Rust Never Sleeps
Rust Never Sleeps is the tenth album by Canadian American singer-songwriter Neil Young and American band Crazy Horse. It was released on June 22, 1979, by Reprise Records and features both studio and live tracks. Most of the album was recorded live, then overdubbed in the studio, while others originated in the studio. Young used the phrase "rust never sleeps" as a concept for his tour with Crazy Horse to avoid artistic complacency and try more progressive, theatrical approaches to performing live.
| Rust Never Sleeps | ||||
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| Studio album with live recordings by Neil Young with Crazy Horse | ||||
| Released | June 22, 1979 | |||
| Recorded | 1976–78 | |||
| Venue | The Boarding House, San Francisco, McNichols Arena, Denver, St. Paul Civic Center, Cow Palace, San Francisco | |||
| Studio | Indigo Ranch, Malibu, Triiad Studios, Ft. Lauderdale, Woodland Studios, Nashville | |||
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| Length | 38:16 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | Neil Young, David Briggs, Tim Mulligan | |||
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The album peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 album chart and spawned the hit single "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" that peaked at No. 79 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also included one of Young's most popular and critically acclaimed songs, the enigmatic "Powderfinger". The album, along with Young's 1990 release Ragged Glory, has widely been considered a precursor of grunge music with the bands Nirvana and Pearl Jam having cited Young's heavily distorted and abrasive guitar style on the B side to this album as an inspiration.