Editing Captured Angel

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{{Infobox album|
| name       = Captured Angel
| type       = Album
| artist     = [[Dan Fogelberg]]
| cover      = Dan Fogelberg - Captured Angel.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = September 1975
| recorded   = 1975
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Soft rock]]
| length     = 37:38
| label      = [[Full Moon Records|Full Moon]]/[[Epic Records|Epic]]<ref name=MH/>
| producer   = [[Dan Fogelberg]]
| prev_title = [[Souvenirs (Dan Fogelberg album)|Souvenirs]]
| prev_year  = 1974
| next_title = [[Nether Lands]]
| next_year  = 1977
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Captured Angel
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = Below The Surface
 | single1date = 1975
 | single2     = Captured Angel
 | single2date = 1975
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score ={{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="AM">[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r7554/review|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2Score = D+<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: F|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=F&bk=70|accessdate=February 24, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev3score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=3 |page=518}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide]]''
|rev4score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="MH">{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=439}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev5score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=254}}</ref>
}}
'''''Captured Angel''''' is the third album by American singer-songwriter [[Dan Fogelberg]], released in 1975.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dan-fogelberg-mn0000166785/biography|title=Dan Fogelberg &#124; Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref> He promoted the album with a tour in support of [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cartwright |first1=Garth |title=Obituary: Dan Fogelberg: American singer- songwriter whose albums sold millions |journal=The Guardian |date=11 Jan 2008 |page=42}}</ref>

The album peaked at No. 23 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/dan-fogelberg/chart-history/tlp/|title=Dan Fogelberg|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> It has sold more than a million copies.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Van Matre |first1=Lynn |title=Unmellow Fellow Dan Fogelberg: From Gentle Ballads to Hard Rock |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-fellow/137032747/
 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=12 July 1987 |pages=8-9}} [https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-mellow/137032582/ continued on page 9]</ref> The album was certified gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] on November 1, 1977.<ref>{{cite book |title=Gold and Platinum Awards |date=1984 |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. |page=146 |url=https://archive.org/details/goldplatinumawar00reco/mode/2up |chapter=RIAA Sales Certifications}}</ref>

==Production==
The album was produced by Fogelberg. He alone recorded all of the instrumental parts before being convinced by his label to allow for a few re-recordings and contributions by other musicians.<ref name="auto"/> The majority of the album was recorded at a studio in [[South Pekin, Illinois]]; Fogelberg had returned home to care for his ill father.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/dan-fogelberg-immersed-part-2/|title=Dan Fogelberg, Immersed in Music, Part II|first=Hans|last=van Gemeren|date=May 13, 2020|website=American Songwriter}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
''[[Stereo Review]]'' praised Fogelberg's musicianship, but wrote that as a singer "he sounds raw, unsure, and at times even amateurish, particularly when any emotionality is involved."<ref>{{cite journal |title=Dan Fogelberg: Captured Angel |journal=Stereo Review |date=January 1976 |volume=36 |page=80, 82}}</ref>

''[[Cashbox Magazine]]'' wrote that Fogelberg "has got a set of pipes that are a natural in the area of laidback" and that it is this "singing prowess that pervades the smooth flow of "Captured Angel" as the ease of his interpretation serves only to enhance the laidback of the situation". They singled out "Old Tennessee", "The Last Nail" and "Next Time" as their top listens. <ref>{{cite magazine|title=Captured Angel - Dan Fogelberg - Epic PE 33499|department=Album Reviews|page=22|magazine=Cashbox|date=September 27, 1975|volume=37|issue=19|editor=Budge, David}}</ref>


==Track listing==
All songs written by Dan Fogelberg.

===Side one===
#"Aspen/These Days" – 7:39
#"Comes and Goes" – 2:25
#"Captured Angel" – 2:57
#"Old Tennessee" – 3:07
#"Next Time" – 4:10

===Side two===
#"Man in the Mirror/ Below the Surface" – 7:10
#"Crow" – 4:40
#"The Last Nail" – 5:30

==Personnel==
*Dan Fogelberg – [[banjo]], bass guitar (except on "Captured Angel", "Old Tennessee" and "Next Time"), guitar, harmonica, percussion (except on "Comes and Goes", keyboards, lead and backing vocals, [[ARP Instruments, Inc.|ARP synthesizer]]
*Hot Damn Brothers – backing vocals on "Next Time"
*[[Russ Kunkel]] – drums, percussion on "Comes and Goes"
*[[David Lindley (musician)|David Lindley]] – [[fiddle]] on "Crow"
*[[Al Perkins]] – [[pedal steel guitar]] on "Next Time"
*[[Norbert Putnam]] – bass on "Captured Angel", "Old Tennessee" and "Next Time"
*[[JD Souther]] – backing vocals on "Next Time"
*Glen Spreen – string arrangements on "Aspen", "Next Time" and "The Last Nail"

==Production==
* Producer – Dan Fogelberg
* Engineers – Tom Byler, Jeff Guercio, Terry Jamison, Gary Ladinsky and John Stronach.
* Recorded at Golden Voice Studios (South Pekin, IL); [[Caribou Ranch]] (Nederland, CO); [[Record Plant|Record Plant LA]] (Los Angeles, CA); [[Record Plant]] (Sausalito, CA).
* Mixed by John Stronach at [[Record Plant]] (Sausalito, CA).
* Mastered by Rick Collins at Kendun Recorders (Burbank, CA).
* Design – Ron Coro
* Photography – [[Henry Diltz]]
* Cover Artwork – Dan Fogelberg

==Charts== 
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Album Charts
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|1975
|align="left"|''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' (North America) Pop Albums
|align="left"|23
|-
|align="left"|1975
|align="left"|''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100 Albums
|17<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Cash Box Top 100 Albums |volume=37 |issue=23 |editor=Budge, David |magazine=Cash Box |date=October 25, 1975 |page=49}}</ref>
|-
|}
==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for Captured Angel}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Captured Angel|artist=Dan Fogelberg|type=album|award=Gold|date=1977|relyear=1975|certyear=1977|certref=<ref>{{cite magazine |title=RIAA Gold & Platinum Awards |magazine=Cash Box |date=December 31, 1977 |page=110}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

==References==
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[[Category:Dan Fogelberg albums]]
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