Landing on Water

Landing on Water
Studio album by Neil Young
Released	July 28, 1986 (1986-07-28)
Recorded	August 1983 - March 1986 at Broken Arrow Ranch, Woodside, California and Record One, Los Angeles
Genre	Rock
Length	40:04
Language	English
Label	Geffen
Producer	Danny Kortchmar, Neil Young
Neil Young chronology
Old Ways (1985) Landing on Water (1986) Life (1987)

Landing on Water is the fifteenth studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, released on July 28, 1986 (Geffen GHS 24109).

History

Several of the songs on the album were resurrected from Neil Young and Crazy Horse's failed 1984 sessions - a set of sessions where, according to longtime producer David Briggs, the musicians "played like monkeys".

Landing on Water came after Young settled out of court with Geffen Records. Geffen sued Young for $3.3 million, on the grounds that Young's mid-'80s records were non-commercial and musically uncharacteristic. Later, David Geffen would personally apologize to Young for the lawsuit and interfering with his work.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Robert Christgau	C+ link
Rolling Stone	(favorable) 2006

Track listing

All tracks written by Neil Young.

Side one

1. "Weight of the World" – 3:40
2. "Violent Side" – 4:22
3. "Hippie Dream" – 4:11
4. "Bad News Beat" – 3:18
5. "Touch the Night" – 4:30

Side two

6. "People on the Street" – 4:33
7. "Hard Luck Stories" – 4:06
8. "I Got a Problem" – 3:16
9. "Pressure" – 2:46
10. "Drifter" – 5:05

Personnel

• Neil Young – Harmonica, Lead guitar, Producer, Synthesizer, Vocals
• Steve Jordan – Drums, Synthesizer, Vocals
• Danny Kortchmar – Guitar, Producer, Synthesizer, Vocals
• San Francisco Boys Chorus – Vocals on tracks "Violent Side" and "Touch the Night"
• Niko Bolas – Engineer, Mixing
• Richard Bosworth – Engineer
• Julie Last – Engineer
• Laura LiPuma – Design
• Louis Magor – Choir Director, Director
• Tim Mulligan – Engineer
• Doug Sax – Mastering, Original mastering
• Duane Seykora – Engineer
• Bernard Shakey - Art Director

Releases

Charts

Album

Singles

Video

There is a video for "Touch The Night". In the video, Young plays a TV news reporter, covering a car accident. Interestingly, the whole video was shot in two takes.

Video album

At one time, a video album was planned for the songs on this album, but it was scrapped because of lack of support from Geffen Records.

References