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Neil Young Announces New Album ‘Before & After’

The album arrives on Dec. 8.

Neil Young performs on stage at Barclaycard Presents British Summer Time Hyde Park at Hyde Park on July 12, 2019 in London.

Neil Young performs on stage at Barclaycard Presents British Summer Time Hyde Park at Hyde Park on July 12, 2019 in London.

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Neil Young surprised fans on Friday (Oct. 20) when he announced that he’s unveiling a new album, Before and After, on Dec. 8.

The album will feature an “eclectic” fresh takes of Young’s favorites lesser-known tracks from his songwriting vault, per a press release. “The feeling is captured, not in pieces, but as a whole piece — designed to be listened to that way. This music presentation defies shuffling, digital organization, separation. Only for listening. That says it all,” the icon wrote in a statement.


Before and After will be available in four formats: vinyl LP; clear vinyl LP (Limited Edition available only from Indie outlets and Young’s Greedy Hand online store), Blu-Ray disc featuring Atmos mix, Binaural mix and Hi-Res 96/24 stereo; as well as CD.

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Per-order is available now via the Greedy Hand Store at the Xstream Store © at NYA. and music retailers everywhere. All Greedy Hand Store purchases come with free hi-res digital audio downloads.

This article was originally published by Billboard U.S.

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