Harvest Moon (album)

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Harvest Moon
Harvest - neil young.jpg
Studio album by Neil Young
Released October 27, 1992
Recorded September 1991 - February 1992 at Redwood Digital, Woodside (except "Natural Beauty" at Portland Auditorium, OR, and strings on "Such A Woman" recorded at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA)
Genre Roots rock, folk rock, country rock
Length 51:58
Label Reprise
Producer Neil Young, Ben Keith
Neil Young chronology
Arc
(1991)Arc1991		 Harvest Moon
(1992)		 Lucky Thirteen
(1993)Lucky Thirteen1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars[1]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars[2]

Harvest Moon is the twentieth studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, released on October 27, 1992. Many of the musicians appearing on it also appeared on his 1972 album Harvest, and it is considered by many to be like a "sequel" to Harvest.

Recovering from a case of tinnitus that had come about after the recording of 1990's Ragged Glory and its subsequent tour (which produced 1991's Weld and Arc), Young was determined to return to the studio. Returning to Nashville and joining up with compatriots like Ben Keith, Young put down the electric guitar, returning to the acoustic guitar, piano and banjo that had dominated albums such as Harvest, Comes a Time and Old Ways.

The album earned the 1994 Juno Award for album of the year. The 2009 release Dreamin' Man is a live album of the subsequent 1992 tour and contains live renditions of all Harvest Moon tracks in a different order.

Reception

Matthew Greenwald of AllMusic wrote glowingly of the title track, "Harvest Moon", calling the melody "positively gorgeous".[3] Music website Classic Rock Review named Harvest Moon its album of the year for 1992.[4] The album continued Young's commercial and critical resurgence following Freedom and Ragged Glory, eventually outselling both of these records.

Track listing

All tracks written by Neil Young.

No. Title Length
1. "Unknown Legend"   4:32
2. "From Hank to Hendrix"   5:12
3. "You and Me"   3:45
4. "Harvest Moon"   5:03
5. "War of Man"   5:41
6. "One of These Days"   4:55
7. "Such a Woman"   4:36
8. "Old King"   2:57
9. "Dreamin' Man"   4:36
10. "Natural Beauty" (recorded live at The Civic Auditorium, Portland, Oregon, January 23, 1992) 10:22

Personnel

The Stray Gators

Additional personnel

  • Larry Cragg — backing vocals on "War of Man"
  • Nicolette Larson — backing vocals on "You and Me," "War of Man," "Such a Woman," "Old King," "Dreamin' Man," "Natural Beauty"
  • Linda Ronstadt — backing vocals on "Unknown Legend," "From Hank to Hendrix," "Harvest Moon," "War of Man," "One of These Days"
  • James Taylor — backing vocals on "From Hank to Hendrix," "War of Man," "One of These Days"
  • Astrid Young — backing vocals on "War of Man," "Such a Woman," "Dreamin' Man"
  • Jack Nitzsche — string arrangement on "Such a Woman"
  • Suzie Katayama — conductor on "Such a Woman"
  • Maria Newman — concertmaster on "Such a Woman"
  • Maria Newman, Israel Baker, Betty Byers, Berg Garabedian, Harris Goldman, Robin Lorentz, Cindy McGurty, Haim Shtrum — violins on "Such a Woman"
  • Valerie Dimond, Matt Funes, Rick Gerding, Carrie Prescott, David Stenske, Adriana Zoppo — violas on "Such a Woman"
  • Larry Corbett, Ericka Duke, Greg Gottlieb, David Shamban — cellos on "Such a Woman"

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1992 The Billboard 200 16

Single

Year Single Chart Position
1992 "War of Man" Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 7
1993 "Unknown Legend" Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 38
1993 "Harvest Moon" UK Singles Chart 36

Certifications

Organization Level Date
RIAA – U.S. Gold January 15, 1993
RIAA – U.S. Platinum February 3, 1993
RIAA – U.S. 2.00x Multi-Platinum July 16, 1997

Covers

American singers Ann Wilson and Alison Krauss recorded a cover of "War of Man" for Wilson's 2007 album Hope & Glory.

References

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