With "Clique!" Patricia Barber follows up on her album Nightclub, which was popular with fans and critics alike and on which she presents American standards. The US jazz musician, pianist and composer has made a name for herself among audiophiles with her music between poetry, jazz and art song. Clique is a renewed collection of standards that Barber has previously only played in concert as encores, including titles by Stevie Wonder, Lee Hazlewood and Thelonious Monk. She is accompanied by longtime collaborators Patrick Mulcahy (bass), Jon Deitemyer (drums), Neal Alger (guitar) and Jim Gailloretto (saxophone). Grammy winner Jim Anderson is responsible for the recording in DXD, and he also did the mixing at Skywalker Sound's studios. Bob Ludwig (Gateway Mastering) is responsible for the mastering. Fans call this album the best Patricia Barber album in terms of sound.