Sleeps with Angels

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Sleeps with Angels
Studio album by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Released	August 16, 1994
Recorded	Recorded at The Complex Studios, West Los Angeles, Nov. 8, 1993-Apr. 25, 1994
Genre	Rock
Length	62:06
Label	Reprise
Producer(s)	David Briggs and Neil Young
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (3.5/5) link
Neil Young & Crazy Horse chronology
Unplugged (1993)	Sleeps with Angels (1994)	Mirror Ball (1995)

Sleeps with Angels is a 1994 album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse released on the Warner Bros./Reprise label.

The album was conceived as a conscious attempt to recapture some of the atmospheric experiments Young and Crazy Horse played around with in the "After The Goldrush" era. Though the majority of the album was recorded before the fact, Young created the title track after the death of Kurt Cobain, who quoted him in his suicide note. As a result, "Sleeps With Angels" ended up more than reminiscent of "Tonight's The Night"; the album is practically a (more sober) 90's update of the former record, down to the use of the old-school black Reprise label found on both releases. "Sleeps With Angels" is arguably the most versatile and experimental record Young made with Crazy Horse; the songs range from the dramatic piano-led "Driveby" to the spooky "Safeway Cart" to the epic, fourteen minute "Cowgirl In The Sand" style guitar jam workout "Change Your Mind". "Sleeps With Angels" would also be Young's last collaboration with longtime co-producer David Briggs, who would die of cancer in 1995.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks by Neil Young, except where noted:

1. "My Heart" – 2:44
2. "Prime of Life" – 4:02
3. "Driveby" – 4:43
4. "Sleeps with Angels" – 2:44
5. "Western Hero" – 4:00
6. "Change Your Mind" – 14:39
7. "Blue Eden" (Molina/Sampedro/Talbot/Young) – 6:22
8. "Safeway Cart" – 6:29
9. "Train of Love" – 3:57
10. "Trans Am" – 4:07
11. "Piece of Crap" – 3:15
12. "A Dream That Can Last" – 5:27

[edit] Personnel

• Neil Young: guitar, tack piano, accordion, flute, harmonica, vocal
• Frank "Poncho" Sampedro: guitar, grand piano, electric piano, keyboards, bass marimba, vocal
• Billy Talbot: bass, vibes, bass marimba, vocal
• Ralph Molina: drums, vocal

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard

Year	Chart	Position
1994	The Billboard 200	9

Singles - Billboard

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1994	"Change Your Mind"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	18