| Silver Lining | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Nils Lofgren |
| Cover: | Nils Lofgren - Silver Lining.png |
| Released: | 1991 |
| Studio: | Ocean Way |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 49:15 |
| Label: | Rykodisc[1] |
| Producer: | Kevin McCormick, Nils Lofgren |
| Prev Title: | Code of the Road |
| Prev Year: | 1986 |
| Next Title: | Crooked Line |
| Next Year: | 1992 |
Silver Lining is an album by the American musician Nils Lofgren, released in 1991.[2] [3]
The album peaked at No. 153 on the Billboard 200.[4] "Valentine", featuring harmony vocals by Bruce Springsteen, was the album's first single.[5]
The album was produced by Kevin McCormick and Lofgren. It was recorded at Ocean Way Studios, in Los Angeles.[6] Lofgren chose to add elements of soul and blues to his rock sound.[7] Ringo Starr played drums on "Walkin' Nerve".[8] Billy Preston and Clarence Clemons also contributed to Silver Lining.[9]
Entertainment Weekly wrote: "A few tracks are little more than well-worn white R&B riffs with throwaway lyrics. But after years of second-banana status and flop albums that would demoralize the best of us, Lofgren displays a feisty exuberance on Silver Lining that's close to inspirational."[10] The Windsor Star thought that "each cut here is a carefully thought-out rock statement, marvellously melodic, and exciting."
The Ottawa Citizen determined that the album "has a strong blues influence interwoven with Lofgren's biting, melodic rock... Graceful passages give way to hard-edged guitar, often within the same song."[11] The Chicago Tribune deemed it "another characteristically smooth yet energetic set of solid rock."[12]
AllMusic wrote that, "although Lofgren is a rocker first and foremost, he is hardly oblivious to soul music and the blues."
| Peak position | ||
| US Billboard 200 | 153 |
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