Artist: Neil Young
Album: Old Ways
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 1985/2021
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 192 kHz
Duration: 36:45
Total Tracks: 10
Total Size: 1,27 GB

Tracklist:

1-1. Neil Young – The Wayward Wind (03:12)
1-2. Neil Young – Get Back To The Country (02:50)
1-3. Neil Young – Are There Any More Real Cowboys? (03:03)
1-4. Neil Young – Once An Angel (03:55)
1-5. Neil Young – Misfits (05:08)
1-6. Neil Young – California Sunset (02:56)
1-7. Neil Young – Old Ways (03:08)
1-8. Neil Young – My Boy (03:37)
1-9. Neil Young – Bound For Glory (05:49)
1-10. Neil Young – Where Is The Highway Tonight? (03:02)

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In 1984, Geffen Records sued Neil Young on the grounds that he had submitted uncharacteristic, uncommercial records to the label. By the time a settlement had been reached, Young had been on the road with a country band called the International Harvesters for over a year and recorded a revamped version of Old Ways, a 1982 recording originally rejected by Geffen that was cut in the style of Harvest and Comes a Time, but with a stronger country leaning. Young depends heavily on friends, especially for vocals — Waylon Jennings sings harmony on six out of the ten tracks, and one of the others is a duet with Willie Nelson. Though populated by cowboys and country references, Young’s take on the genre is typically idiosyncratic, including a reworked version of his autobiography in “Get Back to the Country,” a cover of the 1956 Gogi Grant hit “The Wayward Wind,” and the uncategorizable “Misfits,” which portrays astronauts watching Muhammad Ali fights on television in space. Old Ways is not a great Neil Young album and at the time of its release served to alienate him even further from his audience, but it has its moments. – William Ruhlmann