Sleeps with Angels

Sleeps with Angels
Studio album by
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
ReleasedAugust 16, 1994
RecordedNovember 8, 1993 – April 25, 1994
StudioThe Complex Studios, West Los Angeles, California
GenreRock
Length62:06
Label
Producer
Neil Young chronology
Unplugged
(1993) 		Sleeps with Angels
(1994) 		Mirror Ball
(1995)
Crazy Horse chronology
Arc
(1991) 		Sleeps with Angels
(1994) 		Broken Arrow
(1996)
Singles from Sleeps with Angels
  1. "Change Your Mind"
    Released: 1994
  2. "Piece of Crap"
    Released: 1994[1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Music Box[4]
New Musical Express9/10[5]
Robert ChristgauA−[6]

Sleeps with Angels is the 22nd studio album by Canadian-American musician Neil Young, released on August 16, 1994, on Reprise as a double LP and as a single CD. The album is Young's seventh with Crazy Horse. Co-produced by David Briggs, the album is Young's last with his long-time producer, who died the following year. The title track was written and recorded as a tribute to Kurt Cobain in wake of his suicide. Although the rest of the album was recorded before that event, the album takes on a somber, subdued tone throughout. Musician and author Ken Viola described the album as one of Young's "top five records. It examines the nature of dreams — both the light and dark side — and how they fuel reality in the nineties. Dreams are the only thing that we've got left to hang on to."[7]

  1. ^ "Neil Young singles & EP discography". Discogs. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  2. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Sleeps with Angels - Neil Young,Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  4. ^ Metzger, John. "Neil Young - Sleeps with Angels (Album Review)". Musicbox-online.com. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  5. ^ Martin, Gavin (13 August 1994). "Ashes to Ashes, Rust to Rust". New Musical Express. p. 47.
  6. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Album: Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Sleeps With Angels". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  7. ^ Mcdonough, Jimmy. 2003. Shakey: Neil Young’s Biography. New York: Anchor Books.