Everybody's Rockin'

by Neil Young, Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks

Overview

By following the hi-tech Trans after only seven months with a rockabilly album, Neil Young baffled his audience. Just as he had followed the sales peak of Harvest in 1972 with a series of challenging, uncommercial albums, Young had now dissipated the commercial and critical acceptance he had enjoyed with 1979's Rust Never Sleeps with a series of mediocre albums and inexplicable genre exercises. Everybody's Rockin', credited to "Neil & the Shocking Pinks," represented the nadir of this attempted career suicide. Running less than 25 minutes, it found Young covering early rock evergreens like "Betty Lou's Got a New Pair of Shoes" and writing a few songs in the same vein ("Kinda Fonda Wanda"). If he had presented this as a mini-album at a discount price, it would have been easier to enjoy the joke Young seemed to intend. As it was, fans who already had their doubts about Young dropped off the radar screen; Everybody's Rockin' was his lowest-charting album since his 1969 solo debut, and he didn't release another album for two years (his longest break ever between records). ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	08/01/2000
Label:	Geffen / Interscope
UPC:	0606949070625

Tracks

1. Betty Lou's Got a New Pair of Shoes
2. Rainin' in My Heart
3. Payola Blues
4. Wonderin'
5. Kinda Fonda Wanda
6. Jellyroll Man
7. Bright Lights, Big City
8. Cry, Cry, Cry
9. Mystery Train
10. Everybody's Rockin'

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Neil Young   Primary Artist,Multi Instruments,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Harmonica
Tim Drummond   Drums,Bass (Upright)
Ben Keith   Guitar,Vocals,Guitar (Steel)
Anthony Crawford   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Karl Himmel   Drums,Drums (Snare)
Larry Byrom   Piano,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Rick Palombi   Vocals,Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Junior Parker   Composer
Tim Mulligan   Assistant Engineer
Tim Drummond   Composer
Tommy Steele   Design
Bobby Freeman   Composer
Jimmy Reed   Composer
Boudleaux Bryant   Composer
Ben Keith   Composer
Elliot Mazer   Producer
John Nowland   Assistant Engineer
Jerry West   Composer
Neil Young   Composer,Producer
James Moore   Composer
Felice Bryant   Composer
Johnny Cash   Composer
Little Richard   Composer
George Horn   Mastering
Dennis Keeley   Photography,Hand Tinting
Sam C. Phillips   Composer
Michael Herbick   Assistant Engineer
Sam Phillips   Composer
Junie Osaki   Reissue Design
Herman Parker   Composer
Beth Stempel   Project Coordinator
Elliot Roberts   Direction
Mike Ragogna   Reissue Supervisor