Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
by Neil Young
- Type: Album
- Released: May 14, 1969
- Label: Reprise
- Country: Canada
- Length: 40:29
- Community rating: 4.66/5 from 12 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
As Neil Young's first album with Crazy Horse, 'Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere' establishes a raw, garage-rock template built on spontaneous, live-in-the-studio recordings that contrast sharply with the polished production of his debut. The album is defined by sprawling, improvised guitar jams like "Down by the River" and "Cowgirl in the Sand," which showcase the kinetic interplay between Young's searing lead lines and Danny Whitten's sympathetic rhythm guitar, balanced by concise country-rock songs such as "Cinnamon Girl."
Genres
Descriptors: dusty, organic, jamming, guitar-driven, long-form, folk, acoustic, guitars, storytelling, bluesy
Tracklist
- Cinnamon Girl (03:00)
- Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (02:29)
- Round & Round (It Won't Be Long) (05:54)
- Down by the River (09:18)
- The Losing End (When You're On) (04:06)
- Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets) (05:36)
- Cowgirl in the Sand (10:06)
Credits
- Neil Young - vocals, guitar, producer, written-by
- Danny Whitten - guitar, harmony vocals, co-lead vocal on "cinnamon girl"
- Billy Talbot - bass, bass guitar
- Ralph Molina - drums, harmony vocals
- Bobby Notkoff - violin on "running dry (requiem for the rockets)"
- Robin Lane - guitar and harmony vocal on "round and round"
- David Briggs - producer, engineer
- Ed Thrasher - art direction
- Frank Bez - photography by [cover photo]
- John Nowland - engineer [audio tape restoration], engineer [digital transfer]
- Tim Mulligan - mastered by, edited by [digital editing]