Greendale
by
Neil Young and Crazy Horse
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studio album
First released:
Aug 19 2003

Overview Edit

Greendale is the name of an album and a movie by Neil Young. Neil Young and Crazy Horse's Greendale, a 10-song rock opera, is set in a fictional California seaside town. Based on the saga of the Green family, the "audio novel" has been compared to the literary classics of Thornton Wilder's Our Town and Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio for its complexity and emotional depth in exploring a small town in America.

Greendale combines numerous themes on corruption, environmentalism and mass media consolidation into relevant post-9/11 art. The album, concert, film and DVDs have produced a vast divergence of critical opinion ranging from being called "amateur" to being voted as one of the best albums of 2003 by Rolling Stone magazine music critics.

The CD was originally released with a DVD of live "Neil-only" acoustic performance of the Greendale material from Vicar Street, Dublin, Ireland. In 2004, the CD was released with a new DVD containing a live performance of Neil Young and Crazy Horse. A DVD-Audio version was also released, with both Advanced Resolution Stereo and 5.1 Surround sound mixes, and a video of "Devil's Sidewalk" from the film. In late 2004, the feature length DVD with actors lip-synching the material was released.

In 2007, Vertigo Comics announced the production of the comic book adaptation of the album with the same title. According to writer Joshua Dysart, Neil Young is directly involved in the project.

Greendale's blues sound reflects the influence of bluesman Jimmy Reed and his driving electric blues and folk melodies.

As of 2009, it is the last Neil Young album to feature Crazy Horse.

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Release dates:
  • Aug 19 2003 in United States

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Classic Rock, Folk-Rock. Vote on Genres

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5 stars OUTSTANDING !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't let anyone fool you, this album is fantastic! It is one of Neil's best in years. I bought the 1st edition with the acoustic concert as the bonus DVD, I bought the 2nd edition with the studio footage as the bonus DVD, I even bought the Greendale movie. Never once have I had second thoughts. Although the CDs in edition 1 and 2 are the same, it is the DVD that are really worth the purchase price and it is the CDs that are the bonus. I have been listening to and playing Neil Young and Crazy Ho…
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Written by James Shannon Bussey
1 stars No good.
I'm a big fan of Neil Young. I have all of his albums, and I even enjoyed his bizarre 80's period. If you ignore the initial shock of hearing Neil tackling electronic music, you might find out that Trans and Landing on Water are great albums. So you can't accuse me of only liking his "mainstream" albums like Harvest or Comes A Time.

This, however, is the worst album of his entire career. Actually, you know what? I haven't listened to Chrome Dreams II or Living With War yet, so I can't say his e…
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Written by JohnnyT471

Track listing Edit

  • CD

    format:
    number:
    title:
    number name artist hh:mm:ss
    1
    Falling From Above
    7:27
    2
    Double E
    5:18
    3
    Devil's Sidewalk
    5:18
    4
    Leave the Driving
    7:14
    5
    Carmichael
    10:20
    6
    Bandit
    5:12
    7
    Grandpa's Interview
    12:57
    8
    Bringin' Down Dinner
    3:16
    9
    Sun Green
    12:03
    10
    Be the Rain
    9:13

Credits Edit

  1. design

    1. Gary Burden [art direction]
    3. Jenice Heo [art direction]

  2. engineer

    1. Christopher Hedge [Audio SFX]
    3. Tim Mulligan [mastering]

  1. performer

    1. Billy Talbot [instrument]
    2. Neil Young [vocals and instrument]
    3. Ralph Molina [vocals and instrument]

  2. producer

Other versions Edit

Greendale 10 tracks format: 1 x DVD-A
record label: Reprise / Wea
release dates: Mar 16 2004
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