Angry World

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"Angry World"
Song by Neil Young
from the album Le Noise
ReleasedSeptember 14, 2010 (2010-09-14)
RecordedJuly 9, 2010
Studio "Le Noise": Home of Daniel Lanois
Genre Folk rock
Length4:11
Label Reprise
Songwriter(s) Neil Young
Producer(s) Daniel Lanois

"Angry World" is a song by Neil Young from his 2010 album Le Noise . It is a solo performance by Young on guitar and vocals with no additional musicians. Young wrote the tune and Daniel Lanois produced it. It won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Rock Song and was nominated for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance.

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Overview

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Neil Young playing his guitar

"Angry World" was the first track to be released from Le Noise. [1] The song, like the rest of the album, was recorded in the Los Angeles home of producer Daniel Lanois. [2] Unaccompanied by other musicians, Young's vocals, described as "howl[ing] venom", [3] are mixed high above his guitar. [2] There is a "buzz and crackle" [1] to his "fuzzed-out" [4] electric guitar and a loop of the word 'angry' [5] as background noise throughout the song. [6] Young delivered the incomplete track to Lanois, who built the arrangement out of what was given to him. [2]

Video

The video for "Angry World" was released on September 14, 2010, on stereogum.com, [7] two weeks prior to the September 28 release of the album, Le Noise. [8] It was shot in black-and-white [9] in the home of producer Daniel Lanois by Adam CK Vollick. [10] It contains a montage of images including Young performing and shots of belly dancers. [1]

Grammy Award

This is my first Grammy for music. I'd like to thank my lovely wife, Pegi. She's been with me for 33⅓ years of marriage, keeping me rocking.

From Neil Young's Grammy acceptance speech. [11]

In February 2011 "Angry World" won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. [12] The other nominees were "Tighten Up" by The Black Keys, "Radioactive" by Kings of Leon, "Little Lion Man" by Mumford & Sons, and "Resistance" by Muse. [13] It was also nominated for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance [14] but lost to Paul McCartney's live version of "Helter Skelter" from Good Evening New York City . [15]

Despite more than 40 years as a recording artist, 31 studio albums and eleven nominations since 2006, the Grammy was the first awarded to Young as a musician. [16] His previous win, Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package, was in 2010 for his art direction for The Archives Vol. 1 1963–1972 . [16] [17] [18]

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 Coplan, Chris (14 September 2010). "Neil Young lives in an "Angry World" for new song". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 Burbidge, Matthew (15 October 2010). "The question is, the question always is, what does the new Neil Young record sound like?". Mail & Guardian . Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  3. ↑ Gundersen, Edna (7 February 2011). "Elton John, Leon Russell up for Grammy". USA Today . Archived from the original on 14 February 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  4. ↑ Alsafi, Lama (20 September 2010). "Check Out New Stuff by Shad, Kanye West, the Dirty Projectors and More in Click Hear". Exclaim! . Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  5. ↑ "Billboard CD reviews: Neil Young, Gin Blossoms". Billboard . Reuters. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  6. ↑ Talbot, Chris (29 September 2010). "Young, Lanois team up to make 'Le Noise'". San Diego Union-Tribune . Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Neil Young – "Angry World" Video (Stereogum Premiere)". Stereogum. 14 September 2011. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  8. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Overview: Le Noise". Allmusic. Archived from the original on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  9. ↑ Williams, Rob (23 September 2010). "The Buzz". Winnipeg Free Press . Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  10. ↑ Kreps, Daniel (14 September 2010). "New Music and Videos from Neil Young, Kanye West". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  11. ↑ Sterdan, Darryl (16 February 2011). "Arcade Fire wins top Grammy". Airdrie Echo. Airdrie, Alberta. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  12. ↑ "Neil Young wins Grammy at pre-telecast". CablePulse 24. 13 February 2011. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  13. ↑ "Nominees And Winners". Grammy Award. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  14. ↑ "Grammys peppered with Canadian stars". CBC.ca. 11 February 2011. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  15. ↑ Goodman, Dean (13 February 2011). "McCartney wins Grammy for "Helter Skelter"". MSNBC. Archived from the original on 15 February 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  16. 1 2 Serjeant, Jill (14 February 2011). "Neil Young wins first Grammy for music". Reuters. Archived from the original on 26 June 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  17. ↑ Matthews, Cameron (13 February 2011). "Neil Young's 'Angry World' Wins Grammy for Best Rock Song". Spinner. Archived from the original on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  18. ↑ Murray, Robin (1 February 2010). "Neil Young Wins First Grammy Award". Clash . Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
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