American Stars' n Bars
American Stars' n Bars | ||||
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Neil Young studio album | ||||
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Label (s) | Reprise Records | |||
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LP, CD |
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Title (number) |
9 |
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running time |
37:54 |
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occupation |
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Neil Young, David Briggs, Tim Mulligan, Elliot Mazer |
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American Stars' n Bars is the eighth studio album by Neil Young , released 1977th The collaboration with Crazy Horse includes the well-known song Like a Hurricane .
Cover
The album cover was designed by Young's friend Dean Stockwell , an actor. It shows the drunk Neil Young, his face pressed against a pane of glass, and a woman with a bottle of Canadian whiskey in her hand. The cover is a corruption of the American stars and bars .
General
The tracks on the album were recorded between November 1974 and April 1977 and are listed according to when they were written. The earliest recordings such as Star of Bethlehem were originally intended for the 1975 planned but unreleased album Homegrown . In 1976 Neil Young recorded the song Will to Love on a tape recorder in front of his fireplace; the crackling of the fire can be clearly heard. Further instruments were mixed in in the studio.
Track list
All songs, unless otherwise noted, were written by Neil Young.
page 1
- "The Old Country Waltz" - 2:58
- "Saddle Up the Palomino" (Neil Young, Tim Drummond, Bobby Charles) - 3:00
- "Hey Babe" - 3:35
- "Hold Back the Tears" - 4:18
- "Bite the Bullet" - 3:30
Page 2
- "Star of Bethlehem" - 2:42
- "Will to Love" - 7:11
- " Like a Hurricane " - 8:20 am
- "Homegrown" - 2:20
Web links
- American Stars' n Bars at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ books.google.de: unreleased album Homegrown
- ↑ Neil Young: A Hippie Dream: p. 469