{"product_id":"everybody-knows-this-is-nowhere-1","title":"Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNeil Young's\u003c\/strong\u003e second solo album, released only four months after his first, was nearly a total rejection of that polished effort. Though a couple of songs, \"\u003cem\u003eRound Round (It Won't Be Long)\u003c\/em\u003e\" and \"\u003cem\u003eThe Losing End (When You're On)\u003c\/em\u003e,\" shared that album's country-folk style, they were altogether livelier and more assured.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe difference was that, while \u003cstrong\u003eNeil Young\u003c\/strong\u003e was a solo effort, \u003cem\u003eEverybody Knows This Is Nowhere\u003c\/em\u003e marked the beginning of Young's recording association with Crazy Horse, the trio of Danny Whitten (guitar), Ralph Molina (drums), and Billy Talbot (bass) that Young had drawn from the struggling local Los Angeles group the Rockets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith them, Young quickly cut a set of loose, guitar-heavy rock songs -- \"\u003cem\u003eCinnamon Girl\u003c\/em\u003e,\" \"\u003cem\u003eDown by the River\u003c\/em\u003e,\" and \"\u003cem\u003eCowgirl in the Sand\u003c\/em\u003e\" -- that redefined him as a rock \u0026amp; roll artist. The songs were deliberately underwritten and sketchy as compositions, their lyrics more suggestive than complete, but that made them useful as frames on which to hang the extended improvisations (\"\u003cem\u003eRiver\u003c\/em\u003e\" and \"\u003cem\u003eCowgirl\u003c\/em\u003e\" were each in the nine-to-ten-minute range) Young played with Crazy Horse and to reflect the ominous tone of his singing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYoung\u003c\/strong\u003e lowered his voice from the near-falsetto employed on his debut to a more expressive range, and he sang with greater confidence, accompanied by Whitten and, on \"\u003cem\u003eRound Round\u003c\/em\u003e,\" by Robin Lane. \u003cem\u003eEverybody Knows This Is Nowhere\u003c\/em\u003e was breathtakingly different when it appeared in May 1969, both for \u003cstrong\u003eYoung\u003c\/strong\u003e and for rock in general, and it reversed his commercial fortunes, becoming a moderate hit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e(\u003cstrong\u003eYoung\u003c\/strong\u003e's joining Crosby, Stills \u0026amp; Nash the month after its release didn't hurt his profile, of course.) A year and a half after its release, it became a gold album, and it has since gone platinum. And it set a musical pattern \u003cstrong\u003eYoung\u003c\/strong\u003e and his many musical descendants have followed ever since; almost 30 years later, he was still playing this sort of music with Crazy Horse, and a lot of contemporary bands were playing music clearly influenced by it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reprise","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50382792524107,"sku":"320860","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Everybody_Knows_This_Is_Nowhere_f7cc25d1_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726259361","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/everybody-knows-this-is-nowhere-1","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}