Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

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Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere cover
Studio album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Released May 14, 1969
Recorded January & March 1969 at Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood, California
Genre Hard rock, folk rock
Length 40:29
Label Reprise
Producer Neil Young, David Briggs
Professional reviews
Neil Young chronology
Neil Young
(1968)
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
(1969)
After the Gold Rush
(1970)

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969) is Neil Young's second solo album and his first with backing band Crazy Horse. The album was produced by Neil Young and David Briggs and contains three of his most memorable songs: "Cinnamon Girl", "Down by the River", and "Cowgirl in the Sand", the last two of which were written when Young had a 103 °F (39.5 °C) fever. In 2003, the album was ranked number 208 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Neil Young.

[edit] Side one

  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

[edit] Side two

  1. "The Losing End (When You're On)" – 4:03
  2. "Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets)" – 5:30
  3. "Cowgirl in the Sand" – 10:06

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

Year Chart Position
1970 Billboard Pop Albums 34

[edit] Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1970 "Cinnamon Girl" Billboard Pop Singles 55