Barn (album)

Barn is the 41st studio album by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Neil Young and his 14th with Crazy Horse. The album was released on December 10, 2021, by Reprise Records.[2][3] A stand-alone film of the same name will also be released on Blu-ray and was directed by Young's wife Daryl Hannah.[4]

Barn
Studio album by
Neil Young and Crazy Horse
ReleasedDecember 10, 2021
Recorded2020–2021
StudioStudio in the Clouds, Rocky Mountains, Colorado
GenreRock
Length42:47
LabelReprise
ProducerThe Volume Dealers (Neil Young and Niko Bolas)
Neil Young chronology
Young Shakespeare
(2021)		 Barn
(2021)
Crazy Horse chronology
Way Down in the Rust Bucket
(2021)		 Barn
(2021)
Singles from Barn
  1. "Song of the Seasons"
    Released: October 15, 2021
  2. "Heading West"
    Released: October 28, 2021
  3. "Welcome Back"
    Released: December 3, 2021[1]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]

Reviewing in his Substack-published "Consumer Guide" column, Robert Christgau gave Barn an "A" and declared it the first worthwhile album of new Young songs since 2009's Fork in the Road. In comparison to that album, he said that "Crazy Horse is quieter and gentler [here] as the green consciousness their boss embraced as of 2003's Greendale turns ever more militant and also, unfortunately but fittingly, much darker". Among the highlights in Christgau's mind were "Canerican", "Change Ain't Never Gonna", "Human Race", "Tumblin' Through the Years", and "Don't Forget Love", although he was most impressed by "Welcome Back", calling it a "full-bore astonishment" whose sincerity is evinced in Young's guitar, "so quiet and caring it feels like love".[7] He ultimately named it the best album of 2021.[8]

Writing for PopMatters, John Amen gave the project a 7/10, concluding, "Their navigations of sublimity vs. subtlety, maximalism vs. spaciousness, and free improvisation vs. precise composition are like inexhaustible stylistic lodes ...."[9]

Track listing
  1. "Song of the Seasons" – 6:04
  2. "Heading West" – 3:22
  3. "Change Ain't Never Gonna" – 2:53
  4. "Canerican" – 3:12
  5. "Shape of You" – 2:55
  6. "They Might Be Lost" – 4:32
  7. "Human Race" – 4:14
  8. "Tumblin' Thru the Years" – 3:19
  9. "Welcome Back" – 8:28
  10. "Don't Forget Love" – 3:48

Personnel

Charts
Chart performance for Barn
Chart (2021) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] 54
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[11] 10
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12] 13
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13] 34
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[14] 51
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[15] 18
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[16] 9
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[17] 14
French Albums (SNEP)[18] 25
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] 5
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[20] 26
Irish Albums (OCC)[21] 26
Italian Albums (FIMI)[22] 33
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[23] 8
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[24] 38
Scottish Albums (OCC)[25] 8
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[26] 40
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[27] 11
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[28] 9
UK Albums (OCC)[29] 16
US Billboard 200[30] 66
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[31] 6

References
  1. "Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Welcome Back (Official Music Video)". YouTube.
  2. Bloom, Madison (October 13, 2021). "Neil Young & Crazy Horse Announce New Album Barn". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  3. Greene, Andy (October 15, 2021). "Neil Young and Crazy Horse Detail New Album 'Barn'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  4. "Barn LP".
  5. "Barn by Neil Young & Crazy Horse". Metacritic.
  6. Barn at AllMusic
  7. Christgau, Robert (December 8, 2021). "Consumer Guide: December, 2021". And It Don't Stop. Substack. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  8. Christgau, Robert (2022-01-26). "Dean's List: 2021". And It Don't Stop. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  9. Amen, John (2021-12-10). "Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Barn (Album Review)". PopMatters. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  10. "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 20 December 2021". The ARIA Report. No. 1659. Australian Recording Industry Association. December 20, 2021. p. 6.
  11. "Austriancharts.at – Neil Young / Crazy Horse – Barn" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  12. "Ultratop.be – Neil Young / Crazy Horse – Barn" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  13. "Ultratop.be – Neil Young / Crazy Horse – Barn" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  14. "Neil Young Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  15. "Hitlisten.NU – Album Top-40 Uge 50, 2021". Hitlisten. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  16. "Dutchcharts.nl – Neil Young / Crazy Horse – Barn" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  17. "Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Barn" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  18. "Top Albums (Week 50, 2021)". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  19. "Offiziellecharts.de – Neil Young / Crazy Horse – Barn" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
  20. "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2021. 50. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  21. "Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
  22. "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 50 (dal 10.12.2021 al 16.12.2021)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  23. "Album 2021 uke 50". VG-lista. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  24. "Portuguesecharts.com – Neil Young / Crazy Horse – Barn". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  25. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  26. "Spanishcharts.com – Neil Young / Crazy Horse – Barn". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  27. "Veckolista Album, vecka 50". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  28. "Swisscharts.com – Neil Young / Crazy Horse – Barn". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  29. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
  30. "Neil Young Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  31. "Neil Young Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
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