Way Down in the Rust Bucket

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Way Down in the Rust Bucket
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Live album by
Neil Young and Crazy Horse
ReleasedFebruary 26, 2021 (2021-02-26)
RecordedNovember 13, 1990
VenueThe Catalyst, Santa Cruz, California, United States
GenreHard rock[1]
Length2:22:37
ProducerNeil Young, David Briggs
Neil Young chronology
Neil Young Archives Volume II: 1972–1976
(2020) 		Way Down in the Rust Bucket
(2021) 		Young Shakespeare
(2021)
Crazy Horse chronology
Return to Greendale
(2020) 		Way Down in the Rust Bucket
(2021)
Archives Performance Series chronology
PS11:
Bluenote Café
(2015) 		PS11.5:
Way Down in the Rust Bucket
(2021) 		PS12:
Dreamin' Man Live '92
(2009)
CD cover
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Way Down in the Rust Bucket is a live album and concert film from Canadian-American rock musician Neil Young and his band Crazy Horse, released on February 26, 2021. It is Volume 11.5 in the Performance Series of Neil Young Archives.

Recording and release[]

The album was recorded on November 13, 1990 at The Catalyst in Santa Cruz, CA, where the band was warming up for their upcoming Ragged Glory tour. The show consisted of three sets and an encore, featuring most of recently released Ragged Glory, as well as older fan favourites and deeper cuts.[2] Due to temporary power loss, the multitrack recording of "Cowgirl in the Sand" was damaged; it was decided to remove the song from the CD and LP running order (which also allowed to limit the release format to two CDs/four LPs). "Cowgirl in the Sand" appears only on the DVD version, with dropout sections augmented by lower-fidelity FOH mix. [3]

Young announced the release on his site on January 1, 2020 with the intention to release it that year along with Greendale Live, which was later retitled Return to Greendale, a 2003 rock opera that also features Crazy Horse.[4] This album was initially scheduled to come out on October 16, 2020 before being postponed to January 15, 2021[5] and later February 26. Young has also previously shown all the concert video footage of this show as part of the Movietone section of his Archives website.

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic85/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]
And It Don't StopA–[7]
Clash9/10[8]
Rolling Stone3.5/5 stars[9]
Tom Hull – on the WebB+ ((2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention))[10]

Way Down in the Rust Bucket was met with "universal acclaim" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 85 based on 7 reviews.[6]

Track listing[]

CD, digital and vinyl[]

All songs written by Neil Young except as noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Country Home" 9:13
2."Surfer Joe and Moe the Sleaze"Neil Young, Frank "Poncho" Sampedro5:40
3."Love to Burn" 13:54
4."Days That Used to Be" 4:56
5."Bite the Bullet" 3:58
6."Cinnamon Girl" 4:04
7."Farmer John"Don Harris, Dewey Terry6:01
8."Over and Over" 10:20
9."Danger Bird" 10:26
10."Don’t Cry No Tears" 4:22
11."Sedan Delivery" 5:44
12."Roll Another Number (For the Road)" 4:45
13."Fuckin’ Up"Neil Young, Frank "Poncho" Sampedro5:12
14."T-Bone" 6:44
15."Homegrown" 4:46
16."Mansion on the Hill" 5:58
17."Like a Hurricane" 12:56
18."Love and Only Love" 13:16
19."Cortez the Killer" 11:24

DVD[]

Country Home
Surfer Joe and Moe the Sleaze
Love to Burn
Days That Used to Be
Bite the Bullet   
Cinnamon Girl
Farmer John 
Cowgirl in the Sand
Over and Over
Danger Bird
Don’t Cry No Tears
Sedan Delivery
Roll Another Number (For the Road)
Fuckin’ Up
T-Bone
Homegrown
Mansion on the Hill
Like a Hurricane 
Love and Only Love
Cortez the Killer

Personnel[]

Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Engineering and production

Charts[]

Chart performance for Way Down in the Rust Bucket
Chart (2021) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] 19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12] 12
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[13] 35
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[14] 45
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[15] 32
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16] 7
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[17] 5
Irish Albums (OCC)[18] 27
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[19] 24
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[20] 34
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 18
UK Albums (OCC)[22] 18
US Billboard 200[23] 109

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Deming, Mark. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  2. ^ Helman, Peter (August 13, 2020). "Neil Young Announces Three Archival Releases". Stereogum. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "Way Down In The Rust Bucket". Neil Young Archives. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  4. ^ Blisten, Jon (January 2, 2020). "Neil Young Details 2020 Archival Releases". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  5. ^ "Neil Young Shares Release Dates for Five Archival Projects". Consequence of Sound. March 10, 2020. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  7. ^ Christgau, Robert (April 7, 2021). "Consumer Guide: April, 2021". And It Don't Stop. Substack. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  8. ^ Roseblade, Nick (February 25, 2021). "Clash Magazine Review". Clash. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  9. ^ Browne, David (February 25, 2021). "'Way Down in the Rust Bucket' Is the Sound of Neil Young and Crazy Horse Getting Reinvigorated for the Nineties". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  10. ^ Hull, Tom (March 29, 2021). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  11. ^ "Ultratop.be – Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Way Down in the Rust Bucket" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  12. ^ "Ultratop.be – Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Way Down in the Rust Bucket" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  13. ^ "Hitlisten.NU – Album Top-40 Uge 9, 2021". Hitlisten. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  14. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Way Down in the Rust Bucket" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  15. ^ "Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Way Down in the Rust Bucket" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  16. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Way Down in the Rust Bucket" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  17. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2021. 9. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  18. ^ "Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  19. ^ "VG-lista – Topp 40 Album uke 9, 2021". VG-lista. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  20. ^ "Veckolista Album, vecka 9". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  21. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Way Down in the Rust Bucket". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  22. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  23. ^ "Neil Young Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 9, 2021.

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