Harvest Moon is the twenty-first studio album

Studio album

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 by Canadian musician Neil Young

Neil Young

Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...

, released in 1992. Many of the musicians appearing on it also appeared on his 1972 album Harvest, and this album is considered by many to be a pseudo-sequel to Harvest.

Recovering from a case of tinnitus

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 that had come about after the recording of 1990's Ragged Glory

Ragged Glory

Ragged Glory is the twentieth studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, his fifth with Crazy Horse, released in 1990.The album revisits the hard rock style previously explored on Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere and Zuma...

and its subsequent tour (which produced 1991's Weld

Weld (album)

Weld is a live album and concert video by Neil Young & Crazy Horse released in 1991, comprising performances recorded on the tour to promote the Ragged Glory album...

and Arc

Arc (album)

Arc is a composition of feedback, guitar noise, and vocal fragments that was realized from various shows on the 1991 Neil Young and Crazy Horse US tour, which was originally released with Weld in a special-edition 3-CD set called Arc-Weld...

), Young was determined to return to the studio. Returning to Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee

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 and joining up with compatriots like Ben Keith

Ben Keith

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, Young put down the electric guitar, returning to the acoustic guitar, piano and banjo that had dominated albums such as Harvest, Comes a Time

Comes a Time

Comes a Time is the ninth album by Neil Young, and a return to the country/folk rock sound of Harvest . Many of the tracks include harmony vocals from Nicolette Larson. Originally, it had started out as a solo record, but when Young played it for Reprise executives they asked him if he wouldn't...

and Old Ways

Old Ways

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.

The album earned the 1994 Juno Award

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 for album of the year. The 2009 release Dreamin' Man

Dreamin' Man

Dreamin' Man Live '92 is a live album by Neil Young, released on December 8, 2009. It features live, solo acoustic performances of all ten songs from Harvest Moon, recorded on tour in 1992. The album is volume twelve in Young's Archives Performance Series and the fifth to be released...

is a live album of the subsequent 1992 tour and contains live renditions of all Harvest Moon tracks in a different order.

Track listing

All tracks written by Neil Young

Neil Young

Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...

.

1. "Unknown Legend" – 4:32
2. "From Hank to Hendrix" – 5:12
3. "You and Me" – 3:45
4. "Harvest Moon" – 5:03
5. "War of Man" – 5:41
6. "One of These Days" – 4:55
7. "Such a Woman" – 4:36
8. "Old King" – 2:57
9. "Dreamin' Man" – 4:36
10. "Natural Beauty" (recorded live at The Civic Auditorium, Portland OR, January 23, 1992) – 10:22

Personnel

The Stray Gators

• Neil Young
  Neil Young
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   – guitar
  Guitar
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  , banjo
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  -guitar
  Guitar
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  , piano
  Piano
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  , pump organ, vibes
  Vibraphone
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  , vocals
  Singing
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• Kenny Buttrey
  Kenny Buttrey
  Aaron Kenneth Buttrey was an American drummer and arranger. According to CMT, he was "one of the most influential session musicians in Nashville history"....
  
   on 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 – drums
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• Tim Drummond
  Tim Drummond
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   on 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 – bass
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  , marimba
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  , broom
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• Ben Keith
  Ben Keith
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   on 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 – pedal steel guitar
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  , dobro
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  , bass marimba, vocal
• Spooner Oldham
  Spooner Oldham
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   on 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 – piano, pump organ, keyboards

Additional personnel

• Linda Ronstadt
  Linda Ronstadt
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   – vocals on 1 2 4 5 6
• James Taylor
  James Taylor
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   – vocals on 2 5 6
• Nicolette Larson
  Nicolette Larson
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   – vocals on 3 5 7 8 9 10
• Astrid Young
  Astrid Young
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   – vocals on 5 7 9
• Larry Cragg – vocals on 5
• Strings on track 7 (arranged
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   by Jack Nitzsche
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  ):
  • Maria Newman
  • Robin Lorentz
  • Berg Garabedian
  • Betty Byers
  • Valerie Dimond
  • Carrie Prescott
  • David Stenske
  • Larry Corbett
  • Greg Gottlieb
  • Haim Shtrum
  • Cindy McGurty
  • Harris Goldman
  • Israel Baker
  • Rick Gerding
  • Matt Funes
  • Adriana Zoppo
  • Ericka Duke
  • David Shamban
  • Michael Feeth

Cover versions

• A version by singer-songwriters Josie Beck and Robert Dean Harvest Moon
• Cassandra Wilson
  Cassandra Wilson
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   recorded a cover version
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   of the song "Harvest Moon" on her 1995 album New Moon Daughter
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  .
• Ann Wilson
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  , lead singer of Heart
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  , recorded a cover version
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   of the song "War of Man" for her 2007 solo release Hope & Glory with Alison Krauss
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  .
• Ben Gibbard
  Ben Gibbard
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  , lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie, sang a live cover of "Harvest Moon" on May 7, 2007, at a show in Somerville, Massachusetts
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  .
• "Unknown Legend" is sung a cappella
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   by TV on the Radio
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  's lead singer Tunde Adebimpe
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   in the 2008 film Rachel Getting Married
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  .
• Pearl Jam
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   covered "Harvest Moon" frequently during their fall 2005 tour of Canada
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  .
• Neko Case
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   covered "Dreamin' Man" on her 2001 EP Canadian Amp
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  , with background vocals provided by Kelly Hogan
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  .
• Jane Birkin
  Jane Birkin
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   covered "Harvest Moon" on her 2006 cover album Fictions
• Kevin Devine
  Kevin Devine
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   recorded a a version of "Harvest Moon", see Put Your Ghost to Rest
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Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1992	The Billboard 200	16

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1992	"War of Man"	Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	7
1993	"Unknown Legend"	Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	38
1993	"Harvest Moon"	UK Singles Chart	36

Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Gold	January 15, 1993
RIAA – U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Platinum	February 3, 1993
RIAA – U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	2.00x Multi-Platinum	July 16, 1997