Living With War

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Living With War
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Studio album by Neil Young
Released May 2, 2006 (Free Streaming Download),[1] May 8, 2006 (US Retail Stores)[1] and May 9, 2006 (International Retail Stores and Internet Stores)
Recorded Recorded at Redwood Digital and Capitol Studios, March and April 2006
Genre Rock
Length 41:36
Label Reprise
Producer(s) Neil Young, Niko Bolas and LA Johnson
Professional reviews
Neil Young chronology
Prairie Wind
(2005)		 Living With War
(2006)		 Live at the Fillmore East
(2006)


Living With War is Neil Young's musical attack on the policies of the George W. Bush administration. Written and recorded over the course of nine days in March and April 2006,[1][2] its lyrics are in line with the early 1960s albums of folk artists such as Phil Ochs and Bob Dylan, though it is set to what Young calls a "metal" backing [citation needed] courtesy of Young, bassist Rick Rosas, drummer Chad Cromwell and trumpet player Tommy Bray.

The Cromwell and Rosas rhythm section and "Volume Dealer" co-producer, Niko Bolas, were also at the core of Young's 1989 album Freedom, itself largely an angry criticism of Reagan-George H.W. Bush America. There are other links - Bray also performed on Freedom and Freedom's hit single "Keep on Rockin' in the Free World" also contained a quote of a President Bush: "a thousand points of light".

Contents

[edit] Production and release

Sessions were recorded on 16 track analog tape and mixed to a half-inch analog two track master, then transferred to high-resolution digital for CD and DVD manufacturing.[1]

On April 28, the album was given a pre-release premiere in its entirety on the Los Angeles radio station 95.5 KLOS by Jim Ladd.[1][3] The album was released onto the Internet on May 2 before entering into retail in May 2006.[1] Young has expressed that his intent is that the work be considered as a whole, and the streaming audio internet release was the whole album, rather than individually selectable songs.

"That first impression is so important," ... "Instead of just going to Let's Impeach the President, people will have to absorb the whole thing. To understand the songs, you need to understand where the whole album's coming from. It protects my right as an artist to have the work presented the way I created it." - Neil Young

The rush release and political nature also draws comparison to Young's "Ohio".

[edit] Track listing

All songs (except "America the Beautiful") written by Neil Young, and © 2006, Silver Fiddle Music.

  1. "After the Garden" – 3:23
  2. "Living With War" – 5:04
  3. "The Restless Consumer" – 5:47
  4. "Shock and Awe" – 4:53
  5. "Families" – 2:25
  6. "Flags of Freedom" – 3:42
  7. "Let's Impeach the President" – 5:10
  8. "Lookin' For a Leader" – 4:03
  9. "Roger and Out" – 4:25
  10. "America the Beautiful" – 2:57

[edit] Known participants

  • Neil Young: guitars, harmonica, vocal
  • Rick Rosas: bass
  • Chad Cromwell: drums
  • Tommy Bray: trumpet
  • Neil Young & Niko Bolas: producer
  • L.A. Johnson assistant producer
  • Mix-down at Redwood Digital with Niko Bolas and second engineer John Hausman
  • Mastering by Tim Mulligan at Redwood Digital
  • Hi-def digital videography for Shakey pictures done by L.A. Johnson's crew for possible full-length video documentary
  • 100 voice choir by arrangement with Darrell Brown, conducted by recorded Rosemary Butler[3] in one 12-hour session at Capitol recording studios in Los Angeles. According to Neil Young: "This is the same studio where Frank Sinatra performed and recorded many of his big hits."

[edit] Charts

  • UK CHART POSITION: 14 (highest position)
  • (US) BILLBOARD TOP 200: 15
  • CANADA CHART POSITION: 7
  • IRISH CHART POSITION: 24

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c d e f Living With War timeline.
  2. ^ Petridis 2006
  3. ^ a b Butler 2006

[edit] External links

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