2021 studio album by Jennifer Nettles
Always Like New Released June 25, 2021 (2021-06-25 ) Genre Length 34 :48 Label Concord Producer
I Can Do Hard Things EP (2019)
Always Like New (2021)
Always Like New is the fourth solo studio album by American singer Jennifer Nettles . It was released on June 25, 2021, and is her first release under Concord Records .[ 2] Taking inspiration from Broadway , the album consists of cover songs from Broadway plays and features arrangements by Alex Lacamoire .
Three singles were released from Always Like New , "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat ", "Wait for It ", and "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' ".[ 1]
Background As a child who grew up in musical theatre, this album feels like a homecoming to me. I savored every note of singing and arranging these songs with Alex Lacamoire . It is thrilling to be able to celebrate this amazing songwriting with arrangements and vocals that allow them to be rediscovered anew.[ 3]
— Nettles on the production of the album.
Track listing All tracks are produced by Alex Lacamoire , Adam Zotovich, Scott Patton and Jennifer Nettles .
Personnel
Musicians
Jennifer Nettles – vocals
Alex Lacamoire – acoustic piano (1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10), Fender Rhodes (4), celesta (4), Wurlitzer electric piano (8), organ (9)
Joseph Joubert – acoustic piano (7), organ (7)
Dillion Kondor – acoustic guitar (1, 4, 8)
Scott Patton – acoustic guitar (1, 3–6, 8), electric guitar (2, 3, 7, 9)
Clay Sears – acoustic guitar (3, 9), electric guitar (3, 9)
Andrew Keenan – dobro (3), acoustic guitar (5, 6), banjo (6), pedal steel guitar (6)
Jeffrey Carney – upright bass (1)
Paul Bushnell – bass guitar (2, 3, 9), electric bass (7)
John Patitucci – upright bass (4)
Zev Kats – upright bass (5, 6)
Joshua Day – drums (2, 5–7)
Victor Indrizzo – drums (3, 9)
Aaron Heick – saxophones (2, 7)
Tom Timko – saxophones (2)
Randy Andos – bass trombone (2)
Michael Davis – trombone (2, 7)
Nick Marchoine – trumpet (2, 7)
Andrew Janss – cello (1, 5)
Rebecca Young – viola (1, 5)
Shmuel Katz – viola (5)
Lisa Kim – violin (1, 5)
Suzanne Ornstein – violin (1, 5)
Antoine Silverman – violin (6)
Casey Erin Clark – backing vocals (2, 7)
Allyson Kaye Daniel – backing vocals (2, 7)
Allen René Louis – backing vocals (2, 7)
Angela Grovey – backing vocals (2, 7)
Zonya Johnson – backing vocals (2, 7)
Jason McCollum – backing vocals (2, 7)
Michael McElroy – backing vocals (2, 7), vocal arrangements (2, 7)
Anastasia Talley – backing vocals (2, 7)
Virginia Woodruff – backing vocals (2, 7)
Brandi Carlile – vocals (5)
Production and technical
Adam Zotovich – executive producer
Alex Lacamoire – producer, arrangements, orchestrations
Jennifer Nettles – producer, arrangements
Scott Patton – co-producer
Joseph Joubert – arrangements (7)
Ian Kagey – engineer
Derik Lee – engineer
Neal Avron – mixing
Scott Skrzynski – mix assistant
Bri Holland – editing
Chris Gehringer – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York)
Misa Iwama – music librarian
Emily Grishman – music copyist
Aiden Terry – music copyist
Stephanie Leah Evans – music assistant
Jacqueline Godfrey – music assistant
Isaac Hayward – music assistant
Scott Wasserman – music assistant
Carrie Smith – art direction
Sage Lamonica – package design
Shervin Lainez – photography
Charts
Release history
References
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