A Picture of Nectar

by Phish

A Picture of Nectar cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 February 1992
  • Label: Elektra
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:00:27
  • Community rating: 3.91/5 from 8 ratings

Artists on this release: Page McConnell, Dizzy Gillespie, Mike Gordon, Tom Marshall, Jonathan Fishman, Trey Anastasio, Gil Fuller, Dave, Gordon Stone

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'A Picture of Nectar' serves as a massive, highly eclectic stylistic showcase for the revered American jam band. Phish blends incredibly tight, complex jazz-rock musicianship with humorous, quirky songwriting and highly rhythmic psychedelic improvisation.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, uncommon-time-signatures, improvisation, jam, funky

Tracklist

  1. Llama (3:32)
  2. Eliza (1:32)
  3. Cavern (4:24)
  4. Poor Heart (2:44)
  5. Stash (7:11)
  6. Manteca (0:29)
  7. Guelah Papyrus (5:22)
  8. Magilla (2:46)
  9. The Landlady (2:56)
  10. Glide (4:13)
  11. Tweezer (8:42)
  12. The Mango Song (6:23)
  13. Chalk Dust Torture (4:36)
  14. Faht (2:21)
  15. Catapult (0:32)
  16. Tweezer - Reprise (2:39)

Credits

  • Phish - primary artist, producer, arranged by [rearranged], words by, music by
  • Sue Drew - a&r
  • Mike Mills - art direction, design
  • Mike Gordon - bass guitar, vocals, words by, music by, vocal
  • Paul Languedoc - crew [house sound]
  • Chris Kuroda - crew [lighting designer]
  • Peter Schall - crew [stage sound]
  • Jonathan Fishman - drums, vocals, guitar, piano, written-by
  • Kevin Halpin - engineer
  • Tom Walters - engineer [assistant]
  • Jon Altschiller - engineer [assistant], recorded by [additional]
  • Trey Anastasio - guitar, vocals, words by, music by, written-by, vocal
  • Jay Fialkov - legal [legal wizardry]
  • Dionysian Productions - management
  • John Paluska - management
  • Andrew Fishbeck - management [road manager]
  • Bob Ludwig - mastered by, mastering
  • B.C. Kagan - photography by [band], photography
  • Joe Witkop - photography by [cover, inside], photography
  • Page McConnell - piano, organ, vocals, written-by, harmonica [big], organ piano, vocal
  • Tom Marshall - words by, written-by
  • Scott Herman - words by [additional]
  • Gordon Stone - pedal steel guitar, banjo
  • Dizzy Gillespie - written-by
  • Gil Fuller - written-by
  • Dave - written by
  • Jon Fishman - drums (drum set), vocal

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