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Zuma, the seventh studio album by Canadian/American musician Neil Young, was released on Reprise Records in November 1975. Co-credited to Crazy Horse, it includes "Cortez the Killer," one of Young's best-known songs.
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| Studio album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse | ||||
| Released | November 10, 1975 | |||
| Recorded | June 16, 1974 – August 29, 1975 | |||
| Studio | Broken Arrow Ranch, Redwood City, CA and Pt. Dume, CA | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, folk rock, country rock, roots rock[1] | |||
| Length | 36:34 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | Neil Young, David Briggs Neil Young, Tim Mulligan "Pardon My Heart," "Lookin' for a Love," and "Through My Sails" | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | A−[2] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [3] |
| The Great Rock Discography | 8/10[4] |
| MusicHound Rock | 4/5[5] |
| Pitchfork | 8.7/10[6] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [7] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 9/10[8] |
| Tom Hull | B+[9] |
Upon release, it peaked at #25 on the Billboard 200. In 1997, the album received a RIAA gold certification.[10] In 2000, it was voted number 410 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.[11]
Background
The death of former Crazy Horse guitarist and bandmate Danny Whitten from an alcohol/diazepam overdose in 1972 affected Neil Young greatly and contributed to a hiatus of Crazy Horse.
Late in 1973, Young went on tour with the Crazy Horse rhythm section of bassist Billy Talbot and drummer Ralph Molina; the multi-instrumentalist Nils Lofgren, who had played on Young's After the Gold Rush (1970) before joining the Whitten-led iteration of Crazy Horse from 1970 to 1971; and the Stray Gators holdover Ben Keith. This group, initially billed as Crazy Horse at its first engagements, became known as the Santa Monica Flyers. They recorded most of the tracks on Tonight's the Night (1975).
After the 1974 stadium tour with Crosby, Stills & Nash and another abandoned attempt at a second CSNY studio album, Young formed a new version of Crazy Horse in 1975 with rhythm guitarist Frank Sampedro alongside of Talbot and Molina. Aside from a brief period in the late 1980s, this line-up would remain stable until 2018, when Sampedro retired and was replaced by Lofgren.[12]
Content
Zuma was the first album released after the so-called Ditch Trilogy, of the albums Time Fades Away, On the Beach, and Tonight's the Night.
The melody and lyrics of "Don't Cry No Tears" are partially derived from "I Wonder", a song Young wrote in high school which appeared in his Archives (2009). During a show in 1996, Young claimed that he'd also written "Cortez the Killer" in high school while suffering from "Montezuma's Revenge".[13] The song ends with a fade out because a power surge caused the original cut to stop abruptly, and an additional final verse was not recorded. Young's reaction to hearing of this was that he "never liked that verse anyway" and it has never been performed live.[14]
In "Danger Bird" Young interpolates sections of an unreleased song called "L.A. Girls and Ocean Boys" that had related to Young's breakup with Carrie Snodgress, specifically the line "'Cause you've been with another man / there you are and here I am."[15]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Neil Young.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Don't Cry No Tears" | 2:34 |
| 2. | "Danger Bird" | 6:54 |
| 3. | "Pardon My Heart" | 3:49 |
| 4. | "Lookin' for a Love" | 3:17 |
| 5. | "Barstool Blues" | 3:02 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Stupid Girl" | 3:13 |
| 7. | "Drive Back" | 3:32 |
| 8. | "Cortez the Killer" | 7:29 |
| 9. | "Through My Sails" | 2:41 |
Personnel
- Neil Young – vocals, guitars, piano
Crazy Horse
- Frank Sampedro – rhythm guitar (all tracks except "Pardon My Heart" and "Through My Sails")
- Billy Talbot – bass (all tracks except "Pardon My Heart" and "Through My Sails"), backing vocals (all tracks except "Through My Sails")
- Ralph Molina – drums (all tracks except "Pardon My Heart" and "Through My Sails"), backing vocals (all tracks except "Through My Sails")
Additional musicians
- Tim Drummond – bass ("Pardon My Heart")
- Stephen Stills – bass, backing vocals ("Through My Sails")
- David Crosby, Graham Nash – backing vocals ("Through My Sails")
- Russ Kunkel – congas ("Through My Sails")
- Technical
- Mazzeo - cover artwork
Charts
| Chart (1975) | Peak
position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[16] | 44 |
| US Billboard Top LPs & Tape[17] | 25 |
| UK Album Charts[18] | 44 |
| Canadian RPM 100 Albums[19] | 69 |
| Finnish Album Charts[20] | 27 |
| French Album Charts[21] | 13 |
| Japanese Album Charts[22] | 84 |
| Spain Album Charts[23] | 13 |
| New Zealand Album Charts[24] | 35 |
| Dutch MegaCharts Albums[24] | 4 |
| US Cash Box Top 100 Albums[25] | 25 |
| US Record World Album Chart[26] | 30 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom (BPI)[27] | Silver | 60,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[28] | Gold | 500,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- Ruhlman, William. Neil Young: Zuma > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 November 2005.
- Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: Y". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- Martin C. Strong (1998). The Great Rock Discography (1st ed.). Canongate Books. ISBN 978-0-86241-827-4.
- Gary Graff, ed. (1996). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). London: Visible Ink Press. ISBN 978-0-7876-1037-1.
- "Neil Young / Crazy Horse: Time Fades Away/Zuma Album Review - Pitchfork". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Neil Young". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). London: Fireside Books. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). "Neil Young". Spin Alternative Record Guide (1st ed.). New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
- Tom Hull. "Grade List: Neil Young". Tom Hull - on the web. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
- "Gold & Platinum - RIAA". Riaa.com. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- Colin Larkin, ed. (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 153. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.
- "Lofgren in, Poncho Out, for Neil Young's Next Crazy Horse Lineup".
- Stone, Rolling (23 February 2011). "RS Fact-Checks Famous Rock Songs". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- "Cortez the Killer by Neil Young Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- Jimmy McDonough. Shakey: Neil Young's Biography. New York: Random House, 2002, pp. 488-506. ISBN 0-679-42772-4
- Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 295. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- "Stephen Stills". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- "STEPHEN STILLS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- Canada, Library and Archives (2013-04-16). "The RPM story". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1961.
- "InfoDisc : Les Albums (Interprètes, Classements, Ventes, Certifications, Les Tops, Les N° 1...)". www.infodisc.fr. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
- "クロスビー,スティルス,ナッシュ&ヤングの売上ランキング". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- Salaverri, Fernando (2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002. Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
- Hung, Steffen. "The Stills-Young Band - Long May You Run". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- "CASH BOX MAGAZINE: Music and coin machine magazine 1942 to 1996". worldradiohistory.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- "RECORD WORLD MAGAZINE: 1942 to 1982". worldradiohistory.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- "British album certifications – Neil Young – Zuma". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- "American album certifications – Neil Young – Zuma". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
External links
- "Neil Young With Crazy Horse – Zuma". Discogs.
- Zuma at Myspace (streamed copy where licensed)
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Zuma es el séptimo álbum de estudio del músico canadiense Neil Young, publicado por la compañía discográfica Reprise Records en noviembre de 1975. Grabado en Malibú con David Briggs como productor musical, supuso el primer trabajo del músico con el grupo Crazy Horse tras la muerte del guitarrista Danny Whitten en 1972, que fue sustituido por Frank «Poncho» Sampedro. Fue también el primer trabajo después de «The Ditch Trilogy», una trilogía de álbumes —Time Fades Away, On the Beach y Tonight's the Night— marcados por el frecuente consumo de alcohol y drogas y en los que el músico se alejó voluntariamente del éxito alcanzado con Harvest, su trabajo más comercial. El álbum incluyó una mezcla de canciones country rock en un estilo similar a Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, además de temas hard rock como «Drive Back», con un predominio de la guitarra Old Black.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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