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DISCID=9f0ac20b,a00ac20b
DTITLE=Dan Fogelberg / Nether Lands
DYEAR=1977
DGENRE=Folk-Rock
TTITLE0=Nether Lands
TTITLE1=Once Upon A Time
TTITLE2=Dancing Shoes
TTITLE3=Lessons Learned
TTITLE4=Loose Ends
TTITLE5=Love Gone By
TTITLE6=Promises Made
TTITLE7=Give Me Some Time
TTITLE8=Scarecrow's Dream
TTITLE9=Sketches
TTITLE10=False Faces
EXTD=Originally Released 1977\nCD Edition Released August 1985\n\nAMG 
EXTD=EXPERT REVIEW: While continuing to grow as an artist, Fogelberg e
EXTD=xtended himself even further on his fourth album. Somewhat of a c
EXTD=oncept album, replete with orchestration and following an underly
EXTD=ing theme throughout, it had the feel of a long, unified musical 
EXTD=suite. Powerful, moving and emotionally charged, it firmly establ
EXTD=ished Fogelberg as a major artist whose creative reach seemed bou
EXTD=ndless. Arriving at the height of the California rock explosion, 
EXTD=the album brought together rock, pop, country, folk and classical
EXTD= musical ideas in a fully cohesive effort. Though some of the son
EXTD=gs could stand on their own, the album begs to be listened to as 
EXTD=a complete work. Fogelberg was stretching himself to ambitious he
EXTD=ights, not only through his songwriting, singing and turns on var
EXTD=ious instruments, but also by producing the album himself. Nether
EXTD=lands both reflected and surpassed the '70s music sound and, most
EXTD= importantly, still resonates many years later. -- Steve Matteo\n
EXTD=\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nQuintessential Fogelberg, Decembe
EXTD=r 26, 2006\nReviewer: Dale Casper "Ghostman" (Norwalk, OH USA)\nI
EXTD=f you can only listen to one Fogelberg album, this should be the 
EXTD=one. Everything about Dan's music (the good and the bad) is disti
EXTD=lled into these 11 cuts. \n\nDan Folgelberg is the most potent pr
EXTD=ovider of tragic-romantic, had-true-love-and-real-meaning-in-my-l
EXTD=ife-but-lost-it, yearnings in pop music of the 70's. Yes, sometim
EXTD=es he overdoes it and appears bathetic. Yes, sometimes he tries t
EXTD=oo hard (pushing his voice over the edge on the song "Nether Land
EXTD=s"). But those who bash this album miss the point of Dan's music.
EXTD= He gives voice to the deep longing and sense of loss that many o
EXTD=f us wish we could express ourselves. My personal favourite is "S
EXTD=carecrow's Dream"; hauntingly performed, it has haunted my dreams
EXTD= for all these years. \n\nIf you like Fogelberg, you will love th
EXTD=is album.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThe only album that's 
EXTD=ever made me cry., November 30, 2006\nReviewer: Christina De Vill
EXTD=ier (Oregon, USA)\nThis album is a beautiful, melancholy work and
EXTD= certainly one of Fogelberg's greatest works, if not his best. I 
EXTD=first fell in love with it (though I'd heard it before) when trav
EXTD=eling in Europe. I needed an album to relax to, and this was what
EXTD= I chose. What an eye-opener! Becoming familiar with the lyrics a
EXTD=s well as the melodies has given me, as I've grown older, insight
EXTD=s into my own mind. How can I praise this musician more? He's sho
EXTD=wn me an window into my soul, not just his own. \n\nThe exquisite
EXTD= pairing of Dancing Shoes and Lessons Learned (they come one afte
EXTD=r the other) was enough, one hard day, to bring me to tears. \n\n
EXTD=Even if music doesn't move you, or moves you so often that it doe
EXTD=sn't matter anymore, listen to this album. You won't regret it. \n
EXTD=\nPoignant, poetic, beautifully instrumented, and deeply sad with
EXTD=out being hopeless.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nUnderrated a
EXTD=nd underappreciated - one of Fogelberg's finest, September 26, 20
EXTD=06\nReviewer: Warren Mullin (Kansas City)\nAlthough it peaked at 
EXTD=a respectable #13 on Billboard's album charts in June of 1977, th
EXTD=is album is still unknown to many that have only listened for Dan
EXTD='s chart hits. Two singles ("Love Gone By" and the promo "Nether 
EXTD=Lands") failed to achieve any true commercial success, but that s
EXTD=tatistic belies the greatness of content. "Nether Lands" contains
EXTD= some of Dan's finest compositions and flows beautifully, stirrin
EXTD=g many dimensions and genres of musical styles. For those attuned
EXTD= to the pure lyrical and melodic trademark folk style of Dan's, t
EXTD=here are generous helpings here. For those with an ear for commer
EXTD=cial pop, listen to the aforementioned tunes, as well as "Once Up
EXTD=on A Time" and "False Faces". Don Henley, Joe Walsh, and John Dav
EXTD=id Souther are among the fine talents that lend a hand in craftin
EXTD=g the sounds heard on this disc, and the compostitions are intros
EXTD=pective and bold. This was a harbinger of great things to follow,
EXTD= and those who did buy this when it was a fresh 12-inch piece of 
EXTD=wax knew it. Great from start to finish, and severly overlooked. 
EXTD=Even more sad is that the CD is in great need of remastering, as 
EXTD=the direct analog transfers are much too "tinny" without the lowe
EXTD=r registers and midrange represented well. Still a five-star even
EXTD=t due to the artistry.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nDouble th
EXTD=ose stars Please!, October 5, 2005\nReviewer: A. Sloan (Cary, NC)
EXTD=\nI have not thought of this CD in years! I don't know where mine
EXTD= went to, but I know I have to get one soon. Once when we had had
EXTD= a very heavy ice storm we awoke to the sun glistening off of the
EXTD= sparkling layer of ice on everything and the sky radiating a bri
EXTD=lliant blue. I had to go to the store and decided to pop in this 
EXTD=tape. I promise you, you have not lived until you listen to this 
EXTD=when it's snowing or when icicles are sparkling in the sunlight a
EXTD=nd a frigid wintry wind is whipping. This CD invokes scenes of wi
EXTD=nter in your mind like nothing else I've ever heard. (Even more s
EXTD=o than Vivaldi's Concerto no. 4 "Winter" from the four seasons) I
EXTD=f you close your eyes during the swelling of the orchestration, t
EXTD=he strings, the twinkling of the piano keys and Dan's wonderful f
EXTD=alsetto on the title track and you instantly see a beautiful wint
EXTD=er wonderland in your mind's eye. I used to play this entire albu
EXTD=m when it snowed around Christmas time. \n\nThe entire CD is magi
EXTD=cal and wondrous. Dan's voice is only surpassed by his own voice 
EXTD=when he harmonizes in duet. His collaborations with Tim Weisberg 
EXTD=on "Twin son's of different mothers" and "No resemblance whatsoev
EXTD=er" just doesn't come close to this CD for me. Only Fogelberg can
EXTD= back up Fogelberg and make such magic. I've not found another CD
EXTD= of his that I adore more than this one. All of the others pale i
EXTD=n comparison even his more commercial songs. There is not one bad
EXTD= track on here Promises made, Dancing Shoes, the Nether lands (my
EXTD= favorite) are radiatingly orchestrated while Scarecrow dreams is
EXTD= a quiet bit of heaven and harmony to go to sleep by. The sound i
EXTD=s soft, lilting, soothing and exciting all at once if that is pos
EXTD=sible. The CD reminds me of the adrenaline rush, then the soothin
EXTD=g sense of wonderment you get with the first snow of the season. 
EXTD=(Especially when you're a young child). What a journey. If he was
EXTD= trying to send me to another place besides the Netherlands when 
EXTD=he made this masterpiece, then somehow I got on the wrong plane b
EXTD=ecause that's all I can see when I listen to it!\n\n\nAMAZON.COM 
EXTD=CUSTOMER REVIEW\nDan Fogelburg perfected, October 22, 2003\nRevie
EXTD=wer: matt pavkovic (Clinton, NJ USA)\nIf you like music, you have
EXTD= not lived until you've listened to this cd in a quiet room, on a
EXTD= good sound system. Nether Lands teeters so dangerously close to 
EXTD=perfection it's scary. The haunting, prose-like lyrics inbedded i
EXTD=n the pastel colors of the 'album' artwork only add to the signif
EXTD=cance of this steller achievement.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIE
EXTD=W\nDistinctive and melodic but occasionally absurd, March 10, 200
EXTD=3\nReviewer: A. Butterfield (UK)\nI find the opening track partic
EXTD=ularly silly. The lavish orchestration and harp arpeggios sit at 
EXTD=odds with Dan's strained vocals (what made him think he could sin
EXTD=g so high?) and overblown lyrics. Take out the vocal track and yo
EXTD=u'd swear it was a Julie Andrews number from some children's musi
EXTD=cal film. A track to skip if ever there was one.\nThe track finis
EXTD=hes eventually, and Dan moves into the frantic intrumentation of 
EXTD="Once Upon a Time" which is spoiled by a messy, confused producti
EXTD=on. Too many instruments I think.\n\nThen we get the prententious
EXTD= "Dancing Shoes" with its oh-so-seventies French phrases (a mista
EXTD=ke) and pseudo Baroque arrangement. Nice melody, but hard to take
EXTD= seriously.\n\nThe fourth track, "Lessons Learned" is a decent Fo
EXTD=gelberg number though, and brings the album back down to earth a 
EXTD=bit. This, along with "Promises Made" and "Scarecrow's Dream" are
EXTD= really the only worthy tracks on this rather unattractive, poorl
EXTD=y produced album.\n\nThe rest ranges from the pompous over-dramat
EXTD=ised "loose Ends" to the painful vocals of "Sketches" and the tat
EXTD=ty "Love Gone By".\n\nOf all Dan's early albums, this is certainl
EXTD=y the worst and doesn't stand comparison with the excellent "Souv
EXTD=enirs" or the album that followed "Nether Lands", "Phoenix", whic
EXTD=h is much, much better.\n\nGet it if you're a completist, but don
EXTD='t get it first!\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nOne on the most
EXTD= outstanding albums ever!, December 28, 2002\nReviewer: Glenn And
EXTD=ersson (Sweden)\nI discovered Fogelberg relatively late, but as I
EXTD= love the music of the 70s, I directly concentrated on his early 
EXTD=albums. After having purchased and listened to the more country-f
EXTD=lavoured albums "Souvenirs" and "Captured Angel", I picked up thi
EXTD=s one and got a real chock! I had never heard anything like it, a
EXTD=nd still hasn't to this day. The bombastic and symphonic sound re
EXTD=ally blew me away, once I got over the first confusment.\nThe who
EXTD=le album is quite remarkable in its total disrespect for what the
EXTD= audience or commercial institutions might think. Fogelberg here 
EXTD=does as he pleases and takes his usually great musicianship even 
EXTD=higher, as well as showing what an original artist he is. On this
EXTD= album he was inspired by classical music and composers like the 
EXTD=norwegian Edvard Grieg, influences that clearly can be heard thro
EXTD=ugout the album in the compositions and arrangments. It is more h
EXTD=eavily orchestrated than his other ones, and even if it isn't a c
EXTD=oncept albums, it surely could pass for one. Spanning from acoust
EXTD=ic masterpiece ballads with odd instrumentations (harpsichord, fr
EXTD=ench accordion etc.) to dramatic, symphonic pieces, it however al
EXTD=so includes a few rockier tunes.\n\nThis Fogelberg album has -- t
EXTD=ogether with the double "Innocent Age" -- followed me through the
EXTD= years and accompanied me through hard emotional times, and there
EXTD=fore is really special to me (if you like this one, "The Innocent
EXTD= Age" MUST be your next one to discover). There is no better ther
EXTD=apy than a good Dan Fogelberg album, and this is one of the best!
EXTD= Listen, enjoy and learn!\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThe Al
EXTD=bum that Demonstrated the Artist, December 17, 2002\nReviewer: "f
EXTD=ischman17" (North Dakota)\nAs is so often the case, an artist ach
EXTD=ieves his greates triumph early in his career. I don't know if th
EXTD=ey run out of inspiration, or simply succumb to the pressure to p
EXTD=roduce "hits," but so many decline shortly after hitting the big 
EXTD=time. This is certainly the case here. This album, relatively ear
EXTD=ly in Fogelberg's career, clearly displays the pinnacle of his ar
EXTD=tistic achievement ("Twin Sons of Different Mothers" offering the
EXTD= only possible argument to the contrary).\n"Pop Artist" may be an
EXTD= oxymoron, but if anybody was able to achieve artistic success wi
EXTD=thin the confines of "pop" music, surely it is Dan Fogelberg. The
EXTD=re were no radio hits here, although "Once Upon a Time" and "Love
EXTD= Gone By" easily could have been, and probably would have been, h
EXTD=ad they been released after Dan had already made a popular name f
EXTD=or himself. Like his more well-known "Part of the Plan" and "Hear
EXTD=t Hotels," they display a catchy pop sensibility without degenera
EXTD=ting into schlock or a here today-gone tomorrow faddishness. \n\n
EXTD=What really makes this album special, though, are the other tunes
EXTD=, which stretch so far beyond the basic pop format, that we get s
EXTD=ome real insight into the artistic vision Fogelberg was capable o
EXTD=f. The title cut and "Loose Ends," each a 5 1/2 minute mini-epic 
EXTD=reflection, show an unusual depth for such a young artist. Other 
EXTD=cuts include lush orchestration, but the perfectly balanced strin
EXTD=gs only add to the emotional impact. The final cut, "False Faces,
EXTD=" finishes with a deep sense of melancholy, but is powerfully del
EXTD=ivered and has major impact. \n\nIn short, this album is musicall
EXTD=y interesting, artistically successful, eminently listenable, and
EXTD= strong from start to finish. The one Dan Fogelberg Album that ca
EXTD=n be given a full 5 stars without reservation.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CU
EXTD=STOMER REVIEW\nA thoughtful work of consistently high quality, Au
EXTD=gust 8, 2001\nReviewer: Pete Walker (Church Stretton, Shropshire,
EXTD= England)\nIn his first two albums, Dan Fogelberg was finding his
EXTD= feet and developing his style, although on his third he seemed r
EXTD=ather to have lost his way. This was rectified in 1977, with 'Net
EXTD=her Lands' being the album in which he really seemed to find his 
EXTD=niche artistically. From then on, he moved forward confidently an
EXTD=d met with considerable commercial success.\n\nHowever, this albu
EXTD=m does not make any concessions in order to be commercial and con
EXTD=tains no hit singles - it is an uncompromising artistic effort an
EXTD=d merits sustained listening in order to fully appreciate its dee
EXTD=p qualities. This was the first Dan Fogelberg album which I heard
EXTD=, and initially I did not particularly enjoy it. However, that so
EXTD=on changed, and it became the much-loved 'soundtrack' for an impo
EXTD=rtant time in my life. It remains my favourite Fogelberg album, s
EXTD=ounding as good as ever after more than 20 years.\n\nWhilst all t
EXTD=he musical styles used here appear in some form or another in Dan
EXTD='s other albums, this one perhaps contains the broadest range of 
EXTD=styles, as he experiments with intricate arrangements ranging fro
EXTD=m dramatically orchestrated ballads (the title track and 'Sketche
EXTD=s') to rolling country-rock ('Once upon a time' and 'Lessons lear
EXTD=ned'), gentle acoustic guitar picking ('Scarecrow's dream'), ligh
EXTD=t jazz ('Give me some time'), and slow, moody rock ('Loose ends')
EXTD=. And throughout, Fogelberg's tasteful guitar and keyboard work, 
EXTD=and his soaring vocal harmonies, demonstrate his maturing musical
EXTD= talent.\n\nWhilst not a concept album in the accepted sense, the
EXTD= mood and lyrical content of the album has a consistency througho
EXTD=ut, the themes being the search for direction in life, issues of 
EXTD=conscience and idealism, and the transitory nature of many relati
EXTD=onships. Dan seems to have been going through a particular period
EXTD= of self-examination when this album was written, and there is a 
EXTD=sense of strong feeling being put into the songs. This work is th
EXTD=ought-provoking rather than entertaining, and is best listened to
EXTD= alone, without distractions.\n\nIt would be perhaps unfair to si
EXTD=ngle out a particular track, but in many ways the closing song 'F
EXTD=alse faces' epitomises Dan Fogelberg at this time, with its power
EXTD=ful orchestration, strong vocal harmonies, intricate guitar work 
EXTD=and lyrics expressing the inner struggles of the artist.\n\n\nAMA
EXTD=ZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nExpanding the Soft Rock California Sound
EXTD=, May 16, 2000\nReviewer: dev1 (Baltimore)\nNether Lands is an en
EXTD=chanting and imaginative look at love, longing and fulfillment. F
EXTD=ogelberg's lyrical examination of these themes is "nether" or "be
EXTD=neath the surface." Anticipation and fear are exposed in 'Once Up
EXTD=on A Time' and 'Promises Made,' where "Lessons Learned' and 'Give
EXTD= Me Some Time' express the futility of superficial love. And the 
EXTD=search for inner peace is the subject of 'Loose Ends' and the fin
EXTD=al 'False Faces.' These themes run through Nether Lands from begi
EXTD=nning to end giving the CD a story like quality complete with an 
EXTD=introduction (cuts 1 to 5), a climax (cuts 6 to 8) and resolution
EXTD= (cuts 9 to 11). Nether Lands reads like a voyage of questioning 
EXTD=and discovery, and is best appreciated in a single setting.\nThe 
EXTD=music is generally soft rock, and includes country (Once Upon A T
EXTD=ime), folk (Lessons Learned), pop (Give Me Some Time) and rock (L
EXTD=ove Gone By). The most touching pieces are orchestrated dreamlike
EXTD= compositions (Dancing Shoes, Scarecrows Dream, Sketches). Follow
EXTD=ing the storyline, the music is probing and inquisitive, dramatic
EXTD= and relieving. Here, Fogelberg has expanded the soft rock Califo
EXTD=rnia sound of the late seventies by including an intelligent and 
EXTD=poignant theme. Melodic, luscious and discerning.\n\n\nHalf.com N
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