Tenderness (J. D. Souther album)

Tenderness
Studio album by J. D. Souther
Released	May 12, 2015
Genre	AC
Length	35:24
Label	Sony Masterworks
Producer	Larry Klein
J. D. Souther chronology
Natural History (2011) Tenderness (2015)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Tenderness is an album by J. D. Souther, released in 2015 on Sony Masterworks. It is Souther's first album of new songs since 2008's If the World Was You.

Track listing

All songs written by J. D. Souther, except where noted.

1. "Come What May" – 3:16
2. "Something in the Dark" (Souther, Larry Klein) – 4:20
3. "This House" – 4:03
4. "Let's Take a Walk" (Souther, Klein) – 3:37
5. "Dance Real Slow" – 4:47
6. "Show Me What You Mean" – 2:33
7. "Horses in Blue" – 4:28
8. "Need Somebody" – 3:01
9. "Downtown (Before the War)" – 5:19
10. "All Your Wishes" - 4:09 (bonus track for Japan)^[2]

Personnel

• J. D. Souther – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, background vocals
• Dean Parks – electric guitar
• David Pilch – bass
• Jay Bellerose – drums, percussion
• Patrick Warren – piano, electric piano, organ, keyboards
• Till Brönner – trumpet
• Mark Robertson – violin
• Alyssa Park – violin
• Luke Maurer – viola
• Vanessa Freebairn-Smith – cello
• Larry Klein – keyboards
• Chris Walters – piano
• Billy Childs – piano
• Lizz Wright – vocals, background vocals
• Jeff Coffin – soprano saxophone
• Matt Nelson – cello
• Sam Bacca – percussion

Production

• Larry Klein – producer
• Lynne Earls – engineer
• Nicolas Essig, Pablo Hernandez, Noah Dresner – assistant engineer
• Billy Childs – strings arrangements
• Tim Palmer – mixing engineer
• Bernie Grundman – mastering

References

1. Jurek, Thom. Tenderness at AllMusic. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
2. http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/SICP-30720