Sleeps with Angels

Sleeps with Angels
Studio album by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Released	August 16, 1994
Recorded	November 8, 1993 - April 25, 1994 at The Complex Studios, West Los Angeles
Genre	Rock
Length	62:06
Label	Warner Bros
Producer	David Briggs, Neil Young
Neil Young & Crazy Horse chronology
Unplugged (1993) Sleeps with Angels (1994) Mirror Ball (1995)

Sleeps with Angels is the twenty-first studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, released on August 16, 1994, on Reprise. Co-produced by David Briggs, the album is Young's seventh with Crazy Horse.

Background and recording

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. Although 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 CD version of Sleeps with Angels.^[1] 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.

Sleeps with Angels is the only Neil Young album on which he plays the flute.^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Robert Christgau	A−[4]
The Music Box	[5]

Track listing

All tracks by Neil Young, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"My Heart"	2:44
2.	"Prime of Life"	4:02
3.	"Driveby"	4:43
4.	"Sleeps With Angels"	2:44
5.	"Western Hero"	4:00
6.	"Change Your Mind"	14:39
7.	"Blue Eden" (Molina, Sampedro, Talbot, Young)	6:22
8.	"Safeway Cart"	6:29
9.	"Train of Love"	3:57
10.	"Trans Am"	4:07
11.	"Piece of Crap"	3:15
12.	"A Dream That Can Last"	5:27

Personnel

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

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

Recording personnel

• David Briggs - producer, mixing
• Neil Young - producer, mixing
• John Hanlon - engineer, mixing
• Chad Blinman - assistant engineer
• Roland Alvarez - assistant engineer
• Joe Gastwirt - digital editing, mastering
• Tim Mulligan - additional digital editing
• Tim Foster - production manager
• Bettina Briggs - production coordinator
• Sal Trentino - amplifier tech
• Jim Homan - guitar tech
• Jerry Conforti - drum tech
• Mark Humphreys - live monitors

Charts

Album

Album - Billboard

Year	Chart	Position
1994	The Billboard 200	9

Singles

Singles - Billboard

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1994	"Change Your Mind"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	18

References

1. "Sleeps With Angels: Neil Young, Crazy Horse: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
2. "iTunes - Music - Sleeps With Angels by Neil Young". Itunes.apple.com. 1994-08-05. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
3. William Ruhlmann. "Sleeps with Angels - Neil Young,Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
4. "Album: Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Sleeps With Angels". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
5. John Metzger. "Neil Young - Sleeps with Angels (Album Review)". Musicbox-online.com. Retrieved 2015-06-03.