Nels Cline Lovers

I have been dreaming about, planning, and re-working my rather obsessive idea of this record for well over twenty-five years, and it was always going to be called Lovers. It is meant to be as personal in its sound and in its song selection as it is universal in its endeavor to assay or map the parameters of “mood” as it once pertained, and currently pertains, to the peculiar and powerful connection between sound/song and intimacy/romance. In this, I hope Lovers offers something of an update of the “mood music” idea and ideal, while celebrating and challenging our iconic notion of romance.

—NELS CLINE

arranged and conducted by MICHAEL LEONHART

produced by DAVID BRESKIN

recorded and mixed by RON SAINT GERMAIN

album artwork by ANGELA DeCRISTOFARO

SIDE ONE
1. Introduction / Diaphanous 4:23
music by Nels Cline
2. Glad To Be Unhappy 4:07
music by Richard Rodgers / lyrics by Lorenz Hart
3. Beautiful Love 3:58
music by Wayne King, Victor Young & Egbert Van Alstyne / lyrics by Haven Gillespie
4. Hairpin & Hatbox 3:32
music by Nels Cline
5. Cry, Want 6:53
music by Jimmy Giuffre
SIDE TWO
1. Lady Gabor 8:26
music by Gabor Szabo
2. The Bed We Made 3:25
music by Nels Cline
3. You Noticed 4:01
music by Nels Cline
4. Secret Love 4:30
music by Sammy Fain / lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
5. I Have Dreamed 2:39
music by Richard Rodgers / lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
SIDE THREE
1. Why Was I Born? 5:04
music by Jerome Kern / lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
2. Invitation 2:26
music by Bronislaw Kaper / lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
3. It Only Has To Happen Once 5:45
music and lyrics by Arto Lindsay & Peter Scherer
4. The Night Porter / Max, Mon Amour 8:13
music by Daniele Paris (The Night Porter) / music by Michel Portal (Max, Mon Amour)
SIDE FOUR
1. Snare, Girl 6:35
music & lyrics by Sonic Youth
2. So Hard It Hurts / Touching 6:53
music by Annette Peacock
3. The Search For Cat 2:33
music by Henry Mancini
4. The Bond 5:48
music by Nels Cline