Fred Neil (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Fred Neil

| type = Album

| artist = Fred Neil

| cover = Fred Neil.jpg

| alt =

| released = December 1966

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Folk rock{{cite AV media notes|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|author-link=Richie Unterberger|title=The Many Sides of Fred Neil|others=Fred Neil|type=Liner notes|year=1998|publisher=Collectors' Choice Music|id=CCM-070-2|page=7|quote=...{{nbsp}}Neil would not make the transition to folk-rock in the studio until he signed with Capitol Records, which released Fred Neil at the beginning of 1967.}}

| length = 37:56

| label = Capitol

| producer = Nick Venet

| prev_title = Bleecker & MacDougal

| prev_year = 1965

| next_title = Sessions

| next_year = 1968

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Fred Neil

| type = studio

| single1 = The Dolphins" / "I've Got a Secret (Didn't We Shake Sugaree)

| single1date = January 1967{{cite news |last1=Laffler |first1=William D. |title=Popular Records: 'The Hardly Worthit Report' Is Hardly Worth It, Critic Testifies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-town-talk-popular-records-the-hard/163346935/ |work=The Town Talk |date=January 25, 1967 |page=C9 |via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r815821|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

}}

Fred Neil is the second album from Fred Neil, a pioneer folk rock musician, recorded and released in 1966. The album has a more laid-back sound than his debut, and contains his best-known songs; "Everybody's Talkin'" and "The Dolphins". It was re-released in 1969 under the title Everybody's Talkin' in response to the international success of the soundtrack of the movie Midnight Cowboy, which made a hit of the new title track for Harry Nilsson.{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r107908|label=Everybody's Talkin'}} Music journalist Richie Unterberger characterizes the album as Neil's best,{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r815821|label=Fred Neil}} and it was listed in the first (2005) edition of the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, edited by Robert Dimery.