''Landing on Water'' is the 15th studio album by

Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Furay ...

. The album was released on July 21, 1986, by

Geffen Records Geffen Records is an American record label established by David Geffen and owned by Universal Music Group through its Interscope Geffen A&M Records imprint. Founded in 1980, Geffen Records has been a part of Interscope Geffen A&M since 1999 and h ...

. Several of the songs on the album were resurrected from Neil Young and Crazy Horse's failed 1984 sessions – a set of sessions where, according to longtime producer David Briggs, the musicians "played like monkeys".

Track listing

Personnel

*Neil Young –

harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...

, lead guitar, producer,

synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

, vocals * Steve Jordan – drums, synthesizer, vocals *

Danny Kortchmar Daniel "Danny Kootch" Kortchmar (born April 6, 1946) is an American guitarist, session musician, producer and songwriter. Kortchmar's work with singer-songwriters such as Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, David Crosby, Carole King, David Cassidy, ...

– guitar, producer, synthesizer, vocals *

San Francisco Boys Chorus The San Francisco Boys Chorus (SFBC) is a choir for boys consisting of 230 members based in San Francisco, California, San Francisco with additional campuses in Oakland, California, Oakland, San Mateo, California, San Mateo, and San Rafael, Calif ...

– vocals on tracks "Violent Side" and "Touch the Night" Technical *

Niko Bolas Niko Bolas is an American music producer, sound engineer, and consultant and business developer in the fields of virtual reality and Internet radio. In 1989, Bolas founded Fakespace Music with Mark Bolas, Ian McDowall and Christian Greuel, which, i ...

– engineer, mixing *Richard Bosworth – engineer *Julie Last – engineer *Laura LiPuma – design *Louis Magor – choir director *Tim Mulligan – engineer *Doug Sax – mastering, original mastering *Duane Seykora – engineer * Bernard Shakey – art director

Charts

Album Singles

References

1986 albums Geffen Records albums Neil Young albums Albums produced by Neil Young Albums produced by Danny Kortchmar {{1980s-rock-album-stub