World Record (Neil Young & Crazy Horse album)

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World Record
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 18, 2022 (2022-11-18)
RecordedMay 2 – 11, 2022 [1]
Studio Shangri-La, Malibu, California
Genre Folk rock [2]
Length46:38
Label Reprise
Producer
Neil Young chronology
Noise & Flowers
(2022)
World Record
(2022)
Chrome Dreams
(2023)
Crazy Horse chronology
Toast
(2022)
World Record
(2022)
Chrome Dreams
(2023)
World Record track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Love Earth"4:03
2."Overhead"3:40
3."I Walk with You (Earth Ringtone)"3:57
4."This Old Planet (Changing Days)"2:30
5."The World (Is in Trouble Now)"3:15
6."Break the Chain"4:07
7."The Long Day Before"2:18
8."Walkin' on the Road (To the Future)"2:57
9."The Wonder Won't Wait"3:17
10."Chevrolet"15:15
11."This Old Planet (Reprise)"1:19
Total length:46:38

Personnel

Crazy Horse

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for World Record
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA) [27] 10
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [28] 20
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [29] 18
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [30] 28
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [31] 31
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [32] 42
French Albums (SNEP) [33] 51
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [34] 5
Italian Albums (FIMI) [35] 69
Japanese Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [36] 90
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [37] 27
Scottish Albums (OCC) [38] 15
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [39] 59
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [40] 47
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [41] 10
UK Albums (OCC) [42] 45
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [43] 34
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [44] 10
US Top Current Album Sales (Billboard) [45] 23

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