{"product_id":"nels-cline-lovers-cd","title":"Nels Cline - Lovers (CD)","description":"\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2CD Edition, 18 Tracks Across Two Discs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the compact disc edition of Lovers, Nels Cline's first album for Blue Note: 18 tracks running just over 89 minutes, with ten on the first disc and eight on the second. The label calls it an expansive double album and a \"mood music\" project the guitarist had wanted to make for more than 25 years. Cline has said the idea first came to him in the 1980s, when he would draft and revise song lists on airplanes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichael Leonhart arranged the music and conducted an ensemble the label numbers at 23 musicians. The lineup includes guitarist Julian Lage, harpist Zeena Parkins, vibraphonist Kenny Wollesen, cellist Erik Friedlander, clarinetist Ben Goldberg, trumpeter Steven Bernstein, bassist Devin Hoff and Cline's twin brother, Alex Cline, on drums and percussion. David Breskin produced the album, Ron Saint Germain recorded and mixed it, and the sessions took place in November and December 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe program sets Cline's own compositions beside Great American Songbook standards by Rodgers and Hart, Rodgers and Hammerstein and Jerome Kern, along with pieces by Sonic Youth, Arto Lindsay, Jimmy Giuffre, Gabor Szabo, Annette Peacock and Henry Mancini. Blue Note names Bill Evans, Jim Hall, Gil Evans, Johnny Mandel and Mancini among the album's inspirations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLovers holds a Metacritic score of 84. NPR Music and the Boston Globe each listed it among the best jazz albums of 2016, and AllMusic included it in its favorite jazz albums of that year. Cline premiered the material at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 31, 2016, then performed it at Royce Hall in Los Angeles and at SFJAZZ in April 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRolling Stone has named Cline one of its 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Alongside his full-time place in Wilco, he has led groups including the Nels Cline Singers and appeared on more than 200 albums as a guest or featured player.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDisc 1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction \/ Diaphanous\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlad To Be Unhappy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeautiful Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHairpin \u0026amp; Hatbox\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCry, Want\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLady Gabor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Bed We Made\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou Noticed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSecret Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Have Dreamed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDisc 2\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy Was I Born?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInvitation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt Only Has To Happen Once\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Night Porter \/ Max, Mon Amour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSnare, Girl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSo Hard It Hurts \/ Touching\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Search For Cat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Bond\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 602547899392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Blue Note Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.19.16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Blue Note Records","offers":[{"title":"NEW \/ NEW","offer_id":67525417697438,"sku":"EVP-376E2711-NEW-NEW-NONE0000","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/Lovers_2CD.png?v=1791479702","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/nels-cline-lovers-cd","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}