The Visitor (Neil Young and Promise of the Real album)

The Visitor is the 38th studio album by Canadian / American singer-songwriter Neil Young and his second studio album with American rock group Promise of the Real. The album was released on December 1, 2017, on Reprise Records. The album was preceded by the singles "Children of Destiny", which was released on July 4, 2017, and "Already Great", which was released on November 3, 2017 and is in response to President Donald Trump's campaign slogan of Make America Great Again.^[2][3]

The Visitor
Studio album by Neil Young and Promise of the Real
Released	December 1, 2017 (2017-12-01)
Recorded	November 4–7, 2016 June 9, 2017 August 5–7, 2017
Studio	Shangri-La (Malibu, California) Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre	Rock
Length	51:11
Label	Reprise
Producer	John Hanlon, Neil Young
Neil Young chronology
Hitchhiker (2017) The Visitor (2017) Paradox (2018)
Promise of the Real chronology
Something Real (2016) The Visitor (2017) Paradox (2018)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Pitchfork	6.7/10^[1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Neil Young.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Already Great"	5:47
2.	"Fly by Night Deal"	2:37
3.	"Almost Always"	4:50
4.	"Stand Tall"	5:13
5.	"Change of Heart"	5:54
6.	"Carnival"	8:21
7.	"Diggin' a Hole"	2:33
8.	"Children of Destiny"	3:24
9.	"When Bad Got Good"	2:00
10.	"Forever"	10:32

Critical reception

The Visitor has a 68/100 average on Metacritic.^[4]

Personnel

• Neil Young – vocals, guitar, piano; harmonica on "Fly By Night Deal", harmonica on "Almost Always", whistle on "Change of Heart", piano on "Diggin' a Hole"
• Anthony LoGerfo – drums
• Corey McCormick – bass guitar, vocals
• Tato Melgar – percussion
• Lukas Nelson – guitar, vocals; glockenspiel, mandolin, organ on "Change of Heart"
• Micah Nelson – guitar, vocals; piano on "Already Great", organ on "Carnival"

Charts

Chart (2017–18)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[5]	85
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[6]	32
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[7]	29
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[8]	87
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[9]	43
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[10]	39
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[11]	47
French Albums (SNEP)^[12]	94
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[13]	25
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[14]	45
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ)^[15]	5
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[16]	36
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[17]	36
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[18]	52
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[19]	32
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[20]	40
UK Albums (OCC)^[21]	65
US Billboard 200^[22]	167

References

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