By following the hi-tech Trans after only seven months with a rockabilly album, Neil Young baffled his audience.
Just as he had followed the sales peak of Harvest in 1972 with a series of challenging, uncommercial albums, Young had now dissipated the commercial and critical acceptance he had enjoyed with 1979's Rust Never Sleeps with a series of mediocre albums and inexplicable genre exercises.
Everybody's Rockin', credited to "Neil & the Shocking Pinks," represented the nadir of this attempted career suicide.
Running less than 25 minutes, it found Young covering early rock evergreens like "Betty Lou's Got a New Pair of Shoes" and writing a few songs in the same vein ("Kinda Fonda Wanda").
If he had presented this as a mini-album at a discount price, it would have been easier to enjoy the joke Young seemed to intend.
As it was, fans who already had their doubts about Young dropped off the radar screen; Everybody's Rockin' was his lowest-charting album since his 1969 solo debut, and he didn't release another album for two years (his longest break ever between records).
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Betty Lou's Got a New Pair of ShoesBobby Freeman | Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks, Neil Young | Play | 03:01 | 6 MB | 17 MB |
| 2 | Rainin' in My HeartJames Moore, Jerry West | Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks, Neil Young | Play | 02:11 | 5 MB | 12 MB |
| 3 | Payola BluesBen Keith, Neil Young | Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks, Neil Young | Play | 03:09 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 4 | Wonderin'Neil Young | Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks, Neil Young | Play | 02:59 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 5 | Kinda Fonda WandaTim Drummond, Neil Young | Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks, Neil Young | Play | 01:50 | 4 MB | 10 MB |
| 6 | Jellyroll ManNeil Young | Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks, Neil Young | Play | 02:00 | 4 MB | 12 MB |
| 7 | Bright Lights, Big CityJimmy Reed | Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks, Neil Young | Play | 02:17 | 5 MB | 13 MB |
| 8 | Cry, Cry, CryNeil Young | Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks, Neil Young | Play | 02:38 | 6 MB | 14 MB |
| 9 | Mystery TrainJunior Parker, Sam Phillips | Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks, Neil Young | Play | 02:46 | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| 10 | Everybody's Rockin'Neil Young | Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks, Neil Young | Play | 01:55 | 4 MB | 11 MB |
| 24 mins | 56 MB | |||||
| 24 mins | 144 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larry Byrom | Piano, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 2 | Anthony Crawford | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 3 | Tim Drummond | Bass (Upright), Composer, Drums |
| 4 | Bobby Freeman | Composer |
| 5 | Michael Herbick | Assistant Engineer |
| 6 | Karl Himmel | Drums, Drums (Snare) |
| 7 | George Horn | Mastering |
| 8 | Dennis Keeley | Hand Tinting, Photography |
| 9 | Ben Keith | Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Steel), Vocals |
| 10 | Elliot Mazer | Producer |
| 11 | James Moore | Composer |
| 12 | Tim Mulligan | Assistant Engineer |
| 13 | John Nowland | Assistant Engineer |
| 14 | Junie Osaki | Reissue Design |
| 15 | Rick Palombi | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 16 | Junior Parker | Composer |
| 17 | Sam Phillips | Composer |
| 18 | Mike Ragogna | Reissue Supervisor |
| 19 | Jimmy Reed | Composer |
| 20 | Elliot Roberts | Direction |
| 21 | Tommy Steele | Design |
| 22 | Beth Stempel | Project Coordinator |
| 23 | Jerry West | Composer |
| 24 | Neil Young | Composer, Guitar, Harmonica, Multi Instruments, Piano, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals |
| 25 | Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks | Guest Artist, Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |