Sleeps with Angels

Infobox Album |
Name = Sleeps With Angels
Type = Album
Artist = Neil Young & Crazy Horse


Released = August 16, 1994
Recorded = November 8, 1993 - April 25, 1994
The Complex Studios, West Los Angeles
Genre = Rock
Length = 62:06
Label = Reprise
Producer = David Briggs, Neil Young
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:n7xvadsky8w6 link]
Last album = "Unplugged"
(1993)
This album = "Sleeps with Angels"
(1994)
Next album = "Mirror Ball"
(1995)

"Sleeps With Angels" is a 1994 album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse released on the Warner Bros. Records/Reprise label.

The album was conceived as a conscious attempt to recapture some of the atmospheric experiments Young and Crazy Horse played around with in the "After the Gold Rush" era. Though the majority of the album was recorded before the fact, Young created the title track after the death of Kurt Cobain, who quoted him in his suicide note. As a result, "Sleeps With Angels" ended up more than reminiscent of "Tonight's the Night"; the album is practically a (more sober) 1990s update of the former record, down to the use of the old-school black Reprise label found on original vinyl pressings of "Tonight's the Night" and the US cd version of "Sleeps With Angels". The tone of the album is dark and brooding, the one exception being the punk-influenced "Piece Of Crap". Two songs ("Western Hero" and "Train Of Love") feature the same music with differing lyrics.

Track listing

All tracks by Neil Young, except where noted:

#"My Heart" – 2:44
#"Prime of Life" – 4:02
#"Driveby" – 4:43
#"Sleeps With Angels" – 2:44
#"Western Hero" – 4:00
#"Change Your Mind" – 14:39
#"Blue Eden" (Molina, Sampedro, Talbot, Young) – 6:22
#"Safeway Cart" – 6:29
#"Train of Love" – 3:57
#"Trans Am" – 4:07
#"Piece of Crap" – 3:15
#"A Dream That Can Last" – 5:27

Personnel

*Neil Young: guitar, tack piano, accordion, flute, harmonica, vocal
*Frank "Poncho" Sampedro: guitar, grand piano, electric piano, keyboards, bass marimba, vocal
*Billy Talbot: bass, vibes, bass marimba, vocal
*Ralph Molina: drums, vocal

Charts

Album - Billboard

Singles - Billboard