Greendale (album)

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Greendale
Greendale cover
Studio album by Neil Young
Released August 19, 2003
Recorded July 11-September 19, 2002
Genre Rock
Length 78:18
Label Warner Bros. Records
Producer Neil Young, L.A. Johnson
Professional reviews
Neil Young chronology
Are You Passionate?
(2002)		 Greendale
(2003)		 Greatest Hits
(2004)

Greendale is the name of an album and a movie, both released in 2003, by Neil Young. Neil Young and Crazy Horse's Greendale, a 10-song rock opera, is set in a fictional California seaside town. Based on the saga of the Green family, the "audio novel" has been compared to the literary classics of Thornton Wilder's Our Town and Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio for its complexity and emotional depth in exploring a small town in America.

Greendale combines numerous themes on corruption, environmentalism and mass media consolidation into relevant post-9/11 art. The album, concert, film and DVDs have produced a vast divergence of critical opinion ranging from being called "amateur" to being voted as one of the best albums of 2003 by Rolling Stone magazine music critics.

The CD was originally released with a DVD of live "Neil-only" acoustic performance of the Greendale material from Ireland. In 2004, the CD was released with a new DVD containing a live performance of Neil Young and Crazy Horse. A DVD-Audio version was also released, with both Advanced Resolution Stereo and 5.1 Surround sound mixes, and a video of "Devil's Sidewalk" from the film. In late 2004, the feature length DVD with actors lip-synching the material was released.

In 2007, Vertigo Comics announced the production of the comic book adaptation of the album with the same title.[1] According to writer Joshua Dysart, Neil Young is directly involved in the project.[2]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Neil Young.

  1. "Falling From Above" – 7:27
  2. "Double E" – 5:18
  3. "Devil's Sidewalk" – 5:18
  4. "Leave the Driving" – 7:14
  5. "Carmichael" – 10:20
  6. "Bandit" – 5:13
  7. "Grandpa's Interview" – 12:57
  8. "Bringin' Down Dinner" – 3:16
  9. "Sun Green" – 12:03
  10. "Be the Rain" – 9:13

[edit] Personnel

  • Neil Young: guitar, organ, harmonica, vocal
  • Ralph Molina: drums, vocal
  • Billy Talbot: bass, vocal
  • The Mountainettes:
    • Pegi Young: vocal
    • Nancy Hall: vocal
    • Twink Brewer: vocal
    • Sue Hall: vocal

[edit] External links


[edit] References

  1. ^ Calvin Reid: Vertigo Plans Neil Young Graphic Novel; New Minx Titles - Publishers Weekly, 7/28/2007
  2. ^ Steve Ekstrom: Joshua Dysart on Neil Young's Greendale at Vertigo - Newsarama.com
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EPs: Eldorado

Live albums: Time Fades Away • Arc • Unplugged • Road Rock Vol. 1

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Soundtracks: Journey Through the Past • Where the Buffalo Roam • Philadelphia • Dead Man

Compilations: Decade • Lucky Thirteen • Greatest Hits

Archive Series: Live at the Fillmore East • Live at Massey Hall 1971 • The Archives Vol.01 1963-1972

Unreleased albums: Homegrown • Human Highway • Chrome Dreams
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