If I Was a River (album)

If I Was a River
The cover is a black-and-white photo of a hand writing with an inkpen
Studio album by
Willie Nile
ReleasedNovember 11, 2014
GenreFolk rock
Length33:52
LabelRiver House Records
Blue Rose
ProducerStewart Lerman
Willie Nile
Willie Nile chronology
American Ride
(2013) 		If I Was a River
(2014) 		World War Willie
(2016)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Uncut[1]
AllMusic[2]
The Daily VaultB+[3]
ReadJunk[4]
PopMatters[5]
Musikreviews.de[6]
Melodic.net[7]
Soundz Magazine[8]

If I Was a River is the ninth studio album from American singer-songwriter Willie Nile. The all-piano album was released in November 2014 under River House Records.[9] Nile recorded If I Was a River on the same Steinway grand piano that he played the night John Lennon was killed, December 8, 1980. Nile was in Studio "A" at The Record Plant in New York City making Golden Down and John and Yoko were working on Walking on Thin Ice in Studio C that night.[10][11]

  1. ^ "WILLIE NILE If I Was A River", Luke Torn, UNCUT, March 2015, p. 78.
  2. ^ Deming, Mark. "If I Was a River – Willie Nile". Allmusic.com. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  3. ^ The Daily Vault review
  4. ^ Album Review, ReadJunk.com, Bryan Kremkau, November 26, 2014
  5. ^ Horowitz, Steven (January 22, 2015). "Willie Nile: If I Was a River". PopMatters. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  6. ^ König, Jochen (January 30, 2015). "Willie Nile: If I Was A River (Review)". Musikreviews.de. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
  7. ^ Wippsson, Johan. "REVIEW Willie Nile – If I Was a River". Melodic.net. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  8. ^ van Bree, Han (January 30, 2015). "CD Review: Willie Nile: If I Was a River". Soundz Magazine. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  9. ^ Harr, Dan (November 6, 2014). "Willie Nile to Release Album of Piano-Based songs Nov 11". Music News Nashville. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  10. ^ Wien, Gary (November 2014). "Willie Nile's Journey Continues". New Jersey Stage, Vol. 1 Issue 5, pp. 7–16. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  11. ^ "John Lennon's last autograph on sale". Paul Fraser Collectibles. September 15, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2014.[permanent dead link]