Storytone is the 36th studio album by Canadian-American musician Neil Young, released on November 4, 2014, on Reprise Records.

Young subsequently released a third version of the album, Mixed Pages of Storytone, merging elements of both, later in the year.

I want to do something like that where we really record what happened, with one point of view and the musicians moved closer and farther away, the way it was done in the past.

"[4] During Neil Young and Crazy Horse's summer tour, the band performed a new track, entitled "Who's Gonna Stand Up?

Regarding the tracks, Young stated: "These songs were written during a period of profound change in my life.

In another post from 2020, referring to "I'm Glad I Found You", he states "In life, you can't have too many love songs.

Young revisits the imagery in a 2021 post on his website: "I remember the look she gave me when I showed her some plastic flowers in my rolling log cabin.

At a 2014 concert, Young discusses the theme of "When I Watch You Sleeping" and his current state of mind, tying the bliss of his new relationship with his environmental concerns: "So I don't wanna go crazy here.

I am not totally blown away by these bad things that are happening to the point that that I can't live right now.

Then, I entered the hallowed MGM sound stage where The Wizard of Oz soundtrack was recorded.

Surrounded by the finest musicians in Hollywood, with arrangements and orchestrations by Christ Walden and Michael Bearden, I sang seven of the Storytone songs live for the second time.

I sang into Barbra Streisand's microphone, a perfectly cared-for antique with a wonderful tone that I loved.

I also went to Sunset Boulevard to record the remaining three songs with a big band in an old Hollywood studio rebuilt and now known as East West.

I just stood singing into the microphone with occasional harmonica notes blown in between verses, while the musicians played.

"[8] For the first time, Young performed the songs on the orchestral album without playing guitar or piano, allowing him to focus on his vocals.

He recorded his vocals holding a microphone standing in front of the ensemble, Frank Sinatra style.