Zuma (album)
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| Studio album by Neil Young & Crazy Horse | ||
| Released | November 10, 1975 | |
| Recorded | June 16, 1974 - August 29, 1975 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 36:34 | |
| Label | Reprise Records | |
| Producer(s) | Neil Young, David Briggs, Tim Mulligan | |
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| Neil Young chronology | ||
| Tonight's The Night (1975) |
Zuma (1975) |
Long May You Run (1976) |
Zuma is a rock album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse released in 1975. It was named after Zuma Beach in Malibu.
Zuma was the first album released after the famed Ditch Trilogy, comprising the albums Time Fades Away, Tonight's The Night, and On The Beach. It has an overall more upbeat atmosphere, with a combination of country-tinged rock acoustics and lumbering hard-rock pieces similar in style to songs on Young's second album, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. The late Danny Whitten was now replaced by Frank Sampedro.
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[edit] Song notes
Don't Cry No Tears is a dusting off of a song Young had written in high school.
Danger Bird interpolates sections of an unreleased song relating to Young's breakup with Carrie Snodgress called L.A. Girls and Ocean Boys. It is Lou Reed's all time favourite song.
Pardon my Heart was originally intended to be released as part of Homegrown.
Young has claimed several different origins for Cortez the Killer, most notoriously during a show on August 13, 1996 that he'd written it in high school while suffering "Montezuma's Revenge". The song ends with a fade out because the original cut stopped abruptly due to recording tape running out before the band had finished playing.
Through My Sails, the final track, is the only track ever released from an aborted Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young recording session in Hawaii in late 1974. This would be the last CSNY music released until 1988's American Dream.
[edit] Track listing
- "Don't Cry No Tears" – 2:34
- "Danger Bird" – 6:54
- "Pardon My Heart" – 3:49
- "Lookin' For a Love" – 3:17
- "Barstool Blues" – 3:02
- "Stupid Girl" – 3:13
- "Drive Back" – 3:32
- "Cortez the Killer" – 7:29
- "Through My Sails" – 2:41
[edit] Personnel
Neil Young & Crazy Horse:
- Neil Young: guitar, vocal
- Frank Sampedro: guitar
- Billy Talbot: bass, vocal
- Ralph Molina: drums, vocal
except:
- "Pardon My Heart":
- Neil Young: guitar, vocal
- Tim Drummond: bass
- Billy Talbot: vocal
- Ralph Molina: vocal
and
- "Through My Sails" (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young):
- David Crosby: vocal
- Stephen Stills: bass, vocal
- Graham Nash: vocal
- Neil Young: guitar, vocal
- Russ Kunkel: congas
[edit] References
- McDonough, J. Shakey: Neil Young's Biography, Random House, 2002. ISBN 0-679-42772-4
