Neil Young (album)

Neil Young
Neil Young studio album
Publication (s)	November 1968
Label (s)	Reprise Records
Format (s)	CD, LP
Genre (s)	Folk rock
Title (number)	10
running time	35:32
production	Neil Young , David Briggs
Studio (s)	Wally Heider Studios, Sunset Sound Recording, TTG Recording
chronology - Neil Young Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969)

Neil Young is the debut album by Canadian rock musician Neil Young . It was released on Reprise Records in November 1968 .

background

After Buffalo Springfield split in the spring of 1968, Neil Young prepared for a solo career. The recordings for his debut took place between August and October 1968 and led to the release of the album in November. The record company subjected the sound recordings to the Haeco-CSG process of that time, which was supposed to prevent compatibility problems between stereo and mono technology. Young was dissatisfied with the result, so after the album was released it was mixed again.

On the back of the record cover there are so-called sleeve notes by the artist. The painted picture on the cover was designed by Roland Diehl. In the first edition it took up the entire front, while in later pressings of the album the signature Neil Young was inserted in the upper quarter .

Track list

Unless otherwise noted, all songs were written by Neil Young.

1. The Emperor of Wyoming - 2:14
2. The Loner - 3:55
3. If I Could Have Her Tonight - 2:15
4. I've Been Waiting for You - 2:30
5. The Old Laughing Lady - 5:58
6. String Quartet from Whiskey Boot Hill - 1:04 ( Jack Nitzsche )
7. Here We Are in the Years - 3:27
8. What Did You Do to My Life? - 2:28
9. I've Loved Her So Long - 2:40
10. The Last Trip to Tulsa - 9:25 am

The songs The Old Laughing Lady, String Quartet from Whiskey Boot Hill and I've Loved Her So Long were produced and arranged by Jack Nitzsche, Ry Cooder and Neil Young.

Chart success

When it was released, Neil Young was a flop - and it was the only Neil Young album without chart success. The single The Loner missed the Billboard Hot 100 .

occupation

• Neil Young: vocals , guitar , piano , synthesizer , harpsichord , organ
• Ry Cooder: guitar
• Jack Nitzsche: electronic piano
• Jim Messina, Carol Kaye : electric bass
• George Grantham, Earl Palmer : drums
• Merry Clayton , Brenda Holloway , Patrice Holloway, Gloria Richetta Jones, Sherlie Matthews, Gracia Nitzsche: Backing Vocals

reception

• At Allmusic , William Ruhlmann wrote that Young sang in a quiet, high-pitched tenor because of his uncertainty about his voice. On The Loner the guitar cracks can already be heard, which would later characterize Young's work with Crazy Horse . In the rating, the debut album received three and a half stars out of five.
• In Rolling Stone , Gary von Tersch wrote that Neil Young could easily be seen as an extension of Young's former band Buffalo Springfield, like an album Buffalo Springfield Again . Young's sense of melancholy is very clear.
• Mark Richardson wrote on the music website Pitchfork Media that the album was the one that sounded least like Young. The artist sounds strangely hesitant, as if he doesn't know what his music should sound like. The album received 7.8 points in the rating.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Neil Young at discogs.com
2. ^ Vinyl Cave: Neil Young by Neil Young by Bo Koch
3. ↑ Note on the sleeve notes at discogs.com
4. ↑ Photos of the album cover
5. ↑ Report to topangamessenger.com
6. ↑ Photos of the album cover with added lettering
7. ↑ Album at neilyoung.com/archives ( Memento of the original from July 7th, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
8. ↑ album at allmusic.com
9. ↑ Youngs chart positions at allmusic.com
10. ↑ Album review at allmusic.com
11. ↑ Review at pitchfork.com