A Picture of Nectar

Infobox Album | Name = A Picture of Nectar
Type = Album
Artist = Phish


Released = February 12, 1992
Recorded = June-August 1991
Genre = Jam, jazz fusion, rock
Length = 60:20
Label = Elektra
Producer = Phish
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:mrv8b5p4tsqa link]
Last album = "Lawn Boy"
(1990)
This album = "A Picture of Nectar"
(1992)
Next album = "Rift"
(1993)

"A Picture of Nectar" is Phish's fifth studio album. It was released on February 12, 1992, and was Phish's major-label debut, appearing on Elektra Records.

It is the only Phish studio album to feature a song by another artist: "Manteca" by jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie.

The album's title comes from the name of the club owner Nectar Rorris who owned Nectar's in Burlington, Vermont where Phish played many of their first live shows.

Many of the songs on the album became fan-favorites and live staples. "Tweezer" and "Chalkdust Torture" were both featured regularly at Phish concerts, and parts of "The Landlady" would show up in live performances of "Punch You in the Eye". "Stash" also became noted for its extended Trey Anastasio guitar solo.

The cover photograph was taken by B. C. Kagan.

The album was certified gold by the RIAA on November 15, 2001.

Track listing

#"Llama" (Anastasio) – 3:31
#"Eliza" (Anastasio) – 1:31
#"Cavern" (Anastasio, Herman, Marshall) – 4:24
#"Poor Heart" (Gordon) – 2:45
#"Stash" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 7:31
#"Manteca" (Fuller, Gillespie, Pozo) - 0:29
#"Guelah Papyrus" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 5:22
#"Magilla" (McConnell) – 2:46
#"The Landlady" (Anastasio) – 2:56
#"Glide" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell) – 4:12
#"Tweezer" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) – 8:12
#"The Mango Song" (Anastasio) – 6:23
#"Chalkdust Torture" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 4:35
#"Faht" (Fishman) – 2:21
#"Catapult" (Gordon) – 0:32
#"Tweezer Reprise" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) – 2:40

Personnel

Phish:Trey Anastasio - guitars, vocals:Page McConnell - keyboards, vocals:Mike Gordon - bass, vocals:Jon Fishman - drums, vocals

Jon Altschiller - engineer, assistant engineer
Kevin Halpin - producer, engineer, mixer
B.C. Kagan - photography
Bob Ludwig - mastering
Michael F. Mills - art direction
Tom Walters - assistant engineer
Joe Witkop - photography
Gordon Stone - banjo, pedal steel on "Poor Heart"