Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Studio album by Neil Young with Crazy Horse
Released May 14, 1969
Recorded January & March 1969
Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood, California
Genre Rock, folk rock, country rock, hard rock
Length 40:29
Label Reprise
Producer Neil Young, David Briggs
Neil Young chronology
Neil Young
(1968)		 Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
(1969)		 After the Gold Rush
(1970)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Pitchfork Media (10.0/10)[2]
Rolling Stone [3]
Robert Christgau (B+)[4]

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere is the second studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, released on Reprise Records catalogue RS 6349. His first with backing band Crazy Horse, it peaked at #34 on the Billboard 200 and has been certified a platinum album by the RIAA.

Contents

Content

The album contains three songs that became standards in his performance repertoire: "Cinnamon Girl," "Down by the River," and "Cowgirl in the Sand," all of which were written when Young had a 103 °F (39.5 °C) fever.[5] In 2003, the album was ranked #208 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere was remastered and released on HDCD-encoded compact disc and digital download on July 14, 2009 as part of the Neil Young Archives Original Release Series. It was released on audiophile vinyl in December 2009, both individually and as part of a box-set of Neil's first 4 LPs available via his official website (this box set was limited to 1000 copies - a CD version of 3000 copies exists, too). A high resolution digital Blu-ray disc is planned, although no release date has been set.

Track listing

All tracks written by Neil Young.

Side one

  1. "Cinnamon Girl" – 2:58
  2. "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" – 2:26
  3. "Round & Round (It Won't Be Long)" – 5:49
  4. "Down by the River" – 9:13

Side two

  1. "The Losing End (When You're On)" – 4:03
  2. "Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets)" – 5:30
  3. "Cowgirl in the Sand" – 10:06

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1970 Billboard Pop Albums 34

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1970 "Cinnamon Girl" Billboard Pop Singles 55

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  3. ^ Rolling Stone review
  4. ^ Robert Christgau review
  5. ^ Neil Young. Decade. 1976: Reprise 3RS 2257, liner notes.
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