
World Record is the 42nd studio album by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Neil Young and his 15th with Crazy Horse, released on November 18, 2022, through Reprise Records. The album was produced by Young and Rick Rubin, and preceded by the lead single “Love Earth”.
World Record’s lyrical content concerns Young “reminisc[ing] with gratitude about the gifts the Earth has given him” as well as the “state of Earth” and “its uncertain future”, as well as “Chevrolet”, a song about “Young’s relationship with cars”. The album was recorded live and mixed to analog tape at Rick Rubin’s Shangri-La studio in Malibu, California. It was completed in July 2022 with its release delayed to “properly release” the album in “quality” form on vinyl. Young also noted that the album is unlike 2021’s Barn, and contains “unheard of combinations of instruments”.
The album cover is a photograph of Young’s father, the journalist Scott Young, with his date of birth printed next to it.
- “Love Earth” 4:03
- “Overhead” 3:40
- “I Walk with You (Earth Ringtone)” 3:57
- “This Old Planet (Changing Days)” 2:30
- “This World (Is in Trouble Now)” 3:15
- “Break the Chain” 4:07
- “The Long Day Before” 2:18
- “Walkin’ on the Road (To the Future)” 2:57
- “The Wonder Won’t Wait” 3:17
- “Chevrolet” 15:15
- “This Old Planet Reprise” 1:19