''Always Like New'' is the fourth solo

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by American singer

Jennifer Nettles Jennifer Odessa Nettles (born September 12, 1974) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and record producer. Nettles is the lead vocalist of the duo Sugarland alongside Kristian Bush, and prior to this she fronted the Atlanta-based bands ...

. It was released on June 25, 2021, and is her first release under

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. Taking inspiration from

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, the album consists of cover songs from Broadway plays and features arrangements by

Alex Lacamoire Alex Lacamoire (born May 24, 1975) is a Cuban-American composer, arranger, conductor, musical director, music copyist, and orchestrator who has worked on many shows both on and off-Broadway. He is the recipient of multiple Tony and Grammy A ...

. Three singles were released from ''Always Like New'', " Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat", " Wait for It", and " Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'".

Background

Track listing

All tracks are produced by

, Adam Zotovich, Scott Patton and

Personnel

Musicians

– vocals *

– acoustic piano (1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10),

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(4),

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(4),

Wurlitzer electric piano The Wurlitzer electronic piano is an electric piano manufactured and marketed by Wurlitzer from 1954 to 1983. Sound is generated by striking a metal reed with a hammer, which induces an electric current in a pickup. It is conceptually similar to ...

(8),

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(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 Dobro () is an American brand of resonator guitars owned by Gibson and manufactured by its subsidiary Epiphone. The term "dobro" is also used as a generic term for any wood-bodied, single-cone resonator guitar. The Dobro was originally a gui ...

(3), acoustic guitar (5, 6),

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in modern forms is usually made of plastic, where early membranes were made of animal skin. ...

(6),

pedal steel guitar The pedal steel guitar is a console steel guitar with pedals and knee levers that change the pitch of certain strings, enabling more varied and complex music to be played than with other steel guitar designs. Like all steel guitars, it can play ...

(6) * Jeffrey Carney –

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(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) *

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– 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

{{Jennifer Nettles 2021 albums Jennifer Nettles albums Concord Records albums