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

The Visitor
Studio album by
Neil Young and Promise of the Real
ReleasedDecember 1, 2017 (2017-12-01)
Recorded
  • November 4 – 7, 2016
  • June 9, 2017
  • August 5 – 7, 2017
Studio
GenreRock
Length51:11
LabelReprise
Producer
Neil Young chronology
Hitchhiker
(2017) 		The Visitor
(2017) 		Paradox
(2018)
Promise of the Real chronology
Something Real
(2016) 		The Visitor
(2017) 		Paradox
(2018)
Singles from The Visitor
  1. "Children of Destiny"
    Released: July 4, 2017
  2. "Already Great"
    Released: November 3, 2017
  3. "Almost Always"
    Released: February 1, 2018[1]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The A.V. ClubC–[4]
Classic Rock[5]
The Guardian[6]
The Independent[7]
Mojo[8]
The Observer[9]
Pitchfork6.7/10[10]
Q[11]
Rolling Stone[12]

The Visitor is the 40th 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.[13][14]

Critical reception

The Visitor has a score of 68/100 on Metacritic.[2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Neil Young.

No.TitleLength
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

Personnel

  • Neil Young – guitar, piano, harmonica, pump organ, whistle, water bottle, bathroom whistle, vocals
  • Micah Nelson – piano, guitar, pump organ, mandolin, glockenspiel, whistle, toy piano, accordion, vocals
  • Lukas Nelson – guitar, whistle, water bottle, vocals
  • Corey McCormick – bass, whistle, water bottle, vocals
  • Anthony LoGerfo – drums, whistle, vocals
  • Tato Melgar – percussion, whistle, water bottle, vocals
  • Additional orchestration – vocals, violas, cellos, basses, flutes, oboe, clarinets, bassoons, French horns, trumpets, trombones, cimbassos, harp

Additional roles

Charts

Chart (2017–18) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[16] 85
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[17] 32
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[18] 29
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[19] 87
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[20] 43
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[21] 39
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[22] 47
French Albums (SNEP)[23] 113
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[24] 25
Irish Albums (IRMA)[25] 45
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ)[26] 5
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[27] 36
Scottish Albums (OCC)[28] 36
Spanish Albums (Promusicae)[29] 52
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[30] 32
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[31] 40
UK Albums (OCC)[32] 65
US Billboard 200[33] 167
US Americana/Folk Albums (Billboard)[34] 5
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[35] 24
US Indie Store Album Sales (Billboard)[36] 4

References

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  6. ^ Simpson, Dave (November 30, 2017). "Neil Young + Promise of the Real: The Visitor review – energised, pithily funny protest songs". The Guardian. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  7. ^ Gill, Andy (November 29, 2017). "Album reviews: U2 - Songs of Experience, Van Morrison - Versatile, Neil Young - The Visitor, The Rolling Stones - On Air and more". The Independent. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
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  11. ^ The best record of the three record of the three recorded with his new and far younger band Promise Of The real, it veers between raw fury an tender melodies. [Feb 2018, p.110]
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