Reviews (page 5 of 8)
Better than the classic heart of gold stuff
Another decent one from Neil. He's not my style but very good at what he does. I get the love
Some good riffs but poor by Young standards
Pretty boring record. Knew mansion on the hill. Next song reminded me of a John mellencamp song. Hoped for more considering his legacy.
To be honest I expected more from a Neil Young album given how much I have enjoyed a lot of his other albums, but to give credit where credit is due, expanding into a grunge leaning sound from what he has done in the past isn't something that many people would be able to pull off.
Sort of a middle of the road Neil Young album for me.
Better than I expected. Not bad, but generally loud, mid-tempo rock is not something I gravitate towards. It does not hit me the way Harvest or After the Gold Rush does.
I'm typically a big Neil Young fan, but this one didn't stick out to me like the other albums. I liked the tone and guitar work, but the songs didn't do it for me.
The guitar work was pretty good, but nothing stood out much beyond that
This album sounds like a dad band playing in the garage, but yet, it's also very enjoyable. A very good dad band in a well equipped garage with the orange glow of tubes illuminating the space. Nothing stood out as awesome, though.
This is mid for me. Neil Young’s guitar playing and songwriting are great, but the straight-ahead rock’n’roll largely bores me. Also, his voice is going here, even at only 50 years old or so.
Had some Tom Petty & the heartbreakers and Nirvana vibes, which was surprising, but I doubt I'd return to this now that I'm living that dorky dad lifestyle. 3.5
Not sure if I have said this about Neil Young but he sounds like he is singing at his max volume while also using his inside voice. Not my kind of music but I can appreciate that it is well orchestrated. 5/10
I really like 70's Neil Young when he was by himself and cynical and wasn't prone to playing 10 minute jam sessions. He's a mixed bag of work for me. I like some stuff, hate other. This album is more on the mildly dislike. Some of it is decent, but some is too long and boring. 2.75/5 = 3 stars.
I listened in the car while stuck in construction traffic. 90 plus degrees outside and lots of sunshine. This felt like an outdoor concert with relaxed vibes. Thanks NY & Crazy Horse.
Neil boldly combines the folk jam noodling with the weird alternative rock budding in the late 80s early 90s to create an album that is decent but should probably never be done again. The band's instrumentation is both too good and not catchy enough for garage rock and every song overstays its welcome.
#616. I didn't hate this album necessarily, but i certainly didn't love it. Neil Young is entirely too pretentious and self important, and everything he does is too "look at me." A lot of these songs and the album in general would have benefited from being significantly shorter. 3/5: and I think thats being really generous, honestly
I'm getting the feeling that if you've heard one Neil Young album, you've heard them all. This doesn't seem particularly fresh. A full minute of guitar distortion to end F*!#in' Up is stupid. This is Better Than Ezra's favorite album. Tomorrow is a long, long time if you're a memory is a great line. Mother Earth (Natural Anthem) is not a strong close lyrically or musically.
Neil Young is a legend. This album is not. I mean, it’s ok….but not like, great.
This was a fun enough listen but I feel like the list is over-indexing in Neil Young that sounds exactly like this. I’d 90s young really that essential? The long songs are a bit too meandering for me.
Quality addition to a legendary catalog. Enjoy the garage-ness. Best consumed with a garage beer. Likely a Hamm's or a PBR, but like, in an unironical way.
Not bad but not my favorite Neil Young work. Don’t really intend to revisit
The songs are very catchy and it's a super fun alubm.
Music is decent but vocals are awful.
Når skal vi få et Neil Young album jeg ❤️
Ikke Neils beste, men en god plate
Det er bittelitt seigt
Ikke den sterkeste, men bra jamming. Bra lyd på gittarn!
I’m more of an early Neil Young solo fan rather than his Crazy Horse stuff. Although I do believe Rust Never Sleeps is on this list and that is ace. But this is not a bad album. Where it scores best is Young’s guitar work. Really like his extended solo’s but must admit his singing does tend to grate after a while. Whilst he has an instantly recognisable voice it is advisable not to prolong your listening session when he’s singing. 3/5 2/6/25
¿Que Neil Young no sabe cantar? Pues no. ¿Que Crazy Horse son técnicamente mediocres? Pues sí. ¿Que todas las canciones suenan igual? Pues también. ¿Que es un álbum súper divertido? Vaya que sí. No es el álbum más maravilloso del mundo, pero cumple lo que promete. Es el álbum que confirma el regreso de Neil Young a sus orígenes después de casi una década de música infumable. Un álbum que suena a pura década de los 70, entretenido, enérgico y sin muchas pretensiones, en el que cada músico lo da todo sin meterse en el estilo de los demás. Uno de esos álbumes perfectos para poner mientras conduces. Tres estrellitas, aunque, si nos ponemos estrictos, no sea merecedor de formar parte de esta lista.
3.3
Decent newish stuff from NY & CH. But still a lot of it sounds the same.
i feel like a bad canadian cause i've never really gotten into neil young and this album is certainly not a good point to start because it's just him doing good but boring alt rock
If half stars were available, would do 3 1/2. Just didn't enjoy enough to give it a 4.
3 but could go up on relisten
this garage rock vibe is weird
Pretty good sound. Live and raw. But pretty inessential if you ask me.
Sometimes I like him but this was noisy and tedious.
3.4
He's a great lyricist and storyteller, but instrumentally, he's a bit stale. It's my problem with a lot of folk. I have a feeling that a lot of them are poets who figured out that putting it to music would give them a bigger reach, like Leonard Cohen, who was pretty honest about that. And, yeah, I'm assuming I'll get a Leonard Cohen record at some point, and I suspect I'll be saying the same thing. The lyricism is still great, and the consistency of the music makes it feel like a larger story, even when it isn't, and it's always good as a listen, even if it's not great.
It’s whatever. I don’t love it, but I don’t hate it. It’s fine.
Can't say I'm looking forward to another Neil Young album so soon after the last one. He's my favourite artist on this list, but some of his stuff is pretty decent. Luckily this is a completely different era of Neil Young, so it will at least be interesting to hear how his sound has evolved since the mid 1970's. Curious to hear what Crazy Horse brings to the table. Country Home Great audio quality! The lyrics paint some pretty imagery. Evokes a peaceful, content feeling. A few times throughout the track the guitar comes in with some really nice distortion. The instrumental isn't interesting enough to warrant so much individual time. Drags a bit, doesn't justify being seven minutes long. Decent. 3.5/5 White Line Very Western coded guitar riff, sounds straight out of a 1960's cowboy movie. Definitely a driving song, both lyrically and tempo wise. The harmonies add a lot to the nostalgic Americana feel of the track. Good. 4/5 Fuckin' Up Crunchy distortion. There's not exactly anything wrong with the track other than it sounds kinda generic, even if it's a bit of a cop out as a descriptor. Pleasant and competent, just not particularly exciting. Neil Young's unique voice, along with the quality production is probably the difference maker between this and any other rock track. Fine. 3/5 Over and Over Nice guitar opening, feels very emotive and evocative of the overall sonic imagery of the album so far. The chorus is pretty sweet. Takes its time, genuinely beautiful at times. Has several great guitar riffs in a similar vein to the intro. Could've been condensed into a 6-7 minute track, feels like it doesn't know when to stop adding material leaving it sounding a bit unfocused. Decent. 3.5/5 Love to Burn Feels like a bit of an echo of the previous track. Has a very similar opening structure. Don't really like the chorus that much. Has a clunky composition, and the vocal melody is a bit strange. The band sounds really locked in, giving really solid performances and building well on top of each other. Sounds like they enjoy playing together. Has a noodly guitar section which while impressive feels completely unecessary. There's really nothing else going on while it's happening, and it goes on for too long. Has great energy. A bit monotonous. Mixed. 3/5 Farmer John Some interesting distortion with the guitars in a bit of a disjointed. Has a slight punk feel to it. Strange concept. Really like how offputting the character presented in the lyrics is. Seems a bit of a sleaze. Has a drunk energy to it, which sets it apart from the rest of the album. Decent. 3.5/5 Mansion on the Hill Electric energy. Has that attitude which feels very intrinsic to the country rock genre. The feeling of looking back, and that reflectiveness you need to pull it off convincingly. Like how they finally show some restraint. Warm and colourful. Good. 4/5 Days That Used to Be Feels pretty sad. Has a lot or that reflective emotion several of the previous tracks also have, though this one seems a lot more on the nose. Really like the simple guitar riff in the background. Decent. 3.5 Love and Only Love The harmonies are very pleasant. While not earthshattering I find the chorus to be quite charming. Has some really nice buildup to it. Suffers a bit from that aimlessness a lot of the longer tracks on this albums seem to have. Settles on some very generic guitar noodling and stays there far too long. That bassline becomes a bit annoying after a while. A bit of a chore to get through. Way too long, could be cut to 4 minutes without losing anything of value. Average. 2.5/5 Mother Earth (Natural Anthem) I Like the sentiment, but the hymn like composition and the electric guitar in the background makes me feel like I'm about to be indoctrinated into some weird American cult society. The environment is very important, but I don't like this presentation at all. Sounds awful to me. The cheering does not help. Strongly dislike. 1.5/5 First of all this sounds very good. Clean and crisp production which presents the pristine musicianship on this record very flatteringly. The band is tight, and Neil Young's vocals are very clear and pronounced. His very distinct voice and delivery lends itself well to this sound. Each track is a self contained piece of Americana, lending from roots, western motifs, country music and much more to create some lovely imagery and great audatory landscapes. There's a lot of harkoning back to the good ol' days with a nostalgic reflective attitude which rubs off on the listener. Very early on you can feel how resonant this album can be, much thanks to Neil Young's long praised songwriting ability. "Ragged Glory" really shines where it shines, and where it doesn't you're met with what feels like a lack of restraint. Many of the tracks simply don't have the variation or enough interesting moments to justify their runtimes. There seems to be a pattern of just throwing in an overly long, meandering piece of guitar playing that just never seems to end. It gets to a point where it feels like a formula, where they just pan out the runtime to create a sense of grandiosity to the track, which simply doesn't always work leaving me finished with the song way before the track actually ends. Add in a few tracks that simply don't feel that unique and the album's rating quickly starts to drop. The album isn't entirely boring, as my previous factors of praise make up for some of its flaws, but it's never enough to completely save it. The final product comes across as a bit unfocused and bloated, too large for it's own good. It ends up being a flawed experience with still plenty to love scattered throughout its runtime. 3/5 Fave track. Mansion on the Hill Least fave track. Mother Earth (Natural Anthem)
Good and raw. No complaints.
I have Neil Young fatigue so I wasn't looking forward to this one but it was better than expected. Still nothing amazing though. Best song was probably Over and Over which has a video on Spotify so I'm assuming that's probably the lead single. It's nothing special but it stands out from the rest. I still can't give it more than a 3 though as it was over an hour and felt like a slog to get through the entire thing.
Meh
I enjoyed the first few tracks a lot more than I expected but the (inexplicably) much-lauded 'Farmer John' is awful & it goes into steep decline after that. Better to stick with the 50% of a good album they had than fill the rest of an hour with turgid dirges.
3.6
Unfussy, muscular garage rock. Long, I guess. I like Neil Young so I like this, you know? I'd throw it on at a party or on a sunny day at the cabin, but I don't know if I'd do a close listen again.
Not a Neil Young fan, but Fuckin Up is such a relatable song, and the guitars on here are really solid. Maybe after 20 Neil Young albums I've finally found the gateway?
An ok 70s album from 1990.
Another middle of the road album. Nothing terrible, nothing great. A few more good moments than bad but much prefer Neil's younger work. I'm not sure this genre best suits his talents. 5.5/10 (2.75/5)
Neil Young AND CRAZY HORSE WHOA THAT HORSE IS CRAAAAAAAAAZY HE'S BRUSHING HIS BOTTOM TEETH BEFORE HIS TOP TEETH
At one point in my student years I listened to Harvest way too many times and now I can never hear Neil Young’s voice without cringing a little inside despite knowing the songs are good and the music is good.
It's an alright, pretty pleasant album
This was a lot more rocking and listenable than I expected! Perfectly fine, lively rock.
I looked at the track list before listening and saw that there were four songs over seven minutes, two of which reach ten minutes long, and was feeling a little doubtful. I was right. That length was not justified. Not in a single one of those long songs. “Farmer John” sucks. At least they had the decency not to drag that out. That song and the finale. What a strange piece. Guitar is to similar to Jimi playing the American National Anthem and the lyrics were way too preachy. In fact, all the lyrics on this album are sub par compared to the rest of Neil’s entries on this list. This album is a strange inclusion. The production, songwriting, vocals, instrumentation, etc. It’s all worse than the others. Noticeably. However, I enjoyed it and had fun listening. It’s a fine record, but not for a list like this. 3/5
Guardians of the galaxy känsla
Not bad
This album just seems a bit flat and uninspired. I generally like Neil's 70's stuff, but this just didn't quite scratch the same itch. I think it's worse knowing the live version of Fuckin Up from the Weld album. After a few listens it's grown on me a bit, but I still wouldn't call it one of his best albums.
It's aight stuff, nothing crazy but good. Will I listen to again: 10%
Solid jams, but his voice take a minute to get used to. Kinda whiney. But good
Not the biggest fan of Young but this is a good album. Not great but solid.
Quite enjoyed this musically, but it felt a bit flat lyrically. Enjoyed the second half of the album more than the first
This is one I hadn't listened to. Pretty solid album! Definitely a 3/5.
FUCKIN UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHP
Cool, next.
Not a huge fan. I think it could grow on me with some more listens.
It’s ok, it’s Neil Young, and all Neil Young sounds a bit samey. It’s over-long, and a lot of that length could be cut out by slimming down the bland instrumental breaks in the middle of songs, and by getting rid of the stupid almost-feedback-but-not-quite open mic / pickups that comprises the last couple of minutes of a surprising number of these songs.
First off, I must say love to burn is a great song, 10 minutes of class, mother earth is quite good also. Different to yesterday's 35 minutes, this was an hour, but, I expected it to be worse, it took me by a nice surprise, on my scale I'll put it at 4.35
"It's okay, everyone has a bad day." https://youtu.be/AgPhyCq-y8E?si=tauooFBJqlLuvs5I There's nothing I can say about this album, so I'll let Kim Gordon tell you about Neil Young for me. Click the link above, you won't regret it.
I don't think I will ever like NY's voice. But I do really like the music. Maybe I need an album of NY covers?
Who knew Neil Young was the father of grunge? He definitely has the 'father' right and struggles to escape the dad-rock tag in this album. In his interview with Rolling Stone Neil Young calls it 'a MIDI'. Country Home as the name suggest opens with a pretty generic twangy guitar thing with Young singing about yearning for his country home. This is described by Rolling Stone as the 36th greatest grunge album of all time forever demonstrating the lack of relevance that magazine has had for music in the last half century. White Line is more half-arsed country nonsense. Fucking Up finally gets a bit grunge-y but also struggles to elevate itself to any proper intensity, instead sounding like a tired ZZ Top. Six minute long songs are not grunge. Over and Over sinks back into dad rock. Love to Burn is better and does again approach grunge, but its let down by its length and the croony bits (seriously how can anyone call this a garage rock album with a straight face when its got two 10 minute songs on it?) Farmer John gets the balance between country and grunge right (and is a reasonable length). Mansion on the Hill is a bit shit, if you told me the Eagles wrote it I wouldn't have been surprised. Days that Used to Be is the kind of classic Young ballad that inspires people to reminisce about their dead friends in Youtube comments. The next ten minute track Love and Only Love doesn't really pretend anymore and just goes balls to the wall classic rock with prog vocals. Mother Earth is an interesting experiment but is again at odds with the garage rock thing. Young had this weird period in the late 80s and early 90s where he was fostering all this great talent so he gets a point for that. Maybe his guidance is what led to the immense beauty of Daydream Nation? Maybe if Kurt had just had a beer with the old man he would have stopped hanging out with bad influences like Albini and Nirvana would have stayed credible? Maybe if they'd just hung out a bit more Devo would have stopped using their MIDI and been normal for a gosh darned second?
Another schmid album
I'm a big lover of Neil Young, but I don't think this is his best work by a long shot.
Nice blend of American music styles
I usually like Neil Young, I don't think I like this Neil Young idk.
"Country Home" : I'm sorry but that's my own tastes but I hate country and this one song in particular is awful and way too long stop that nooooow. "Fuckin' Up" was actually good I liked it as much as "Over And Over" thankfully this album starts to be clean and well I'm starting to be tired of rock albums but this one is not that bad. "Love to Burn" For once the WAY TOO LONG song was good the guitar solo at the end was actually pretty sick I loved it. "Farmer John" the "OoOoh Ooooh" part killed me, that's terrible I mean like it could have been something funny but this sounds so damn ridiculous sorry guys. Sooooo the album wasn't the best but wasn't the worse as well, some songs were nice with some good instrumental parts but the voice is kinda terrible, sorry Neil but your voice sucks a bit.
Really interesting sounds Those minutes-long guitar riffs are quite iconic Loved "Country Home" and "Over and Over" Mother earth is pretty cool, it really has that national anthem vibe. Is it the scale used along with the slower bpm? Interesting 3.5
I'm not as big of a fan of Neil Youngs grungey era, but it was clearly influential on the development of the genre. Solid listen.
Okay listening. Not overproduced, that's for sure. Simple and cool.
Ragged Glory is back to basics collaboration with Crazy Horse.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse decided to fuck around AND find out. They played a set or two a day and just took the best takes, they included jams and longer song length, and it turned out to be a grunge album!?! Only one Neil Young
More intense than ur average young album and I don’t think I was ready for it yesterday. But good nonetheless.
Day 84 - Jan 21st, 2025 I STILL FUCKING HATE NEIL YOUNG!!!!!!!!! 3/5
A fun romp with old buddies and a strategically valuable album if you worked in a record store in 1990 and you needed a psychic cleanse after your boss who inherited the store by accident and didn't even like music played the new Celine Dion. However, it's not even in the top 1001 Neil Young albums, let alone worthy of serious consideration for this list. But I do love Why Do I Keep Fucking Up - who among us hasn't asked themselves that?
Ugh--finishing this somewhat overly long album marks the halfway point in my Neil Young journey in this collection (counting his CSNY album too). Great for the Young fans out there, not so great for the tourists among us. But kudos to him for (a) wanting to revisit the concept of long, instrument-heavy rock in the 90s, and (b) recording a zillion single takes of the songs on the album and then just picking the one that spoke to them (rather than edits and dubs and so on). Both of these approaches come through loud and strong, and give a studio album an impressive live feel (as well as a strange bedfellow to grunge rock). I wish I enjoyed his voice and lyrics more than I do, as it's an interesting concept for an album.
An ex used to play this album nonstop, so it's hard for me to judge. Not my favorite Neal Young album and I don't think the songwriting is his best but he and his band wrestle a powerful sound that mostly disguises some of the weaker lyrics.
Fine. Middle of the road stuff.
There are a few solid tracks on this one. Pearl Jam does a F—kin up cover. Definitely too many Neil Young albums on this list though.
Wow Crazy Horse really elevates Neil Young here. I went from "oh great another Neil Young album..." to "oh wow I can actually jam out to this Neil Young album" That being said, Young's annoying Kermit the frog voice still kills the vibes.
Didn't hate it. Didn't love it. I'm pretty sure there's better work by Neil Young that I intend to listen to.
Neil Young is a grumpy old sort isn't he? Capable of both the most brilliant gorgeous rock and then, at the same time, like he's listened to Jagger's solo career and thought "YES, the world needs more of this" 2 stars, plus 1 because I felt bad only giving Neil 2 stars and he'd probably get the arse with me.
Yup. Sounds like Neil Young.
It's not bad per se, and I can hear things that could possibly influence grunge and garage rock on this album. However, for some reason it felt uninspired to me. Was it because in retrospection, after hearing all of those albums already it's kinda average? And it's just second album of him I'm listening to, and I'm hearing clapping again. Do we really need that? I don't know, I'm not feeling it.
Ome Nelis de Jong, deze keer met een soort Normaal-achtige boeren-rockband. En die band heeft, zo klinkt het, best zin om even lekker een stukje niet al te gecompliceerde maar toch lekkere muziek te maken. Lekker vlotjes allemaal. Elk nummer bestaat uit ongeveer dezelfde 2 à 3 akkoorden en daardoor lijkt elk nummer op het voorgaande nummer, maar dat mag de ongecompliceerde pret niet drukken. Het is daarbij gewoon eigenlijk weer jammer dat het ome Nelis is die de eerste zangpartij voor zijn rekening neemt. Want ook hier klinkt 'ie weer als een totale amateur. Hij kan gewoon echt niet zo goed zingen. Maar die band maakt wel veel goed. Heerlijk fuzzy gitaargeluid. Ik ga een 3 geven en daar zit geen enkele ster bij die aan Neil Young zelf te danken is. Als je de zang wegdenkt was het misschien zelfs een 4.
"On this weeks episode, we join Neil Young as he teams up with the local grunge band! Will they put their differences aside, or will they fail to work things out and produce some awkward music?" I kinda get what they were trying to do here, it was the 90's and to be fair, they get a couple good songs out of this, but Neil Young is the anchor for them, but realistically they're holding him back. It was a fun experiment and I'm glad they tried it, but this is a one and done for me.
What is this? Half the time everyone is off tempo. The songs are loooooong and not in an interesting way. Neil Young is better than this
Apart from the first and last song, this was as interesting as untoasted white bread. Stand-out: Mother Earth (Natural Anthem)
Day352 - neil young has at least four albums that i think are amazing and this isn’t one of them. not that it’s bad but it’s a sign of apparently way more neil young to come
This really feels like you’re just hanging out in Neil’s garage listening to him play with his friends. A little rambly, but full of heart.
pleasantly surprised by this album! the wikipedia said it was grunge so i was dreading this. and while there are some grunge elements (the worst parts) i feel like it was more than that. the melodies, vocal and guitar, were what stood out most to me
So many Neil Young albums…. It’s ok….
Decent to have on in the background, liked Days the Used to be at the end
Neil is sometimes off key. Instrumentals are nice but I feel they are dated for 1990. 3/5
It was okay.
I appreciate the proto-grunge production more than the actual songs they're playing.
i dont think some of these warrant 10 minute songs.
The great thing about Neil Young is his combination of good lyrics and raw garage punk sounding backing music. Ragged Glory doesn't have the 'hits' that most are familiar with and while Young has a lot of albums on this list, this one could be one to sacrifice should they need a limit. Still a great album and a perfect example of the quality music he puts out throughout the spectrum of his career. 3.5/5
Neil is one of my favourite dudes but this one is far from essential. Who's going to make a version of of this list with any creativity at all?
Neil Young doing Neil Young things! Nice easy rock and roll, but nothing to write home about!
He needs voice lessons. But the tunes are nice.
Geinig dat een genre (grunge) voor een groot deel muzikale inspiratie haalde uit early electric Neil Young, en dat diezelfde muzikant er in de jaren 90 weer zijn eigen draai aangeeft. Things coming full circle, zeg maar. Dit album voelt op vele fronten als een extensive listening van zijn plaat die vaak wordt gelabeled als 'post-grunge', ''Rust Never Sleeps''. Het schuurt, het is 'ragged' zoals de titel al aangeeft, en de opnames zijn - ik denk bewust - een beetje lo-fi. De lange gitaarsolo's zijn terug die we nog kennen van 70s Neil & Crazy Horse. En alhoewel ik het cool vindt dat hij die retrostijl weet te mengen met een typische lo-fi alternative rock sound van de 90s, is het wel een beetje te veel van het goede met die ruige jams. Dit is typisch zo'n album dat echt die grens van een uur niet hoefde te overschrijden om in zijn kracht te komen, wat mij betreft. Die twee songs van 10 minuten zijn symptomatisch wat dat betreft, want die vallen op zich zelf al gigantisch in herhaling. En in de songs waar het verhaal iets meer ruimte krijgt in plaats van de grungy gitaren, voelt de stem van Neil Young soms een beetje 'off'. Maar dat kennen we van hem natuurlijk, het is een fragiele zangstem. Positieve punten zijn vooral 'Over and Over' en 'Mansion on the Hill'. De tweede had ik al even op mijn radar, en mixt old school Neil Young fantastisch met de nieuwe rock sound van de 90s. De eerste kende ik niet en is met recht een fijne ontdekking. Ook hier is de stem van Neil niet echt prettig, maar dat catchy refrein en m'n favoriete riff van het album maken een hoop goed. Al met al vond ik het een beetje een 'drag' om naar deze plaat te luisteren, vooral vanwege die paar onnodig lange gitaarjams. Maar ik vind het wel weer een sterk album voor iemand die dicht bij z'n roots wil blijven, maar toch mee wil evolueren met de tijd. Dat gaat zo vaak zo veel minder goed dan in dit voorbeeld. 6,5/10 Highlights: Over and Over Mansion on the Hill
Ragged Glory van Neil Young & Crazy Horse heeft mij niet onwijs weten te overtuigen. Neil's vindingrijkheid en het vermogen om zichzelf opnieuw uit te vinden zijn bewonderenswaardig. Hij maakt in 1990 zijn 20ste plaat en vuurt een startschot voor het grunge-tijdperk, wat ik toch zeer kan waarderen. Met name de muziek van Crazy Horse rommelt zich grungy door de plaat. Je hoort de invloed op het vroege Pearl Jam maar ook bands als Wunderhorse hoor ik terug, zeker in F*!#in' Up. Twee zaken storen me echter een beetje. De stem van Neil is onwijs fragiel en 'valt af en toe van de muziek af'. Wanneer er even in harmonie wordt gezongen is het vaak prachtig, maar solo klinkt hij heel kwetsbaar. Ik vind dat lastig te rijmen met het overstuurde gitaargeluid van de Grunge. De onwijze stemmen van Vedder en Cornell, maar ook die van Cobain, passen (althans voor mij) veel beter bij. Neil Young komt qua stem dan weer beter tot zijn recht in de wat meer rechttoe-rechtaan nummers (bijvoorbeeld Mansion on the Hill). En dan natuurlijk de lengte. Lange uitgespannen solo's overtuigen mij eigenlijk zelden. En zeker niet; hoe langer hoe beter. Conclusie: het basisniveau van deze plaat is hoog en kan worden gezien als een echte voorloper (met voorgaande platen) van de grunge. Dat is tof. Maar Neil heeft betere Young-platen gemaakt. 7/10 Highlights Over and Over Love to Burn Mansion on the Hill
Very decent, Love to Burn was an absolute banger.
It’s an ok album. Lyrically it’s not profound like a lot of Neil’s work. I enjoy his music either way.
This album was fine. Nothing for me to hate, but can't say I loved it. Never really listened to Neil Young by choice, as he’s never been my style. Some of this album was a bit too on the country side for me. The rock stuff was enjoyable for what it was. Again, not my cup of tea.
He's not young and they're not crazy.
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hrá rokkplata. frekar góð en kveikti ekkert sérstaklega. fær aðra vegna fyrri kynna. 3,5.
Understood this may have been a bit of a comeback for him after his intentional 80’s druthers outputting things to upset his label at the time. Parts of this I like, probably needs to be shorter to listen to the entire album in one sitting.
Once again one or two of these songs are great but....
Shaggy garage rock from an arena filler, loud and heavy and thick as sludge - NY is at his best in hard rock mode with guitar blazing and this is a giant dose of that. Not quite at the level of his 70s albums, but full of verge and reinventing himself for the 90s as the godfather of grunge - you can really hear what Pearl Jam in particular took from him here. The songs aren't especially remarkable, but work perfectly as mid tempo blues grooves for him to stretch out. And his guitar playing on this is great: controlled chaos on the precipice, the tone and phrasing and squall are so distinctive. Favorites: white line, fkng up, love to burn, mansion on the hill, love and only love
Not his best
I'm a huge Neil Young fan, yet even I feel like there are maybe one too many albums by him in Robert Dimery's list. And *this* might be the album to take out. Good rock guitar playing after a decade in which Neil spent time doing other things, for better ("Trans", "Freedom") or for worse (most of the other LPs he recorded during the eighties). The thing is, the songs in "Ragged Glory" are a little flat, and the tracklisting is not dynamic at all. When Neil Young released *Broken Arrow* five or six years later, the critics panned it. How ironic since it's very much the same sort of album, only with a couple of better highlights than the ones on *Ragged Glory*. Context can't justify everything. And there were quite a few better album released in 1990 anyway.... So now that I took out a Neil Young album from my own list, I have room for other great records. The only problem is that I'm now *very* tempted to include *Le Noise*, a criminally underrated, sepulchral-sounding later gem by the Loner himself. Unless I pick *Psychedelic Pill*, where Young finally succeeded in writing and recording the sort of project he partly failed to pull off for *Ragged Glory*. You're never out of the woods with good ole Neil Just when you think you can dismiss him, or even get rid of him, he's back for one reason or another. Just ask Stephen Stills about it. 3 for the purposes of this list. 8 for more general purposes (5+3) Number of albums left to review: 30 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 419 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 244 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 311 (including this one)
Enjoyed the guitar, bello
I'm still not a fan of Neil Young's screechy voice, but the presence of Crazy Horse as his backing band makes this much more bearable. Neil was really leaning into his "Godfather of Grunge" title here.
I'm tempted to take a point off just because this is Young's 7th appearance so far. But it's still not bad.
A good Neil Young album, but certainly not his best. Some songs really don't click with me, but they are compensated with some great rockers such as Country Home and mansion on the Hill. Peak grunge phase Neil Young and Crazy Horse. 3⭐️
Old school 70’s rock
Slower Neil Young album
The straightforwardness of approach here, which may have seemed refreshing at the time, now seems dull and unimaginative. One feels the band is having fun and enjoying the direct approach – the singalongs are telling, and there's a easy-going yet anthemic quality that is generally likable – but one isn't exactly challenged or asked to do much more than bounce along and so the overall effect is bordering on the anodyne. The vocals – never a Neil stroingpoint (except when they were perfect) – are especially trying. Fine, but not great and there are plenty of other better candidates in the Neil canon. Like a garage band removed to a big spread in the country ... which is what it is. Songwriting ranges from pedestrian (see the car lyric on "Days That Used to Be") to slightly better than (see line about walking as escape on "Country Home"). "Mansion On the Hill" seems a rather poorly chosen metaphor for '60s nostalgia. Some kind of proud Boomer affirmation of Boomer rock and it sounds just about that tired and banal today. It's down the middle, resolutely so and quite clearly by design so no wonder it's jsut about replacement level for this list. And in the sense that it's a conscious effort to do something specific, it's actually more similar to Trans and the Shocking Pinks than it seems. One admires artists for exploring and/or returning home which seems to be the consensus of what this record is all about ... but sometimes the results are not exacly breakthrough or mind-blow which is very much the case here. "Natural Anthem" is by far the most interesting cut (if a bit pedantic), but comes as too little, too late to redeem the overall record to much more than average. If editors were looking for late Neil Renaissance records, they had many better options, starting with Harvest Moon, the most obvious, which perhaps they wanted to avoid, which led to a major self-double-crossing down to overthinking.
It's a little country for me but I like the guitar parts lyrics are a little bit country
There are few things that seem to be eternally true. The Sky is blue, 1 + 1 = 2 and such - well it also seems to be true that Neil Young will be Neil Young. He’s kinda good but also really bad - he gets a 3/5
Fun riffing.
dobrá kytara, pár světlejších bodů, jinak nic moc
Not sure if 90’s Neil is my thing. 3/5
Not bad.
Nothing really wrong with this if you like Neil Young, but I couldn't really get into it. Songs all sound basically the same and are way too long. Some cool moments make me think I would like this more on repeated listens, but on the first listen it just felt average
This is my third Neil Young album, and I don't remember disliking his voice so much on the previous albums. Maybe it is just that he is older, or maybe this album is just more country inspired. He just really seems to be struggling to hold a note which I didn't notice on previous albums. This album also has country/folk inspired group vocals that I am not a fan of. The writing on this album also seems weaker. The songs aren't bad, they just don't feel as biting or necessary. The production is good though, I like the guitar tones and the feedback some songs end with. Something about Love to Burn reminds me of the Simpsons' joke were Milhouse's dad gets divorced and writes a song called Spare me a Feeling or something like that. I have no idea why I made this connection. Farmer John is a terrible song... I could excuse it if it was 1:30-2:00 but 4:14 is really pushing what feels like a joke song. This list probably would have been fine without this one, there are plenty of other Neil Young albums on this list (too many IMO) that make up for this forgettable one. I like the album cover. It is very punk/DIY. This album is more boring/bland, than it is bad. Low 3 (very close to a 2).
This is listenable, but I still struggle with his whiney voice... Somewhat anthem-like, 3 stars out of respect
184/1001 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
There's this guy on Spotify that sings poop songs with your name in it. Like he does a song about poop for every name under the sun. There's several of my name, Jared Poops. Sometimes Neil Young sounds like the Poop guy. I thought this record was decent.
Decent NY album
Classic young, jamming as if it’s was recorded in a oner prefer other young albums though
Solid album. I enjoyed hearing Neil Young going more rock that some of his older stuff and each song was enjoyable. My two biggest gripes would be the length and most of the songs were similar. The album kind of melded together in the middle.
Hard to go wrong with Neil Young! I had never listened to much of his post-70's stuff, but this was a pleasant surprise. Some of the songs were a bit long but they didn't get boring at all.
It was better than the previous Neil Young albums, but loooooong.
Still not a Neil Young fan. This didn't do anything to change my mind.
More ragged than glorious, this is barely above average straightforward rock, though certainly it has its heart in the right (though also predictable) places (see "Love and Only Love," "Mother Earth"). The band is a bit dumb and dull; though editors are too harsh in calling them "ham-fisted" and "numbskull," their claim that Crazy Horse is "best and worst band" seems about right. Certainly they bring out NY's better instincts and this did seem like a way out of the wilderness in which he'd been flailing for quite some time. A truly unique artist with some major blind spots (which are here manifested as questionable Boomer nostalgia [see "Days That Used to Be"]), NY has produced a good bit of dreck amidst the many gems. This fits neither of those categories, but nor is it a must-hear, falling miles short of the record to which it's most fancifully compared (Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere). And its timely relationship to grunge seemed coincidental at the time (one doubts it influenced anyone); today, this and Nirvana et al seem eras – even epochs – apart from just 30 years out.
This might be my highest rated Neil Young. It was totally listenable.
I keep trying with Neil young. No e of these songs stood out for me.
This clearly isn’t his best. 10 min songs? Come on, Neil.
decent album, couple of really catchy songs and nothing bad
The first Neil Young album I got I said I wasn’t a Neil Young guy but liked it, last album I got I said I was becoming a bigger fan, and after this one I guess I am a Neil Young guy now (3.5/5)
That’s me over halfway for Mr Young’s albums on this list.
Very strong album for Neil.
3.5. Bottom of Neil Youngs top tier by my ears. Some good, great, and a lil monotonous at times.
I'm always praying that I've listened to my last Neil Young album on this list, and am always disappointed. Another basic-ass boomer rock album. 2.5/5 -> 3/5
3.7
就那样
I like these songs, but I don't like his voice.
Neil young
3/5
Never heard this album before. It's a good album, and the band sounds great. But the songs don't seem to resonate with me like the best Neil Young songs do. "It's only someone else's potatoes if you're pickin' someone else's patch"
Not one of my favorite Neil Young albums. Kind of an interesting choice to include in the list.
Last few songs were good, others were a bit forgetful. 3/5
A lot more rock, and a lot less folky than the other albums I've heard from him. I am liking it, but nothing has stood out to me so far. It was fine.
I find this deeply generic, Neil can and.has done better
love ya neil but no thanks…
Kinda bounced off me
Stoked to check this album out. Only listened to some of his tunes. not all. Pretty blues-rockin. A little too mellow for me. I respect it. Don't know much off this record so far. Pretty good
Bigger fan of the instrumentals than the singing.
Lots of jangly guitar, not his best songwriting
Grandpa Neil !!!!! Really good record, has some long jams and memorable guitar lines.
I rip on Neil Young all the time because the previous couple albums I’ve heard from him were just slow and whiny, so I was impressed to hear him sound more rock like and strong voiced. It was a nice album however a little too long for me and I also didn’t click with it much. There’s nothing blatantly horrible or even bad about it I think I just found it boring.
Funny how polarizing Neil is - ppl that don't like him REALLY don't like him. I cut down the middle - he's fine, some of his songs are absolutely all-time epic - but his rock stuff is often just unremarkable to me. I don't dislike any of it here, but in the end it sometimes feels like just a barn full of I-IV-V-vi type progressions with some nice harmonies. Harmless and nice. Also Neil might be the most annoying guitar player of alltime jfc. OK - it's easy to knock things if you want to but there are a lot of positives here too: it's a good sounding record, very garage-band with good production. And my initial thought about the simplistic progressions ...while sort of true, it's the subtleties in this music that puts it a bit past something mundane. e.g. the harmonies aren't Simon & Garfunkel but they're very distinct and absolutely add to what could otherwise potentially be plodding songs - e.g. "Mansion on the Hill" I think it's utterly impossible at times (always?) to separate the art from the artist in terms of historical impact - like, that's an obvious statement but I have thought a number of times on this exercise - if this particular/exact album was recorded by Gordon Jump and the Turkey Drop would it still be considered classic? 6/10 3 stars.
Did you know they still made late 70s albums in the early 90s?
It’s ok
Very mid
Run of the mill Neil Young album. Decent
Lots of neil young on here
It was good, but not quite my thing
3.5
Remember the dance sequence in the sunny high school reunion episode where Fat Mac just rips and tears shirtless? Pretty much what this album sounds like.
Isn't my favorite Neil Young, and I won't likely gravitate towards it when I'm feeling like a Neil fix.
6/10. Somewhat underwhelming, and not as interesting as I thought that it would be. I prefer "Harvest". :)
А ниче, молодой нил и бешеная лошадь играют такой кантри-рок приятный, особняк на холме дом у дороги
Not a bad album to listen to.
3.5
Not bad, not great. Distinct impression they were steaming drunk while recording Farmer John. Too much guitar for me. What's with the last note of every track being 30 seconds long?
His voice isn't pleasant in this album. Crazy Horse did a good job though.
Gitarrenlastiger Folk Rock, nach seinen Erfolgen mit Crosby, Stills und Nash auf Solopfaden und mit Crazy Horse auf der Bühne. Durchschnittliches Album seiner unzähligen Werke.
Not bad
this album might have the purest “drinking a beer during a dusky summer evening” vibe I’ve ever heard. There’s nothing groundbreaking going on, but with the strength of the guitar performance there doesn’t really need to be. The guitar shines on every track but rarely references the exact same timbre or style from another track. Vocals were flawed but still work and song subject matter had more depth than I expected. Listened to: walking through prospect park. Favorite tracks: White Line, Days That Used to Be, Mother Earth (Natural Anthem)
Compare to other Neil Young albums, there's something lacking here. Part of it is that the tracks are definitely too long for a non-live album. I felt like, with the longer track lengths (over 6 minutes on average per song), the "good stuff" was diluted and hidden underneath a thick layer of relatively empty jamming on lead guitar. The vocals, while fine, are not up to Young standard. And the strongest track (narrowly), F*!#in' Up, is solid, but barely more memorable than the other songs in the setlist. That being said, the atmosphere is pretty badass, and I assume the lyrics were strong too (I wasn't paying much attention to them). Even for some of his worst material, you can't go (too) wrong with ol' Neil. 3/5 Key tracks: Country Home, F*!#in' Up, Love to Burn, Mansion on the Hill
Disco electrico de Neil Ypung después de su época dorada de los 70. Tiene fuerza pero es monótono.
It was ok
Loin d'être un mauvais album, mais clairement il y a trop d'albums de Neil Young ici. C'est un excellent artiste, mais à un certain point, on a fait le tour de son style, même dans le cadre d'un album plus garage comme celui-ci. 6/10
Neil Young’s voice is grating.
It’s okay… perfectly fine country/rock/grunge. Without anything to standout.
At a few points I thought it was OK
Country Rock
Kind of what I expected. Good album
This is the 5th Neil Young album I've gotten and really this wasn't needed. Did I really need to listen to 2 10 minute long jams from a 90s Neil Young? No. No I didn't.
Not his best album. Sounded like a lot of Neil.
Rocking
There is a lot of Neil young on this list. I've started to warm to his acoustic stuff but this was the first with crazy horse. I'm still a bit meh about him to be honest. This was still full of the Americana songwriting chops you'd expect, but his voice is still thin and the band are fine.
Am I hearing things or is Neil having FUN on this album? Some of these tunes sound like pop songs. Maybe there's a little bit of Matthew Sweet grunge-power-pop going on?
Listened to most of this but there wasn't much differentiation between songs, so I feel like I got the message.
His reputation precedes him but I was a bit underwhelmed at times.
Like it, although the songs get too long towards the end 3/5
Pretty much the same in every song, nothing really special about this, but it has a bit of potential, just a bit.
...
Moderately fun dad garage rock. Absolutely on board with the insanely long guitar drone at the end of F*!#in' Up though. Favourite tracks: White Line, F*!#in' Up, Love to Burn.
Liked like one song but I could see how people would love this 6.5/10
(возможно издержки ютуб-альбома) очень одноообразно и энтузиазм ноты затмевает, не оставило впечатления
It’s good! I like Grunge Neil Young. There were no standouts, it’s just a fun record to listen to, clearly just a good time to make, low effort but that’s his vibe, and I’m at the point where I’ll probably get a kick out of anything he does. 3/5
Tylsin Neil Young tähän asti, biisit ovat liian samasta muotista, Youngille tuttu saman aineksen monimuotoisuus tuntuu puuttuvan. Ehkä tää kaipaisi syventymistä sanoituksiin? Jos ne ovat vain näennäisen yksinkertaiset? Musiikki tosin kannustaa aika suoraan, kirjaimelliseen tulkintaan, koska sekään ei sisällä kommervenkkejä. On siis miellyttävää kuultavaa, vaikka Neilin äänen naukuvuus vähän korostuu. Tekis mieli kuulla tästä live-versio, josko energiaa ois lisää.
Diminishing returns from the sound he honed on Rust Never Sleeps.
I've reviewed Harvest and Tonight's the Night, and I've listened to Psychedelic Pill on my own, but this is my first time listening to this album. Neil Young is pretty hit or miss with me, so my expectations for this album were pretty middle of the road. I wasn't wowed by Harvest or Tonight's the Night, but I do love Freedom (I'm so pissed it's not on the list), and I thought Psychedelic Pill was pretty good. Overall, I thought this album was fine. I know Neil Young's voice isn't a lot of people's favorite, but I like his voice, and there were some nice backing harmonies on this album too, which is something I love about CSNY. I liked the garage rock sound of the album, although it did feel like there wasn't a lot of variation in sound from song to song. Granted, most of the songs were fine, so it wasn't a huge detractor. "Country Home" and "Over and Over" were my favorite songs on the album, and they had some of my favorite guitar playing on the album as well. That's three Neil Young albums down, so I think I only have 15 or so of his albums left.
It was....fine, I guess. Not sure that I am a Neil Young fan.
Surprisingly good. Is this country?
I’ve never listened to Neil Young before. This album told me that there’s probably an album of his out there that I would love. Just not this one.
You know, it was a pretty good listen.
Vintage NY, good listen. Enjoyed the long jams. Farmer John and Mother Earth should have gotten lost in the woods (and left off the album - both are just artsy filler for the panel.) Album would have been even better if it was 9 minutes shorter. (2.9*s)
I like this version of Neil. Not exceptional, but good stuff.
It's decent dad rock but wasn't worth skipping YouTube ads every 5 minutes for
Enjoyable, although a little "preachy"/didactic for me ("Mother Earth"??). But Neil Young knows how to sequence power chords.
This may be getting a little higher rating because of the dislike of recent album selections but I enjoyed hearing a little rock.
5.5/10 There's way too much Neil Young on this list. At least the singing here isn't as bad as some of the others. Highlights: Love to Burn
petit rock / blues. rien de méchant. les chansons se ressemblaient pas mal par exemple sonnait très traverne style 6.5/10
Found on YouTube. Unbelievable music.
No lo encontré en Spotify. Así que lo escuche un poco de fondo. Me pareció una mezcla entre Lynyrd Skynyrd y los Rolling Stones y me gustó.
I really like the instrumentals and solos, I’m not sure I dig his singing delivery.
Pretty generic mid period Neil, not bad but not great
Decent
loved the instrumental, but the singing started to feel painful to listen to. :-/
I liked this album quite a bit despite its muffled, unpolished, gritty sound. The guitar really shines here and there's something about the whole thing thats very carefree. Maybe they didn't give a fuck how it sounded and that's what's good about it. The fact that it came out before "grunge" and "garage rock" were even a thing is pretty monumental. It feels dirty and natural, like you're there just hanging at a jam session with friends. There's no golds on here but it's full of truth and passion. Worth a listen.
I'm going to try again with this. But my first thought was that this era of bluesy rock only sounds good at the back of the Roadhouse, with Laura Palmer dancing. I can imagine sitting at a show with a tall beer and getting an incredibly warm feeling from the atmosphere and music. But this alone was not enough to get me there.
a long album and Neil young’s voice is somewhat hard to hear in certain songs but decent Top tracks: Mansion On The Hill
3.
It's fine, though this is not the Neil Young I think of when I want to listen to Neil Young.
It was fine, but a lot of the same thing over and over. I got bored and was ready for it to end. It wasn’t bad music though!
Garagerock, niet slecht, niet bijzonder.
I like Neil Young but never heard this one before. Guitars sound great as they always do but not his strongest songs
Album was okay. Can see how this album influenced later grunge themes, but didn’t enjoy the album itself really
Si par un quelconque hasard vous deviez un jour trouver en urgence une personne insensible à la musique de Neil Young, je vous invite à me contacter.
Les chevaux fous de Neil Young viennent une fois de plus gâcher la fête, mettant du foin absolument partout dans le studio, et se permettant quelques ruées des plus dangereuses.
I enjoyed this but not quite a 4 for me.
Not as good as his other stuff, but still good.
I love Neil, and this is a good album, but it's a bit too country/twangy for my taste. I prefer it when Neil is giving us the business by ROCKING. Tonally and lyrically there wasn't much that moved me on this one, I guess I just generally prefer his 70's sound over this. Love the album name and cover art though.
Enjoyed this. Some good tracks.
Hmm lidt uinspireret, nok lidt for redneck til mig. Fin tråd men ret uinspireret synes jeg. Kan klart lyttes til, men det er nok en lav 3’er - fantasiforladt og patetisk
Farmer john is so cool. Last song is pretty cool too
Something about this light folk and Neil’s voice just really hits me. I’ve never really listened to Neil outside of like “heart of gold”, but this hits me in a way that Tom Petty does and I find it relaxing and reassuring in a “we’re all gonna die, so relax” kind of way. 4/5?
The old goat creates quite a racket here. I say old goat - he was only 44 at the time. I remember back in 1990 thinking that he sounded ancient. There is a great live feel to this record. The mix is spot on with the reverb rattling away and some highly tuned guitars to add to the balance. It's also a proper collection of songs. This feels like an album, and not random ideas. It's driving music. It almost makes me want to learn to drive.
Ehh
didn't blow me away
Once again Neil Young not being on Spotify loses him what might've been a very weak four from me and instead gets an indifferent 3. This album wasn't as good as the last one of Neil's I got and definitely felt more hippyish with tracks like mother earth that just kinda made me roll my eyes.
Not on Spotify
Good
Mellow music. Not my favorite Neil Young album but overall was pretty good.
As much as I like hearing an aging Young ramble on about his nice country home, this one missed the mark a bit. The jams are pretty fun, but become sort of stagnant after a while. Far from his best, but by no means bad.
Pitää yrittää respect neil young vaikka ylikorostettuina listalla... kivasti loppuu biisit tässä :) ilo suupieliin..
Fiilis vaihteli kyl levyn myötä. Välillä aikamoista sontaa, välillä kovaa kamaa. Tasapaksu ihan jees kolmekauttaviis.
Unfortunately still not on Spotify
Great guitar tone and good chops at times. I really enjoy live recorded albums and this likewise captures friends having fun jamming together around loosely defined songs. Few song moments to write home about but the focus is in the jam, and who doesn't like jam? No song writing to write home about but a solid album all the same
not on Spotify
Too long. All the songs sounded the same. Didn’t hate it though. Instrumentals were better than the vocals.
More country than I prefer but I am appreciating Neil Young more than I did before
3.5*
Good for its time I suppose? The lyrics and phrasing of them were kinda basic mostly
Not Neil’s finest work, but certainly an admirable addition 20 years past his glory days. A few of the songs on it are really solid.
Harvest 2/5 After the Gold Rush 3/5 Tonight's the Night 3/5 --------------------------------- This one is better than all the above for my taste. I liked the hard rock sound more, and Neil's voice wasn't as annoying. I didn't love it though. The songs were too long, and there were ten of them, making the album itself too long. It's almost as if he didn't realize non-fans would be listening to it 30 years later but still wanting to get through it as quickly as possible. Also didn't care for the hippie-dippie final track, Mother Earth. Favorites: F!#in' Up and Farmer John.
My stinky other half didn’t believe me that Neil Young is the same person as the one in Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. She couldn’t understand how the “Keep On Rocking In The Free World” guy was also the one from the famous folk-rock band. And that’s totally valid, to be fair. Songs I already knew: none Favourites: Country Home, Mansion On The Hill The only previous album of Neil Young I’d heard (outside of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) was Harvest which didn’t really do much for me. Today’s album is completely different to that, being a straight up dad-rock album with long guitar solos and anthem if choruses. My main gripe with this album is that it is far longer than it needed to be, with more than half of the tracks being over 5 minutes long (and two of them being over 10 minutes long). It definitely does overstay it’s welcome at times and makes you wonder how the same song is still playing, but the actual music itself was still fun. Overall, I liked it, but would have liked it more if it was shorter.
I do like Neil Young, but overall, something about the production or the combination of his voice and the repetitive sound just drones on in my mind. Maybe it's because he says his lyrics more than he sings them or that he is focusing more on lyrics than feeling.
Not a fan. Nothing actually wrong with this however I find Neil's singing too nasally and tuneless and his songwriting to be entry level.
Check to listen to but not my thing
anna side av neil young var litt skuffende til å være neil 3.5
Fairly generic. Maybe it's the mixing or the simplistic drums. Young's voice sounds thin and not in the same room. Some decent guitars sprinkled throughout.
Another album that I would have guessed that I would find unbearable that wasn't. It also was not all that interesting to me...
I think I might’ve overdone it on the Neil Young today. Or maybe 1990’s era NY just isn’t my thing. These songs are long with lots of guitar jamming that didn’t appeal to me at all this afternoon.
This loud, rough and ready, and quite garage-style album was _really_ out of step with the prevailing production style for major (and major-label) artists at the end of the 1980s. No drum machines, minimal overdubbing, noisy guitars, all creating a real garage rock vibe. It's pretty raw and immediate, which I like. In hindsight, we can see this was prescient of the changes that grunge ushered in a year or two later (although, the undergrounds scene had always embraced this kind of sound). it was only really revolutionary if you were a long established major label artist. But, Neil Young's flannel shirt wearing, feedback embracing, live in the room sound certainly resonated with many of the major rock artists that came up in the early 90s. But I don't think Young really heralded the way; there were plenty of bands that are more influential on this movement. Young seems almost completely uninterested in musical fashion, and his (understandable) rebellion against he then current sound of corporate rock and roll accidentally coincided with a whole movement. It made him temporarily relevant, even if still a long way from the cutting edge. So, I quite like the sound of this record; the guitars are loud and the live-in-the-room immediacy appeals. It rocks, although I wish Young would embrace brevity. There is no reason for songs as long as these (there are 2 over ten minutes!). It's just indulgent. But I do like Neil Young when he turns up the amps (my favourite Neil Young album is the Deadman soundtrack, no lie). But I find Young's baby boomer, old hippy bullshit lyrics incredibly annoying. Worst offenders are "Mother Earth (Natural Anthem)" and "Days Used to Be". His subsequent railing against the mp3 format and spotify (and seemingly any technology since the steam engine) are wildly out of touch. OK Boomer, you had a good time living a yurt with your old lady in the 60s. Glad to hear it, now fuck off.
Didn’t listen because the tracks were unavailable. Don’t mind some Neil Young so gave it a 3.
It was an ok album. Neil's voice is very hit of miss for me. His songwriting is top notch as always.
Neil Young really revitalized himself when he joined up with Crazy Horse and later Promise of the Real. The longer compositions really shows of his strength as a rock composer but too many of the shorter songs never gets me interested.
This is what I call cool country: I have come to terms with liking some sort of country, mainly this genre of rock country with the guitar which actually sounds decent and strong vocals which are so much less annoying than the twang of traditional southern songs. Overall I'd say this album isn't the best but I wouldn't immediately turn it off or skip the songs if they came up in playlist. To conclude Neil Young isn't awful but ffs just get him back on spotify.
Not on Spotify so I can’t listen . 2.5/5.
Ok album but not a re-listen for me, saved a couple songs into a rock playlist.
Non male.
Meh. Not bad, but nothing that stood out to me. The guitar was very uninteresting and Neil Young was mostly singing loud (which I find to be whiney) rather than singing softly (like For What It's Worth or Old Man).
Not bad but still can’t really stand abril Young’s voice most of the time. Love the distortion tone of the guitars though.
Rockin’ tunes. Good stuff all around but I swear one of those nostalgic songs sounded just like My Back Pages.
Finally some rock n roll. Great to hear The Horse ride again, but not nearly as good as their original albums. Just a good ole fashioned American rock album to have on in the background while you polish off some Miller High Lifes and change the oil in your El Camino
Solid rock and roll. Nothing very special stood out to me. Good background music.
Good old fashion rock and roll by Mr. Young
This is some good ol fashioned raw shit. Lots of guitar solos weeeeee. Love and Only Love rocks
Un disco que no escapa de lo promedio, es disfrutable pero estoy podrido de tener que escichar discos que no estan en spotify 6/10.
Nothing really new here for me. Really solid album, and maybe slightly poppier. But it doesn't really deliver what Sepultura has.
Great guitar album. Was dreading the long songs, but I actually found myself vibing to them and being lower on the shorter, more vocal numbers... and the reason for that is probably Neil's voice. I'm not a stranger to him and I think there's a certain resonance to it, but that tends to hit more on his acoustic stuff. With this kind of backing, he mostly just sounds weak and thin. Not many melodies to speak of, either, despite whatever's being attempted on that last song. Band is consistently pretty great though. Best song: Love and Only Love