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Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse · 1969

• Scores: Noise 2, Unease 1, Complexity 1 (each 1 to 5)
• Genre: Folk, Rock, Folk Rock, Hard Rock
• Mood: ragged, loose, yearning
• Sound: long guitar jams, ragged feedback solos, falsetto vocals, raw production, Crazy Horse rhythm section

Neil Young and Crazy Horse cut most of this live with no overdubs in early 1969 at Wally Heider and Sunwest studios in Hollywood, a shift from the overdub-heavy approach of Young's debut. Danny Whitten's guitar and harmonies sit beside Young's raw leads. Down by the River and Cowgirl in the Sand were edited from long, jammed performances, and the title track keeps its scratch lead vocal, recorded through the talkback microphone. Young said he wanted records with the quality of those from the late fifties and sixties.

Track list

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)
5. The Losing End (When You're On) (4:03)
6. Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets) (5:30)
7. Cowgirl in the Sand (10:03)