Rust Never Sleeps

by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Type: Album
Released: June 22, 1979
Label: Reprise
Country: Canada
Length: 38:17
Community rating: 4.49/5 from 12 ratings

Artists on this release: Neil Young, Crazy Horse

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Neil Young's 'Rust Never Sleeps' is structured with two distinct sides, moving from solo acoustic performances recorded live to ferocious, overdubbed electric rock with his band Crazy Horse. The album confronts artistic complacency, framed by the acoustic 'My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)' and its electric counterpart 'Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black),' which famously declares 'it's better to burn out than to rust.' Featuring enduring narrative songs like the enigmatic 'Powderfinger,' the record's raw production and heavily distorted guitar work became a crucial touchstone for the subsequent grunge movement.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, distorted, live, dynamic, confessional

Tracklist

My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) (03:47)
Thrasher (05:39)
Ride My Llama (02:30)
Pocahontas (03:24)
Sail Away (03:47)
Powderfinger (05:30)
Welfare Mothers (03:49)
Sedan Delivery (04:39)
Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) (05:12)

Credits

Neil Young - lead vocals, guitars, keyboards, harmonica, organ, percussion, production, performer, written-by
Frank "Pancho" Sampedro - electric guitar, backing vocals, guitars, keyboards
Billy Talbot - bass, backing vocals
Ralph Molina - drums, backing vocals
Nicolette Larson - vocals
Joe Osborn - bass
Karl T. Himmel - drums
David Briggs - producer
Tim Mulligan - producer
Crazy Horse - performer
Jeff Blackburn - written-by
Gary Burden - art direction, design
Jenice Heo Burden - art direction, design
Elliot Rabinowitz - executive producer
Bernard Shakey - film director
L.A. Johnson - film producer
Joel Bernstein - photography by [outside front cover], photography by [inner sleeve]
David Gold - lacquer cut by
Pegi Young - photography by [front cover]
Larry Cragg - photography by [rear cover]