dan Fogelberg Official Website. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
  2. AllMusic review
  3. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 254, 255.
  4. McParland, Robert (2022). Singer-Songwriters of the 1970s: 150+ Profiles. McFarland, Inc. p. 68.
  5. "Dan Fogelberg". Billboard. Retrieved April 1, 2024.