Old Ways

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Old Ways
Studio album by Neil Young
Released August 12, 1985
Recorded January 1983 - April 1985 at House Of David, Nashville; The Castle, Franklin TN; Pedernales Recording Studio, Spicewood, TX and live at The Opry, Austin TX
Genre Country
Length 36:43
Label Geffen
Producer Neil Young, David Briggs, Ben Keith and Elliot Mazer
Neil Young chronology
Everybody's Rockin'
(1983)		 Old Ways
(1985)		 Landing on Water
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert Christgau(B)[2]
Rolling Stone(favorable)[3]
Kerrang![4]

Old Ways is the fourteenth studio album by Canadian musician and singer-songwriter Neil Young, released on August 12, 1985 on Geffen Records.

Background

Young has referred to this album in interviews as Old Ways II, as he had originally planned to release a country album titled Old Ways in 1983. Young's record label, Geffen, objected to this, asking Young for a "rock 'n roll" album, which Young would give them in the form of Everybody's Rockin'. Old Ways I would have contained many still-unreleased songs, one of which, "Depression Blues", appeared on Young's Geffen-era compilation Lucky Thirteen.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Neil Young, except where indicated.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."The Wayward Wind" (Herb Newman, Stanley Lebowsky)3:12
2."Get Back to the Country"  2:50
3."Are There Any More Real Cowboys?"  3:03
4."Once an Angel"  3:55
5."Misfits"  5:07
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."California Sunset"  2:56
7."Old Ways"  3:08
8."My Boy"  3:37
9."Bound for Glory"  5:48
10."Where Is the Highway Tonight?"  3:02

Personnel

Recording personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1985) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Top Albums 31
U.S. Billboard 200 75
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 24

References

  1. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Neil Young Old Ways review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1987). "Neil Young 'Old Ways' review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
  3. ↑ "Neil Young Old Ways". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2011-08-27. Archived August 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Johnson, Howard (17 October 1985). "Neil Young 'Old Ways'". Kerrang!. 105. London, UK: Morgan Grampian. p. 20.
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