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Neil Young and Crazy Horse Offer Details on New Album Americana

Neil Young and Crazy Horse will release their first album in nine years, titled Americana, on June 5 via Reprise Records. The album features the group’s full lineup of Young, Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina and Poncho Sampedro for the first time since 1996’s Broken Arrow. Americana is produced by Young and John Hanlon along with Mark Humphreys, and engineered by John Hanlon with John Hausmann and Jeff Pinn. It was recorded at Audio Casa Blanca by John Hanlon.

Included in the tracklisting (which can be viewed below) are a collection of classic, American folk numbers including songs from the 1800s like “Tom Dooley” and “Oh Susannah,” in addition to mid-20th-century folk classics like “This Land Is Your Land” and “Get A Job.” According to the release:

What ties these songs together is the fact that while they may represent an America that may no longer exist, the emotions and scenarios behind these songs still resonate with what’s going on in the country today with equal, if not greater impact nearly 200 years later. The lyrics reflect the same concerns and are still remarkably meaningful to a society going through economic and cultural upheaval, especially during an election year. They are just as poignant and powerful today as the day they were written.

Young has penned historical details about each of the songs on Americana, which you can read here See below for the full tracklisting.

Americana Tracklisting

Oh Susannah
Clementine
Tom Dooley
Gallows Pole
Get A Job
Travel On
High Flyin’ Bird
She’ll Be Comin ‘Round The Mountain
This Land Is Your Land
Wayfarin’ Stranger
God Save The Queen