Nether Lands Explained

Nether Lands
Type:	Album
Artist:	Dan Fogelberg
Cover:	Dan Fogelberg - Nether Lands.jpg
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
Genre:	Soft rock
Length:	43:59
Label:	Full Moon/Epic
Producer:	Dan Fogelberg and Norbert Putnam
Prev Title:	Captured Angel
Prev Year:	1975
Next Title:	Twin Sons of Different Mothers
Next Year:	1978

Nether Lands is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg, released in 1977.^[2] The album title is a play on Nederland, Colorado, the location of one of the studios used to record the album.

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

• Dan Fogelberg – vocals, electric and acoustic pianos, ARP synthesizer, electric and acoustic guitars, orchestral arrangement (1), finger cymbals (3), pipe organ (5), organ (6), sleigh bells and harpsichord (9)
• Kenneth A. Buttrey – drums (2, 6–8, 11), percussion (8)
• Al Perkins – dobro, pedal steel guitar
• Dominic Frontiere – orchestral arrangements and conductor (1, 11), arrangement (10)
• Don Henley – harmony vocals (2, 5, 6)
• Russ Kunkel – drums and congas (4)
• Joe Lala – congas (6)
• Frank Marocco – accordion (3)
• Norbert Putnam – bass guitar, string quartet arrangement (3)
• J.D. Souther – harmony vocals (5), backing vocals (11)
• John Stronach – maracas and tambourine (7)
• Joe Vitale – drums (5)
• Joe Walsh – rhythm electric guitar (5)
• Tim Weisberg – flute (8)

Production

• Produced by Dan Fogelberg and Norbert Putnam
• Engineer – John Stronach
• Mix-down Engineer – Marty Lewis
• Assistant Engineers – Jeff Guercio, Mark Guercio, John Henning, Marty Lewis, Bruce Hensal and Gary Landinsky.
• Recorded at:
  • Caribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado
  • Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, California
  • Quadrafonic Sound Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
  • 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 John Kosh
• Interior painting by Dan Fogelberg

Charts

Album – Billboard (United States)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nether Lands . Dan Fogelberg Official Website . May 15, 2011.
2. Book: McParland . Robert . Singer-Songwriters of the 1970s: 150+ Profiles . 2022 . McFarland, Inc. . 68.
3. Web site: Dan Fogelberg . Billboard . 1 April 2024.