The album contains four songs that became standards in Young's performance repertoire: "Cinnamon Girl", "Down by the River", the title track and "Cowgirl in the Sand", all of which were written in a single day while Young had a 103 °F (39.5 °C) fever [REF].
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere was remastered and released on HDCD-encoded compact disc and digital download on July 14, 2009, as part of the Neil Young Archives Original Release Series.