Nevertheless (album)

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Nevertheless
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 6, 2007
Genre Folk pop
Label Six Shooter
Producer Christine Fellows
Christine Fellows chronology
Paper Anniversary
(2005)
Nevertheless
(2007)
Femmes de chez nous
(2011)
Professional ratings
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Nevertheless is the fourth studio album by Christine Fellows, released on November 6, 2007 on Six Shooter Records. The album was principally inspired by the life and work of poet Marianne Moore; [2] secondary inspirations include artist Joseph Cornell.

Fellows previously composed some songs on the album, including "The Spinster's Almanac", for a dance work by choreographer Susie Burpee.

The album was recorded at the Prairie Recording Co. studio in Winnipeg and the Manitou Opera House in Manitou, Manitoba. Guest musicians include Leanne Zacharias, Cristina Zacharias, Ed Riefel, Barry Mirochnick, Keith McLeod, Cam Loeppky, Greg Smith and John K. Samson.

Track listing

  1. Let Us Have Done with the Umbrella of Our Contagion
  2. Not Wanted on the Voyage
  3. Saturday Night on Utopia Parkway
  4. The Spinster's Almanac
  5. To a Prize Bird
  6. Cruel Jim
  7. What Makes the Cherry Red
  8. The Parlour Rollers
  9. Outcast
  10. Poor Robin
  11. The Goddess of Macramé
  12. Nevertheless
  13. A Pantry Ballet
  14. Yours, and with Ever Grateful Wonder
  15. What Are Years?

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