Track listing

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" – 4:10
10. "Sketches" – 3:32
11. "False Faces" – 4:52

Personnel

• Dan Fogelberg - organ
  Organ (music)
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  , guitar
  Guitar
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  , piano
  Piano
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  , keyboard
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  , vocals
  Singing
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  , 12 string guitar
• Kenneth A. Buttrey - drums
  Drum kit
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• Don Henley
  Don Henley
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   - vocals, harmony vocals
• Russ Kunkel
  Russ Kunkel
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   - conga
  Conga
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  , drums
  Drum kit
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• Joe Lala
  Joe Lala
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   - percussion
  Percussion instrument
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  , conga
• Frank Marocco - accordion
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• Norbert Putnam
  Norbert Putnam
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   - bass
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• J.D. Souther - vocals, harmony vocals
• John Stronach - percussion, maracas, tambourine
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• Al Perkins
  Al Perkins
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   - pedal steel, dobro
• Joe Walsh
  Joe Walsh
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   - guitar, electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Tim Weisberg
  Tim Weisberg
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   - flute
  Flute
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Production

• Produced by: Dan Fogelberg and Norbert Putnam
• Mix down Engineer: Marty Lewis
• Assistant Engineers: Jeff Guercio, Mark Guercio, John Henning, Marty Lewis, Bruce Hensal, Gary Landinsky.
• Recorded at:
  • Caribou Ranch
    Caribou Ranch
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    , Nederland, Colorado
  • Record Plant Studios
    Record Plant Studios
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    , Los Angeles, California
  • Quadrafonic Sound Studios, Nashville, Tennessee;
  • The 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: Kosh
• Painting by: Dan Fogelberg
  • (painting is inside gatefold cover of LP)

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