Neil Young has announced ‘World Record’, a new album the singer created with his band Crazy Horse.The 10-song album will be released on November 18, and was produced by Rick Rubin at his Shangri-La studios in Malibu.
The same studio was previously used by Young to record his 2016 album, ‘Peace Trail’. On ‘World Record’, Young provides vocals across the album’s tracklist alongside instrumentation from Crazy Horse, all of which was recorded live and mixed to analogue tape by Rubin.Coinciding with the announcement, Young and Crazy Horse have today shared the first song from ‘World Record’, a tribute to mother nature titled ‘Love Earth’.
The track sees Young muse on earth’s beauty, likening blue skies and crystal waters to a fanciful romance. “We lived by the sun and had it all”, Young sings, “We were living in a dream”.
Listen to that below:‘World Record’ comes after a recent album tease from Young during an episode of Rubin’s ‘Broken Record’ podcast.
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