"EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE" is the second studio album by the Canadian musician Neil Young, released on Reprise Records catalog RS 6349. His first with his longtime backing band Crazy Horse, it peaked at number 34 on the US Billboard 200 and has been certified a platinum album by the RIAA. The album is on the list of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.The album contains three songs that became standards in Young's performance reportoire: "Cinnamon Girl", "Down by the River" and "Cowgirl in the Sand", all of which were written while Young had a 103 *F (39.5 *C) fever. In 2003, the album was ranked number 208 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Young's lead vocal track on the song "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" (on the original album) was actually a temporary scratch vocal he sang through the low quality talk-back microphone on the mixing board, with no effects such as reverb. Young liked the stark contrast to the rest of the recording, which became one of his many innovations.Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere was remastered and released on HDCD-encoded compact disc and digital download on July 14, 2009, as part of the Neil Young Archives Original Release Series. It was release on audiophile vinyl in December 200, both individually and as part of a box-set of Young's first four LPs available via his official website. (The box-set was limited to 1000 copies. A CD version of 3000 copies exist, too.). A high resolution digital Blu-ray disc is planned, although there has been no release date set.Upon release, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere received generally favorable reviews from critics. Bruce Miroff of Rolling Stone wrote a favorable review, describing Young's voice as "perpetually mournful, without being maudin or pathetic. It hints at a world in which sorrow underlies everything {...} because that world is recognizable to most of us, Young's singing is often strangely moving. The music partially makes up for its lack of grace by its energy and its assurance. Robert Christgau rated the album a B+, stating that "Young is a strange artist and I am not all the way into him yet, but this record is haunting".TRACK LISTINGSide one1. "Cinnamon Girl" - 2:582. "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" - 2:263. "Round & Round (It Won't Be Long)" - 5:494. "Down by the River" - 9:13Side two5. "The Losing End (When You're On)" - 4:036. "Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets)" 5:307. "Cowgirl in the Sand" - 10:06RECORDED - January & March 1969 at Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood, California.RELEASED - May 14, 1969GENRE - Folk Rock, blues rock, hard rock.PERSONNELNEIL YOUNG - guitar, lead vocalsDANNY WHITTEN - guitar, vocalsBILLY TALBOT - bass guitarRALPH MOLINA - drums, vocalsBOBBY NOTKOFF - violin on "Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets)"ROBIN LANE - harmony vocal on "Round and Round"PRODUCED BY NEIL YOUNG AND DAVID BRIGGSCourtesy of Reprise Records