Tuscaloosa
Live album by
Neil Young and the Stray Gators
ReleasedJune 7, 2019
RecordedFebruary 5, 1973
VenueMemorial Auditorium, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
GenreFolk rock, country rock
Length52:35
LabelReprise
ProducerNeil Young, Elliot Mazer
Neil Young chronology
Songs for Judy
(2018) 		Tuscaloosa
(2019) 		Colorado
(2019)
Archives Performance Series chronology
PS03.5:
Young Shakespeare
(2021) 		PS04:
Tuscaloosa
(2019) 		PS05:
Roxy: Tonight's the Night Live
(2018)

Tuscaloosa is a live album by Canadian-American musician Neil Young, released on June 7, 2019, on American record label Reprise Records.[1] It is Volume 04 in the Performance Series of Neil Young Archives.

The album features recordings from the February 5, 1973, concert in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, which was part of Young's Time Fades Away tour with his backing band The Stray Gators. Unlike the album Time Fades Away, which was compiled from later tour dates, the lineup features drummer Kenny Buttrey (who was later replaced by Johnny Barbata). The album doesn't feature the whole concert, as not all the songs were captured to tape,[2] while "The Loner" and "On the Way Home" were not included for various reasons ("The Loner" eventually was made available for streaming for Archives subscribers in 2020).[3]

The album was also included in the Archives Volume II boxset released in 2020.

Tuscaloosa was originally released on Neil Young's website through a monthly subscription that included other benefits for fans, for Young was known to criticize streaming platforms as he claimed they provided low-resolution music streaming quality and unequal payment methods to artists for every stream.[4][5]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Neil Young.

No.TitleLength
1."Here We Are in the Years"3:56
2."After the Gold Rush"4:42
3."Out on the Weekend"5:29
4."Harvest"4:14
5."Old Man"4:17
6."Heart of Gold"3:48
7."Time Fades Away"6:10
8."Lookout Joe"4:59
9."New Mama"3:01
10."Alabama"3:50
11."Don't Be Denied"8:09

Personnel

Source[7]

The Stray Gators

Engineering and production

Charts

Chart (2019) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 48
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] 30
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] 57
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[12] 40
French Albums (SNEP)[13] 59
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] 20
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[15] 4
Irish Albums (IRMA)[16] 52
Italian Albums (FIMI)[17] 55
Scottish Albums (OCC)[18] 8
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[19] 23
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[20] 39
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 36
UK Albums (OCC)[22] 30
US Billboard 200[23] 108

References

  1. ^ Hughes, Josiah. "Neil Young to Release 1973 'Tuscaloosa' Live Album". exclaim.ca. Exclaim!. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  2. ^ Willman, Chris (June 6, 2019). "Neil Young Unearths a Defining 1973 Set in New 'Tuscaloosa' Release". Variety.com. Variety Media, LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2019. "Tuscaloosa" isn't even a complete rendering of that Feb. 5, 1973, show; the soundboard recorder apparently wasn't turned on at the beginning and end, and Neil left out a couple other numbers in the middle because, well, he's Neil.
  3. ^ Greene, Andy. "Neil Young to Release 'Tuscaloosa' 1973 Live Album". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  4. ^ Bukszpan, Daniel (2019-06-09). "Neil Young just released a new album. You can stream it – and his massive music archive – for $20". CNBC. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  5. ^ Samuels, David (2019-08-20). "Neil Young's Lonely Quest to Save Music". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  6. ^ "Tuscaloosa - Neil Young and the Stray Gators". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Tuscaloosa". Neil Young Archives. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Neil Young %2B Stray Gators – Tuscaloosa" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  9. ^ "Ultratop.be – Neil Young %2B Stray Gators – Tuscaloosa" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  10. ^ "Ultratop.be – Neil Young %2B Stray Gators – Tuscaloosa" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  11. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Neil Young %2B Stray Gators – Tuscaloosa" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  12. ^ "Neil Young & Stray Gators: Tuscaloosa (Live)" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  13. ^ "Lescharts.com – Neil Young %2B Stray Gators – Tuscaloosa". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  14. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Neil Young + Stray Gators – Tuscaloosa" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  15. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2019. 24. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  16. ^ "Irish Albums Chart: 14 June 2019". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  17. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Neil Young %2B Stray Gators – Tuscaloosa". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  18. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  19. ^ "Top 100 Albumes – Semana 24: del 7.6.2019 al 13.6.2019" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  20. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Neil Young %2B Stray Gators – Tuscaloosa". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  21. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Neil Young %2B Stray Gators – Tuscaloosa". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  22. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  23. ^ "Neil Young Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
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