''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 Fur ...
. The album was released on July 21, 1986, by
Geffen Records
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. 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, lead guitar,
producer,
synthesizer, 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, Gr ...
– 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 with additional campuses in Oakland, San Mateo, and San Rafael.
It is known officially as "San Francisco's Singing Ambassadors to the Wo ...
– 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, ...
– 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
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