Comes a Time is the ninth album by Neil Young

Neil Young

Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...

, and a return to the country

Country rock

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/folk rock

Folk rock

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 sound of Harvest (1972). Many of the tracks include harmony vocals from Nicolette Larson

Nicolette Larson

Nicolette Larson was an American pop singer. She is perhaps best known for her work in the late 1970s with Neil Young, as well as her 1978 cover of Young's "Lotta Love". The song, her debut single, was a Number One Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks hit and #8 pop hit that year...

. Originally, it had started out as a solo record, but when Young played it for Reprise

Reprise Records

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 executives they asked him if he wouldn't mind adding rhythm tracks to what he already had. Young agreed to this, and the end product was the Comes a Time that was released. Two songs had Young backed by Crazy Horse, resulting in them having a rawer sound to the smooth production of the rest of the album.

"Human Highway" was written several years prior to its release, and originally presented to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in 1974 for a proposed studio album by the supergroup which never came to be.

Track listing

All songs were written by Neil Young, except where noted. Crazy Horse

Crazy Horse (band)

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 appear on "Look Out For My Love" and "Lotta Love".

Side one

1. "Goin' Back" – 4:43
2. "Comes a Time" – 3:05
3. "Look Out for My Love" – 4:06
4. "Lotta Love
   Lotta Love
   "Lotta Love" is a Neil Young composition which as recorded by Nicolette Larson reached #8 on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 chart in February 1979 and also reached #1 on the Easy Listening chart ranking as the #10 Adult Contemporary hit of the year....
   
   " – 2:38
5. "Peace of Mind" – 4:11

Side two

1. "Human Highway" – 3:09
2. "Already One" – 4:53
3. "Field of Opportunity" – 3:08
4. "Motorcycle Mama" – 3:08
5. "Four Strong Winds
   Four Strong Winds
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   " (Ian Tyson
   Ian Tyson
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   ) – 4:07

Personnel

• Neil Young – guitar, harmonica, vocals, production
• Frank Sampedro
  Frank Sampedro
  Frank "Poncho" Sampedro is an American guitarist and member of the rock and roll band Crazy Horse, known mainly for its longtime collaboration with singer-songwriter Neil Young....
  
   – guitar, vocals
• Billy Talbot
  Billy Talbot
  Billy Talbot is an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the bassist of Crazy Horse.-Music career:Born in New York City, Talbot started his musical career singing on street corners at the age of 14. He moved to New Jersey with his family the next year, and by 17 he had moved to...
  
   – bass, vocals
• Ralph Molina
  Ralph Molina
  Ralph Molina is an American musician, best known as the drummer for Neil Young's backing band Crazy Horse.Born in Puerto Rico, Molina has been a member of Crazy Horse since they were formed in 1962 as Danny & the Memories. He has remained throughout the band's many personnel changes, and has...
  
   – drums, vocals
• Tim Mulligan – saxophone
• Nicolette Larson
  Nicolette Larson
  Nicolette Larson was an American pop singer. She is perhaps best known for her work in the late 1970s with Neil Young, as well as her 1978 cover of Young's "Lotta Love". The song, her debut single, was a Number One Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks hit and #8 pop hit that year...
  
   – harmony vocals
• Ben Keith
  Ben Keith
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   – steel guitar
• Karl Himmel – drums
• Tim Drummond
  Tim Drummond
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   – bass
• Spooner Oldham
  Spooner Oldham
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   – piano
• Rufus Thibodeaux
  Rufus Thibodeaux
  Rufus Thibodeaux was an American Cajun music fiddler.Thibodeaux played guitar from age six and fiddle from age twelve. He played in local dance halls at 13, and joined Julius Lamperez's Cajun band in 1949. He worked extensively as a studio musician for J. D...
  
   – fiddle
• Joe Osborn
  Joe Osborn
  Joe Osborn is an American bass guitar virtuoso, notable for his work as a session musician in Los Angeles and Nashville during the period from the 1960s through the 1980s. Osborn's work is widely admired by fellow musicians.Osborn began his career working in local clubs, then played on a hit...
  
   – bass
• Larrie Londin
  Larrie Londin
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   – drums
• J. J. Cale – electric guitar
• Farrel Morris – percussion
• Rita Fey – autoharp
• Grant Boatwright, John Christopher, Jerry Shook, Vic Jordan, Steve Gibson, Dale Sellers, Ray Edenton – acoustic guitars
• Shelly Kurland, Stephanie Woolf, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christensen, Gary Vanosdale, Carl Goroditzby, George Binkley, Steve Smith, Larry Harvin, Larry Lasson, Carol Walker, Rebecca Lynch, Virginia Ghristensen, Maryanna Harvin, George Kosmola, Martha Mccrory, Chuck Cochran – strings
• Ben Keith – production (except on tracks 3, 4 and 8)
• Tim Mulligan – production (except on track 7)
• David Briggs – production (on tracks 3 and 4)
• Tim Mulligan, Michael Laskow, David McKinley, Danny Hilly, Mike Porter, Denny Purcell, Rich "Hoss" Adler, Ernie Winfrey, Gabby Garcia, Paul Kaminsky – engineering
• Elliot Roberts – direction
• Tom Wilkes – art direction
• Coley Coleman – photography

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...  Pop Albums	7

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1978	"Four Strong Winds"	Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Pop Singles	61

External links

• Comes a Time at MySpace (streamed copy)
• Samples from Amazon.com