Rust Never Sleeps | ||||
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Studio album with live recordings[2] by Neil Young with Crazy Horse | ||||
Released | June 22, 1979[1] | |||
Recorded | September 4, 1977 – October 22, 1978 | |||
Venue | The Boarding House, San Francisco McNichols Arena, Denver St. Paul Civic Center Cow Palace, San Francisco | |||
Studio | Indigo Ranch, Malibu Triiad Studios, Ft. Lauderdale Woodland Studios, Nashville | |||
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Length | 38:16 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
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Singles from Rust Never Sleeps | ||||
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Rust Never Sleeps is the tenth album by Canadian American singer-songwriter Neil Young and his third with American band Crazy Horse. It was released on June 22, 1979, by Reprise Records and features both studio and live tracks.[5] Most of the album was recorded live, then overdubbed in the studio, while other songs originated in the studio. Young used the phrase "rust never sleeps" as a concept for his tour with Crazy Horse to avoid artistic complacency and try more progressive, theatrical approaches to performing live.[6]
The album peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 album chart and spawned the hit single "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" that peaked at No. 79 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.[7] It also included one of Young's most popular and critically acclaimed songs, the enigmatic "Powderfinger".[8][9] The album, along with Young's 1990 release Ragged Glory, has widely been considered a precursor of grunge music with the bands Nirvana and Pearl Jam having cited Young's heavily distorted and abrasive guitar style on the B side to this album as an inspiration.[10]
...Rust Never Sleeps mixed acoustic material with squalling, feedback-laden hard rock.