Live Rust

Live Rust
Live album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Released November 19, 1979
Recorded 1978, Cow Palace, San Francisco, Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, Civic Center, St. Paul, Minnesota, Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, and McNichols Arena, Denver, Colorado,
Genre Rock
Length 73:47
Label Reprise
Producer David Briggs, Tim Mulligan
Neil Young chronology

Rust Never Sleeps
(1979)		 Live Rust
(1979)		 Hawks & Doves
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau A−[2]

Live Rust is a live album by Neil Young & Crazy Horse, recorded during his fall 1978 Rust Never Sleeps tour.

Live Rust composed of performances recorded at several venues, including the Cow Palace outside San Francisco. Young also directed a companion film, Rust Never Sleeps, under a pseudonym "Bernard Shakey", which consisted of footage from the Cow Palace.

The CD version of the album was slightly edited so as to fit on a single compact disc, which were limited to 74 minutes at the time this album was first issued on CD. To adhere to the time limit, a little over one minute of the guitar solo "Cortez the Killer" was eliminated.

Track listing

All tracks written by Neil Young, unless noted.[3]

Side one

  1. "Sugar Mountain" * – 5:02
  2. "I Am a Child" * – 3:01
  3. "Comes a Time" * – 3:15
  4. "After the Gold Rush" * – 3:49
  5. "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)" (Young, Jeff Blackburn) * – 4:12

Side two

  1. "When You Dance I Can Really Love" – 3:42
  2. "The Loner" – 4:53
  3. "The Needle and the Damage Done" * – 3:06
  4. "Lotta Love" – 2:51
  5. "Sedan Delivery" – 4:50

Side three

  1. "Powderfinger" – 5:43
  2. "Cortez the Killer" – 7:25 (edited to 6:19 for CD - the booklet incorrectly shows the original time)
  3. "Cinnamon Girl" – 3:22

Side four

  1. "Like a Hurricane" – 7:49 (CD includes intro and runs 8:03)
  2. "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" (Young, Blackburn) – 5:08 (edited to 4:37 for CD)
  3. "Tonight's the Night" – 7:12

Personnel

Charts

Album

Chart (1979-80) Peak
position		 Year-end
position
Italian Albums (FIMI)[4] 25 76 (1979)
New Zealand Albums (Recorded Music NZ)[5] 1 —
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[6] 27 —
UK Albums (OCC)[7] 55 —
US Billboard 200[8] 15 —

Singles

Year Single Chart Peak Position
1979 "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" US Billboard Hot 100[9] 79

Certifications

Organization Level Date
RIAA – U.S. Gold March 11, 1980 [10]
RIAA – U.S. Platinum February 17, 1988 [10]

Notes

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Robert Christgau review
  3. ↑ Neil Young and Crazy Horse. Live Rust (Reprise Records, 1979).
  4. ↑ "Gli album più venduti del 1979" (in Italian). Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Live Rust". Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Live Rust". Norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  8. ↑ "allmusic (((Live Rust > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums)))". Retrieved 2008-05-12.
  9. ↑ "allmusic (((Live Rust > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles)))". Retrieved 2008-05-12.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "RIAA Gold and Platinum". Retrieved 2008-05-12.