Released August 16, 1994 Label Warner Bros | Length 62:06 Release date 16 August 1994 | |
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Recorded November 8, 1993 - April 25, 1994 Studio The Complex Studios, West Los Angeles, California Nominations Grammy Award for Best Rock Album Similar Neil Young albums, Rock music albums | ||
Sleeps with Angels is the twenty-first studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, released on August 16, 1994, on Reprise as a double LP and as a single CD. Co-produced by David Briggs, the album is Young's seventh with Crazy Horse.
Contents
Background and recording
The album was conceived as a conscious attempt to recapture some of the atmospheric experiments Young and Crazy Horse played around with in the After the Gold Rush era. Although the majority of the album was recorded before the fact, Young created the title track after the death of Kurt Cobain, who quoted him in his suicide note. As a result, Sleeps with Angels ended up more than reminiscent of Tonight's the Night; the album is practically a (more sober) 1990s update of the former record, down to the use of the old-school black Reprise label found on original vinyl pressings of Tonight's the Night and the CD version of Sleeps with Angels. The tone of the album is dark and brooding, the one exception being the punk-influenced "Piece of Crap". Two songs ("Western Hero" and "Train of Love") feature the same music with differing lyrics.
Sleeps with Angels is the only Neil Young album on which he plays the flute.
Track listing
All tracks by Neil Young, except where noted.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Recording personnel
Album
Album - Billboard
Singles
Singles - Billboard
Songs
1My Heart2:45
2Prime of Life4:05
3Driveby4:45