Reviews (page 7 of 8)
Bit of a mixed bunch, but nothing to elevate to greatness.
They are speed running giving me Neil Young albums and they started from best to wrist doing it
After only having heard songs such as "Old Man" and "Harvest Moon", I was eager to give this album a listen after I saw it was by Neil Young, an artist who I thought I would appreciate listening to more of. Unfortunately throughout much of it, he is noticeably inebriated and his voice simply sounds bad. Part album, part drunken ramblings, needless to say I was disappointed. I was genuinely surprised by how bad his vocal performance was, because to my understanding he's not regarded as a bad singer. There are a couple of very sad songs on here that sound as if they were written in the depths of a depressive spell. Honestly they were kind of giving Charlie from Always Sunny in Philadelphia hunched over a keyboard singing about "The Nightman" after huffing copious amounts of paint, except I think Charlie Day's voice actually sounded better.
I was actually intrigued when I saw the album we would have to review yesterday was Neil Young, as he’s an artist I know the name of but am unfamiliar with his music. I had relatively high hopes, but man, his vocal performance was too bad to give it more than a 2. I did enjoy some of the instrumentation, but Neil’s voice really ruined some of these songs for me. Like, what the hell was “Mellow My Mind”? I was wincing at some points when his voice was so shrill, pitchy, and straight up exhausted. It’s safe to say I found this really disappointing as an introduction to him, and I’m hoping some of his other albums are better (assuming there will be more on this list). But the single word I can use to describe this listening experience was: tragic.
What have I done to deserve this? That voice really grates. When I think of voices that try to copy Bob Dylan (like Dire Straits or Waterboys) the result is good (and I don't particularly like Dylan) but when they copy Neil Young (like Pearl Jam or Mercury Rev) they just sound weedy, whingey, wailey. Those papery, feeble vibratos must do it for someone but they don't do it for me.
I have had a range of reactions to all of the Neil Young albums... from 5 stars for the genius of Everybody Knows this is Nowhere... to this one which my reaction is: just how many Neil Young albums are on this list???
Mwoa niet bijster interessant, heb een paar nummers voortijdig geskipt want het maakte het ophangen van de was niet leuker
Ik heb maar 2 liedjes geluisterd, maar ik was brak en irriteerde me enorm aan Neil youngs stem.
Quite like the musical side of this album, but Young's vocals sound so strained to the point of being uncomfortable to listen to.
Perhaps a 2 is a bit harsh, but I honestly thought this was on the poorer side of average. I don’t like Young’s vocals, and I’d even go as far as saying he has an objectively bad voice (I can’t even count the number of notes he missed here). Everything else about this felt very average, and it was certainly worse than After the Gold Rush.
The music (guitar) was ok, songs, very average.
I don't get it. This is Neil Young? I knew his name for a while, I don't quite see what all the fuss is about.
Maybe it's me, but this is yet another album I don't understand why is on this list.
I like some of his stuff a lot. Not this one though.
Not a fan of his voice, and the storytelling style of the songs felt a bit repetitive/simple ("<person> was an <occupation>" or something about walking down the street). It's possible he's telling important stories or making points, but being so separated from the zeitgeist/living context I don't feel compelled enough to go learn.
Big fan of Neil personally and respect his music but it is NOT for me.
Oh Neil.... You spend this entire album being squeaky and quavery in order to posture "vulnerability". The music is awesome. The lyrics are strong. You r delivery is weak. Anybody else could sing this with more conviction and more emotion and it would be more convincing. My Rating: 2/5
369/1089 - This is the greatest Neil Young album I've listened to.
Not to take anything away from Neil Young he’s a great writer but found the album quite dull as a whole I’m sure there would have been better stuff out there he’s recorded not sure why this was on here must have been quite influential at the time
First listening notes, nice airy and natural production style, with breathing room. I like the imperfections in the first track, the vocal pops when he gets close to the mic and distorts a bit and the bass strings buzzing - pure rawness, which means good energy to me! I read that this album was mostly recorded live in the studio which makes sense now! Awesome! Flows nicely into Speakin' Out, a classic blues swingy-style song. Great guitar playing I find out its Nils Lofgren, a guitarist I'll definitely look into more now, and his band he had with Neil Young - Crazy Horse. Already this record is introducing me to even more music, a great sign. Come on baby let's go downtown - this is a pretty simple song but that classic blues rock formula that never fails and I personally really like the guitar work in stereo. As a song I don't rate it that much but I do enjoy the sounds in it! Mellow my mind my worst track so far, another simple blues jam with so-so vocals over it. Roll another number also making me kind of sleepy. I enjoyed the acapella parts on new mama. Lookout Joe great chord progression and guitar playing again, tasteful - although its eeriely similar to some of the other songs on this record heh. Tired Eyes is a great name for the penultimate track of the album, as this is exactly what I have at this point after listening heh. Tonight's the night pt 2 just seems like an alternate take of the first track. I'd say altogether some good tracks on here, but nothing special for me as a whole.
No doubt, iconic and incredible talent and the raw melancholy is not my vibe today
loved the sound. poor lyrics imo. added some songs in my car playlist, feeling like a city cowboy or something. SNAKE EYES FRENCH FRIES AND I GOT ALOT OF GASS
Wow, this is aggressively not my thing. I’m sure it’s a good album to people who like this style of music, but I am not one of those people. Once again wish there were half stars, and this would be a 2.5, but there’s not, so it’s a 2. I did really like Lookout Joe, though!
really underwhelming. I thought I was a big Neil Young fan, but I guess he's just a put out a TON of music and the stuff that isn't on Harvest or a greatest hits compilation is really bad.
5/10
Didnt love this- not a big Neil Young fan, and this really didnt do it for me. His voice always seem a little whiney, and the songs were repetitive. Overall- not bad, just not my cup of tea. 2.5/5
Holy country song. That fist one was honestly quite the turn off. The album as a whole has a good chill vibe, but there are like two or three songs that are just…igh. I have to be very honest, I don’t not listen to this attentively at all, but still, th bad ones caught my attention. So not really my thing.
Mellow My Mind was outstanding. You have to really don't give a fuck to release something like this
Neil Young's Try to make a good album challenge: impossible mode
Not a fan of his voice
Not his best work. This def could be replaced by a band not represented on this list. Favs: Boreowed Tune, Tonight’s the Night
His voice remains awful. 2.
Das hier war nicht das schlimmste Neil Young Album was ich hier bewerten musste, aber es war schlimm. Ich frage mich ob jedes Album von dem Mann hier wiederzufinden sein wird und ob das alles so klingen wird. Womit hat der das verdient? Ich verstehe es einfach nicht.
blir så uttråkad..
Eh
Not my cup of tea.
2/5
Feel like the harmonica could be better handled in this album (and I enjoy harmonica)
me aburrió tanto que ni lo quise terminar, perdón igual desp lo escucho completo pero bueno
Neil Young could record himself pissing into a bucket and it would have a good chance of making it onto the list.
Far from Neil's finest. Shoulda left it at Harvest.
Not a huge fan of this record.
Tonight’s the Night to Shut Up
I disliked this less than other Neil Young efforts.
It is decent, but it is Neil Young and this Southern Man don't need him around.
Aggressively middle of the road
sonically its really good. Thematically its quintessential Neil Young. Just didn't have a "banger" on it.
This is competent background music. I feel nothing about it. Even the off-key singing just blends in with everything else.
As much as I try, I just don’t like Neil Young’s voice. And none of the songs I can listen to his singing on are on this album.
I still don't care for his voice-no matter how many times he's on this list (and it is WAY too many). Why, why, why?
Has NY paid these guys to get so many albums nominated?
Jeez this guy!!
Still not a fan of NY, no matter how many albums this list throws at me. That said, it wasn't terrible either.
The vocals were hard to listen to, the instrumentation was boring, and the songs felt weak, it did get better near the end though, which saved it from 1 star.
No standouts, the usual 2 2
Naw not really
Very obviously talented musician whose songs I don’t really care for
Still don't really get Neil Young. I like the mood set by the stripped-down instrumentation and harmonica parts, I'd say it's fairly pleasant, but that's not even the point or focus of this album as I understand it. People describe the songs on here as powerful and devastating, and I just can't relate. It could be that I'm just not used to engaging with folk music this personal. I think back to Springsteen's Nebraska, though, and that one hit me pretty hard on several occasions. By contrast, this one failed to grab me in any meaningful way. Standouts: Mellow My Mind • Roll Another Number (For The Road) • Albuquerque
For dancin Romancin
I'm currently on meds for depression and sedatives for sleep, awaiting therapy. This album reminds me of that. Lookout Joe was ok.
I find Neil youngs music a bit like marmite. Some albums I love some to me are just boring. This one falls in the latter
Neil Young proves once again that he's a good songwriter and a terrible singer. Favorite song: Lookout Joe
Meh
Pretty forgettable, all things considered. I just have a little too much overexposure to this artist that I just consider "good" I don't see what this album brings to the table, it's all stuff I've heard before.
Look …. I like Neil Young as much as the next average fella, but this was just very meh
Pretty shit. Whoever wrote this book is fascinated with including bad albums by decent artists
ok. melodic but there were moments when the voice went from interesting to whiney,,,
Nummers okee, maar wat een katten-gejank
Didn't like this as much as Harvest. It's good stuff, but all the songs kinda sound the same. Just realized this is my fourth Neil Young album, and I don't understand why.
I liked Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young but I can't really warm to Young's solo stuff. His voice is not the one I like, and the music is too country/blues folk for my taste, which isn't too interesting. Probably I'm missing something because I usually enjoy 70s folk even country at points, but I just don't really like his music.
If Neil Young would fire the lead singer, this band could have been pretty good. Some of these tunes, with a different singer, would have been pretty decent. I liked the first couple tunes. Liked the piano parts on the album. Liked World on a String. I just can't get over the singer. I'm sure I have mentioned this on a few, if not all of the previous 5, 6 or 7 albums we've had from this list. 2
2 Oh, you’ve gotta be kidding me, another Neil Young album? For those keeping score at home, this is now our 6th outing with Mr. Young (7th if you count Buffalo Springfield), and if Harvest eventually shows up (which it assuredly will), that means we’ll have had a sequence of FIVE back-to-back releases of his that ultimately made it on this list. The only other artists I can think of that also accomplished this feat are The Beatles and Radiohead, both of which I also consider largely overrated, but I can at least admit there’s some musical evolution to be found across their five-album spans. What’s to be found here that you couldn’t also get out of Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere? Drunken sadness? Alright, I’ll dial it back a notch because supposedly this album represents the grief Neil experienced after the loss of two close friends to drugs, and I wish that upon nobody. I hope this helped him achieve a sense of closure and peace, but if I’m being honest, it just didn’t translate to anything meaningful for me personally in my listening. And if I’m being super honest, I thought this album starts out absolutely terribly with a stretch of songs that sound like the worst open mic performance you’ve ever heard at your local pub. Yes, even worse than the two dudes I’ve seen at my hometown spot who played along to pre-recorded Phil Collins songs all night. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again - I think there’s a lot of personality and even beauty to be found in imperfect, yet impassioned vocals, but generally speaking, Neil’s performance doesn’t make me feel anything except annoyance (though his later stuff with Crazy Horse is a bit of a different story). Fortunately, this album has a jolt of life put into it out of nowhere starting with the track Come on Baby Let’s Go Downtown, but that energy seems to slowly drain away until you’re left listening to the exact same song that opened the album all over again. I’m all about bookending an album with a reprise if it’s done well, but Tonight’s the Night was not it for me. Appropriately, I’m going with the exact same rating I’ve given every other release in his aforementioned five-album run so far - a 2. I wouldn’t refer to anything from Neil’s body of work as one of the worst things I’ve heard, but I just don’t get it, man.
Para empezar con una cancion que repite la misma frase todo el rato no esta mal, ni fu ni fa, se hace repetitivo, al final te mete la chapa en medio de una cancion pero se le ve venir. De vez en cuando desafina mucho pero creo que es su cosa.
4/10
Didn’t really care for this. Albuquerque and lookout Joe were enjoyable but I really just don’t enjoy his vocals. Maybe it is an acquired taste but I just don’t get it. Band sounds fine but I can’t enjoy the music because of this. Listened twice and didn’t click with me.
I’m not a fan of his voice, and not much into folk music. This was a miss for me.
Neil young not for me
So far, this was the worst of all the bad Neil Young
No hooks. Not even great writing.
Not a big fan of neil young
Neil Young is the blues for white people who won't listen to black people. It's fine and nothing special.
coñazo coñazo coñazo tiene cosas guays pero simplemente no es mi estilo. Pero por lo menos me lo he escuchado y asi puedo reafirmarme en que efectivamente, no me gusta. 2/5
it's ok
Spøjst, at Harvest fungerer så godt med hans stemme. Den her var ikke lige mig. Blev lidt bedre i sidste halvdel af pladen.
Did not vibe with this one. Strange as I like Neil Young, but only really liked Tired Eyes here.
Niet mn ding
Not the biggest Neil fanboy but I'll give it a shot! It was okay. Not something I'd seek out again. I love 70s rock but just can't get into Neil.
This list has made me a much bigger Neil Young fan than I could’ve ever imagined. However I am so sick of repeat artists. It’s been more than 2 months since I’ve had a week without Neil Young or Nick Cave. I just don’t see how this album deserves an extra slot or what it’s doing any better than the other Neil Young albums on here. So personally (3/5) but I’m docking a point for repetition
So boring Fav: New Mama
Ehhhhh. This is okay. I HATE Neil Young's voice. He can write really strong songs, but overall....it is a fine album. The isolated vocal parts definitely are doing no one any favors. Fun country vibes throughout tho Liked Songs: "Tonight's the Night" , "Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown" , "Roll Another Number (For The Road)" , "Lookout Joe"
There is far too much Neil Young on here and his voice is annoying.
5/10 Dude can't sing
I’ve never cared much for Neil Young… and this record did virtually nothing to move the needle for me.
I thought I liked Neil young until this challenge. How many fucking albums can one person have on this list! It’s like he sponsored the book!
“I’m sad all my friends are dying from drugs, what should I do about it? Oh I know, drugs!” This wasn’t good. Not a song, not a chorus, not a moment of it. Just a bad album from start to finish. A real chore to have to listen to. I think amateur musicians like half-assed tossed off records because they’re bad musicians; and so lazy, badly played and sung music reminds them of what they produce and makes them think “celebrities, they’re just like me!” But I’m not an amateur musician. I like things where people work hard to try to make them good. I like perfectly crafted pop songs and prog rock and Steely Dan. People who are good at making music and work really hard to make something that is good. Multiple takes. Thought and care put into the creative process. Not being too wasted to write a coherent lyric. You know, actually giving a shit. Therefore, I don’t like this.
There are 7 neil young LPs on this list. That is too many, and I don't see what is so remarkable about this one.
Just boring tbh
i can’t stand whiny cowboy music
It's alright but it's a slow pace for me
Oof. I'm a big fan of Neil Young in all his incarnations, but this was atrocious. I've said before that I really shouldn't enjoy his voice, but this is the second album now that I've heard where he's just awful. His singing here is dreadful.
One of those albums that musically is very interesting and has a lot of history but it just didn't really connect with me for the most part. Still had a few good songs. I know Neil Young has some better songs in there, so we'll see. 4/10
man this was rough. here is the thing, neil is just a terrible singer. it's hard to get past that on a good day. on this one, it overwhelms everything else
Some of the more energetic songs were cool.
Oh great…yet another Neil Young album. What’s next? More Bob Dylan? Maybe another fucking Techno/EDM album 😒. This shit was ok but unnecessary. 100% could have gone my whole life without hearing this.
Hot take, I just don't enjoy Neil Young's voice, but then again I just don't like it when singers aren't trying to hit the notes. 2*
Chill, but again i don't really feel engaged by this.
Hans första på listan kändes roligare
All down hill since After the Gold Rush really.
Got sick of his voice by the end.
This was boring and got way too country by the end. I've yet to find the solo Neil Young that is supposedly so legendary. It's fine, but it's not even like Dylan where I may hate him personally but he knew how to write a song. These are just really generic sounding beer drinking songs from Texas or whatever. His voice is distinct, but not particularly great. That's about it, maybe it's just the tone and cadence of his voice that people love.
Couldn't finish it. Couldn't distract me from data entry at work. One of my dad's favorites but I do not get it.
Not really my type of music. It's good for what it is I guess but it's too "American" for me and, frankly, boring. I started listening quite loud but kept lowering the volume which is quite telling.
Dull
I'm a NY fan but I've never listened to this entire album from top to bottom. The title song is on his greatest hits, but it's an acquired taste with it's rawness and stressed vocal, not for a casual listener. That vibe carries throughout the album. The band is tight and in synch. I'm not 100% sure but it feels like a live album or recorded during a live set with no fine tuning or overdubs. His voice goes sideways more than a few times, especially on the grating "Mellow My Mind". The only song I actually enjoyed was "Lookout Joe", the rest was just off for me. Of all his albums this would never make my list, I can think of 4-5 others that I'd select first. Honestly, I didn't really enjoy it and would likely never listen to it again. 3 stars maybe.
this was ok. Kinda whiny. Not my favorite.
Mid
My 4th? 5th? 17th? Young album. None have a left any real impression. It’s fine, but I still dont get the reverence.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, he's the godfather of grunge. You can hear from this album just how much Kurt Cobain took to heart that you can screech your way through songs/parts of songs. Knowing that doesn't make this album any better. What a slog. 2/5
Meh. Bluesy, but nothing spectacular. His whiney voice can get a bit annoying and preachy, but some of the melodies were OK
If Bob Dylan could pick a note to sing, he'd still be worse than Neil Young. That being said; too many stinkers on here to honestly recommend it to anyone.
Pretty much nothing here caught my interest. Sounds like the background atmosphere of a dingy, drab, dismal bar.
Was meh about this
Another Neil Young entry on this list. If you like Neil Young, you'll like this. If you don't, you won't. Which yet again show how some artists and genres were considered with great nuance - oooh, this establishes him as an artist and it should be on the list because of that, but on THIS he wrestles with his inner demons like on no other album, whereas on THIS he plays the best guitar he's ever played. Which - over 420 albums into this - is getting supremely annoying, especially because other genres, acts, and countries are treated with a much broader brush if not completely ignored.
I like Neil Young and I like this sound but no songs really stood out for me to want to listen to this entre album again. If it came on, I wouldn't push for it to come off but I wouldn't be jazzed about it either. The intro to Speakin' Out was good
Buen
First? 3/5 Again? 1,5/5
Never heard any Neil Young before. Quickly realised that this is music to avoid.
Just because Rolling Stone magazine says so doesn't make every Neil Young album one that I "must hear before I die". Some of these tracks are well done - "Borrowed Tune", for example - but overall the album is just average "seedy bar rock", and I tire of Neil Young's unsteady falsetto voice.
sad driving with your grandad music, i really liked Albuquerque and new mama. if i had my way there'd be more lap guitar and less harmonica
Well, another Neil Young. Some of the songs on here are great, such as down tempo Borrowed Time, or the uptempo Look Out Joe, or On a String, with that rockabilly swagger that reminded me of CCR. There some okay songs on here, like Albuquerque with that old country-music sound. And then are songs like Tired Eyes and the harmonica soaked Mellow My Mind that can only summed up as the reversal to Viagra. Who needs a cold shower and saltpeter when you have bad harmonica and Neil attempting to squawk notes out this range. Don’t regret listening. Probably will sandpaper my ears off if I have to do it again.
Neil Young again. Respect the hell out him, but there's not a lot he does that I want to listen to. Putting aside the tragic story of this album, it's just not easy to enjoy this. Young's voice is whiny. Compliant rock, hey.
Neil young is great. Solid little album, not my favorite of his stuff. But enjoyable
Well, too bad, it's not really my thing. Cool, but not for me.
For the most part, I really like Neil Young's music. However, this performance is the equivalent of the uncle who comes over for dinner, drinks too much, and then cries about all the wasted years, etc. It's a listless mess. On a personal level, I have a hard time taking someone seriously who is worth $200M on the back of the same companies and corporations that he is constantly bitching about. And it's all about the music, but he hates the fame that comes with putting out a million albums and then touring non-stop. What a phony.
Does Neil Young have nudes of the author of this list? Im 400 in and ive had at least 5 albums. Sure Harvest Moon is interesting, but i dont see anything out of the ordinary here. Yes, his song writing is consistent, but the singing is bloody awful
Tonight's the night we admit Neil Young is overrated. Whether he's alone, with a horse, in a band, or in the sand, his music is the same music your drunk uncle plays before the Thanksgiving dinner. One great song, and an appreciation for harmonica saves this from a one-star ranking. Favorite Song: "New Mama".
Some of the singing was strained but that's part of the charm I guess.
Love him, but didn’t love this. His voice kept coming in and out and sounded strained through much of this. The country vibe is fine, but nothing memorable.
It’s not really rock, and it’s not really folk, and it’s not really country…what the hell is this? I know he’s all honored and respected and stuff, which I suppose means that there are folks out there throwing this on to chill, which I don’t get at all. There’s storytelling, sure, but with most good artists I get a vivid picture of the characters they are telling about. Here I have no idea who these people are, or, more importantly, why. It’s not terrible music, and I could give it 3 stars, but I’m docking it a star because there’s not a single song on here that’s actually enjoyable.
I like it. But I also really don’t like so. He absolutely cannot sing.
Neil's not so bad when drowned or by electric guitar or backing vocals. But when he goes practically acoustic... I found myself physically cringing.
Band’s doing some good stuff, I just can’t get past Young’s vocals 90% of the time. Sure there might be some timely reason for it to sound the way it does but ugh. Grating.
Meh
It was alright, I didn’t love it though found it a irritating after the first couple of songs
Neil Young can be hit or miss for me, and Tonight’s the Night definitely leans more toward the miss side. Most of his albums usually have at least one track that really grabs me, but this one just kind of drags from start to finish. If I had to pick a favorite, I’d go with “Tonight’s the Night – Part II” — but really, it’s just the one I disliked the least. The rest of the album blends together in a hazy, off-key way that I get is supposed to feel raw and emotional, but it mostly just felt flat to me.
Pretty boring album that didn't really feel like it went anywhere with a singer who felt flat the entire time. Nothing about this album stood out to me. Low 2
Imagine a supergroup with members of the Grateful Dead, The Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan, but the vocalist is your friend’s drunk dad doing a bad Neil Young impression. That would be like this, only this is worse.
Beats me how this guy seems to occupy half the list in some form or another
These vocals, man. No thanks. 2/5
I did not use a private spotify session for this one. This album was about what I expected, I listened to it yesterday and I can't remember that much about it.
What's the big deal with this guy? Neil Young is totally overrated. I was glad when the album was over so I could listen to something better (in this case, whatever arbitrary playlist of "similar" songs by "similar" artists that the Spotify algorithm came up with). Young has always been sub-par as a vocalist but this album takes it to new lows for me. He's frequently flat, his voice cracks in several places in multiple songs. The one song whose lead vocals that stood out to me, "Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown", isn't even sung by him. Does he write good songs? Yes, I guess so (although I can think of very few I like personally). So I am going to magnanimous here (how pompous of me) and give him a 3/10.
Oh Neil, when am going to get to listen to music you wrote that I actually like? I know it's on this list somewhere, and I know it's not your fault that some guy put *so, so many of your albums on this list*, but oof. Another miss for me.
fuck. listen, it's fine, OR WHATEVER, but give it a rest there's no possible justification for including this many albums that all sound like this from this one dude. it has added nothing notable to my pre-death experience
Wow, I lowkey hated this. I will never understand why Neil Young was big. He has a whiny voice, and his songs are boring. There is WAY too much Neil Young on this list. I will not be listening again.
I do like some of Neil You ngs songs - mostly the upbeat. I really liked the song Come On Baby Let’s Go Downtown. The rest sounds like typical Neil Young. Overall, an ok album to me.
Eh
can appreciate good music, dont like folk.
After the Gold Rush & Harvest aside, I don't usually enjoy Neil Young albums quite as much as I expect too....but damn this really missed the mark. Easily the least I've ever liked an album from him. 2.5/5
Tbh I got bored about halfway through and gave up. Not his best
опять нил янг и опять настроение было на хард хард хард
Didn’t love it. A bit too 70’s for me. Sounded like something my dad listened to - not in a good way.
Im only recently getting to the point where i can enjoy neil young's songwriting. He is a great writer but it’s always been so hard for me to get past his voice and delivery. This album wasn’t enjoyable for me
I feel like I'm repeating myself in Neil Young reviews, but he just can't sing.
Didn’t really like this so much
Okay, album. Couple of good songs but, not amazing as other Neil Young's albums.
Typical Neil Young, just after you like a song he puts you to sleep with the next one.
Eh. Not my favourite work by Neil and I'm not a big fan of his anyway.
pretty forgetable but not a bad performance. It didnt felt unique or crazy its just in that pool of listenable songs/albums that dont got much to offer for me
What the hell is this? Normally I like Neil but these songs make me think of a bar band saying, "now we are going to play some originals" between Pink Floyd and AC/DC covers.
This was tough. The first side is almost daring you to keep listening. The band sounds good, and the songs are mostly okay, but NY sounds like shit. Not calculated slop, but lazy slop. If you stick it out and get to the second side, it eases up a bit and maybe even feels like it was a decent attempt. This is the album equivalent of a drunk voicemail from your ex. 2.8 (a very, very gracious 2.8)
alguma coisa não clicou. talvez minha opinião mude após conhecer mais do som dele porém tudo aqui foi meio plano? não é ruim mas me vejo voltando apenas pra uma ou outra faixa
Un po' noioso
Didn't really grab me.
I like Neil Young okay, but this was not one of my favorites.
Tror det är tredje eller fjärde plattan med Neil Young. Så jävla bra är han ju inte.
Tonight's the Night - 2.5 Speakin' Out - 3 World on a String - 2.5 Borrowed Tune - 2 Come on Baby, Let's Go Downtown - 2.5 Mellow My Mind - 1.5 Roll Another Number - 2 Albuquerque - 2 New Mama - 3 Lookout Joe - 3 Tired Eyes - 2 Tonight's the Night (Part 2) - 2.5
Tonight’s The Night by Neil Young Thursday 6/27/24 2:03 B Tier————————— Speakin Out World On A String New Mama Roll Another Number Tonight’s The Night Tonight’s The Night II Albuquerque C Tier————————— Come On Baby Lookout Joe Borrowed Tune D Tier————————— Mellow My Mind Tired Eyes
When you put out as many albums as Neil -there are going to be some clunkers. This sounds like some guys that are required to kick out an album every 8 months by their label just f’n around the studio. There are some good riffs and nice moments but generally pretty weak.
it's okay, not the best Neil Young album. some good lyrics about a couple of his friends dying from heroin overdoses.
Repetitively boring. I really dig Americana but not this. Something is off here.
could i write poetry to this? n
Kept going between 2 and 3 as I listened. Settled on a 2 because there's nothing here I really want to revisit.
The singing pulls it down for me
Meh
God, his voice is particularly terrible here. It was a struggle to get through this.
Heh - “Shakey” at best. Not Neil’s finest, I don’t think. I think he is a better singles songwriter than an album man in my opinion. The opening to the song “Tonight’s The Night” is incredible. The rest not as much.
I am grasping at straws here.
Tonight's the Night is an pretty good song. It strikes a note of hopeful desperation that most songs don't explore. But goodness, I felt myself frequently wondering how much of this album was left. I used to like Neil Young, but now I find his caterwauling and country influences to be grating. He's supposed to be a great lyricist, but I don't see it. New Mama was also pretty good. Neil does soft sad songs really well. I might be tempted to revisit that one. But most of the album I'll happily leave behind.
I can't remember anything about this album other than not wanting to listen to it agin to rate it properly.
This was pretty bad
I'm not a Neil Young fan.
If anybody else in the whole world was singing this might be a decent album
Nope
genérico.
Percebo a influencia setentista, imagino que na época deve ter sido bastante agradável, mas ouvindo hoje em dia parece um Led Zeppelin mais boring
2.5 I like Neil, but this isn’t my favorite. At least his stuff is back on Spotify which makes it easy to listen to him
Don’t overly enjoy his voice or general style but some not bad tunes here and there
Decent but there are better Neil young albums out there.
War mir nicht gut bekannt. Aber nicht meins. Stimme mal interessant, mal schwach.
One of a handful of albums on here where the wikipedia production story entry is the main thing making the pitch for why it's included. I'm not enough of a lyrics man to get past how rough the production quality is on this one.
A bit too rough and not very polished. Not sure if I could see myself listening to this one again
Even though Harvest is an all timer in my mind, I'm starting to wonder if I don't like Neil Young. This is mournful and intentionally not commercialized but it's just also not that great.
Nah not really, maybe cause it was inconvenient to listen on YouTube
Another Neil young album lol
Music for dads to nod along to
Better than I expected but it did not land with me
I've struggled with this bloke for decades. Couldn't stand him when I was growing up on the 70s. There was an album he put out in 89 that spoke to me though, and I started to loosen up my hate of him. Now there are a few select songs of his that I genuinely enjoy listening to (like, CORTEZ THE KILLER), but THIS ALBUM revives my dislike of him. He comes across as a spoiled Marin County kid who's parents gave him money to do whatever he wanted, no matter if he was good at it or not. Hahaha I've never spoken so cruelly about a musician before hahaha
Oh god no, not another Neil Young album! This is far from my taste, sorry.
Bearable but not interesting
Honestly, if you've heard one Neil Young track you've heard 'em all. This album was underwhelming and had no standout tracks, but wasn't unlistenable. 2/5
Der var intet som satte sig fast 🤦
I just don't like his voice
Ik snap dat Neil Young boos is op de industrie. En dan niets op Spotify zet maar alleen op zijn eigen streaming-platform. Gelukkig herinner ik me deze plaat nog. En hoewel zijn liedjes het fundament van de hedendaagse muziek vormen, is zijn stem - net als die van Dylan - niet om aan te horen.
So he's ALWAYS sounded 80, cool l.
I listened. Not throughly because he is boycotting my normal streaming source. Some nice stuff, but I'm not digging deep due to inconvenience
I literally thought "ugh" when I saw what this was.
- Ich bin mal ganz transparent und gebe zu, dass ich mir nach dem Hören Rezensionen von Pitchfork, Louder und Rolling Stone durchgelesen habe. Nicht, weil ich so begeistert war und meinen Enthusiasmus bei den Kritiker*innen wiederfinden wollte, sondern weil ich so enttäuscht war, dass ich mich vergewissern wollte, dass ich nicht Gotteslästerung betreibe. Aber genau das tue ich jetzt: - Die Platte ist meiner Meinung nach und für mein Empfinden komplett off. - Young scheint nur 3 Töne richtig zu treffen, der Rest wird improvisiert. Darüber hinaus hat er sich offensichtlich dazu entschieden, sein Mikrofon während der Aufnahme an einen Deckenventilator zu hängen, um zwischen Unkenntlichkeit und Übersteuerung der Stimme die gesamte Bandbreite abzudecken. Die Band spielt irgendwie teilweise gegeneinander. Solis sind daneben. Darüber hinaus wird gegen Stative gelaufen. Wenn ich jetzt noch lese, dass alle bei der Aufnahme besoffen waren, wundert mich das nicht im Geringsten. - Das kann man jetzt alles "roh", revolutionär, unangepasst und punkig finden, oder einfach so wie ich: scheiße. - Borrowed Time ist neben dem bekannten Albuquerque einer der Lichtblicke des Albums und vermittelt ein Hauch von dem, wozu Neil Young eigentlich in der Lage ist. Aber auch dort sind die Hälfte der Töne mehr als wacklig. Dont get me wrong. Ich weiß, dass Neil Young nie ein Freddie Mercury war, aber für mich verliert er in diesem Album mehrfach die Kontrolle und kann dies nicht durch "Charakteristik" und "Charme" ausgleichen. - Die Songs sind ganz gut geschrieben/komponiert. Die bluesige Schwermütigkeit trägt sich durch die Platte aber der wurde ich irgendwann etwas überdrüssig. - Was bleibt sind einige gute Riffs, interessante Harmonika-Passagen und Mehrstimmigkeit, die ab und zu wirklich packend sind - häufiger aber nicht. - Alles andere ist für mich unterdurchschnittlicher Blues/Country-Rock, der (sogar für die Zeit) mehr als lausig produziert ist. - Auch die Rezensionen der einschlägigen Musik-Magazine konnten mich nicht von der Qualität und der Genialität dieses Albums überzeugen. Bin aber offen für Hinweise und Erläuterungen. 2/5
So...whiny. OK, I feel like I should like Neil Young but half way through the first track I was like "how long is this song, it just drags on." Considering that was 1:40 into the album it set the tone. 2 stars at best for me, I wanted it to be more but I just don't love it and won't revisit anytime soon.
Nah, I don't need this in my life. Sorry Mr. Young, but I was waiting with baited breath for this album to end. There wasn't anything "bad" on here, only stuff that doesn't connect with me. I found a few tracks pleasant, but not so pleasant that it's worth me going through this album again to make note of them.
Link to spotify did not work, hence I just picked randomly some songs.
This was my second Neil Young album to get this week, and second Neil Young album overall. I've never listened to this album before, and I didn't care for it too much. The circumstances that lead Neil Young to write this are devastatingly sad (the death of two very close friends/collaborators via heroin overdose), and the the lyrics are wonderfully written. But musically, most of the songs on this album sounded incredibly similar to me, and they just kind of melded together. I tend to enjoy Neil Young, but this album didn't really land with me.
Its okay
wasn't really that striking to me
Raw Neil Young is not necessarily good Neil Young
I don't like Neil Young's whiny, thin voice. Though, I will admit he generally has strong lyric-writing chops. This album seemed stream of consciousness and off the cuff. "Borrowed Tune" was the track that stood out for me and is emblematic of this album, which I did not like.
Yep, still don't like Neil Young.
It's just not for me
MAh
Whinier than other albums. 2/5
I don’t get it. I’m sorry but are we just pretending this man can sing? Favourite song: Tonight’s the night Least favourite: Mellow my mind was like nails on a chalkboard, the singing was so brutal. I don’t even understand how this is on an album.
Neil Young cannot sing.
Meh
Emotional, character-driven bar rock. Very raw. Good folkrock album but not my favourite.
I just can’t stand Neil Young’s voice.
Nei dette likte jeg ikke så godt, egentlig. Etter Cohen falmet det veldig, og det var til og med et par låter jeg aktivt ikke likte. Dylan og Cohen fant sin måte p sy Ge på uten særlig vakre sangstemmer, men Young ble litt for masete syntes jeg. Fine tekster, men resten bare ble støy.
Eh
Just sort of fine
I am a big Neil Young fan but Tonight’s The Night is not one of his best. Is it raw and full of pain? Sure but everything he has ever created is and this set of songs is unfortunately mediocre 5.8/10
This album blows a 3.0. Every song feels like a stumble home from the bar is to follow. I love Neil Young, but the blood/alcohol content is too high for me on this one. My least favorite of his work before 1976.
I like Neil Young and I was fortunate enough to see him play with CSN in my youth. I mean it's a decent album but I like things that are a bit edgier.. This is just lost is a sea of stuff from the 70s that sounds just like it. Hm. One note - think when listening to artists that have multiple entries I almost want to experience them in release order so I can better understand the evolution of the artist. Best Track: New Mama (that guitar intro is pretty sweet followed by some typical harmonies)
If I wanted to listen to someone who clearly can't sing then I'd just listen to recordings of myself. Tired Eyes was espeically painful to listen to. It's not all bad but I definitely won't be revisiting this album. Highlights: Tonight's the Night Lookout Joe
At the end of the day it is just some guy with a weird voice singing his songs. They all sound the same and I am sure have some deep meanings.
This was surprisingly bad. Almost felt deliberately bad. I've never heard anything by Neil Young, but it sounded like a satirical imitation of what a Neil Young album sounds like.
Really wanted to love it bc I love Neil. Sadly, this wasn’t the album that should’ve been selected lol
Shit
It didn't set my heart on fire.
Non mi è piaciuto molto, l’ho trovato un po’ monotono. Ma forse sono preferenze personali sul genere
I think I would really like some of the songs with a different voice and instrumentation. I really can’t get past that voice and the instrumentation is too country. Some good songwriting I think but overall not for me. I tried
Honestly glad Neil Young took his music off Spotify. Any chance we can remove it form the internet entirely?
I just don't jive with Neil Young on a musical level. I think the legend and personality of him is great, I love the reverence of other musicians he has. I just can't get past his voice and style. I really wish I liked him more.
What am I missing here? This sounds like a drunken late night jam.
Never knew this one, very early Neil
2/5. Only listened to once so might go up later but I can confirm this is not the best Young album. No song stood out and just felt generally quiet and uninteresting. I understand that it is supposed to be sad, but I've felt more emotion in other records.
hát ezt nem hallgattam végig
Highlights: Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown, Tonight's the Night Leave Em's: Tired Eyes, Mellow My Mind Overall Thoughts: I have heard some really good things about Neil Young and his music, but I was underwhelmed by this album. On several of the songs his voice sounds pretty rough and off-key. I imagine that this 1975 album was released in his "heyday," yet it sounds like it could be a live performance in his farewell tour 40 years later. While the songwriting on some songs was somewhat redeeming there were also plenty of songs that felt shallow. Neil's voice simply fits so much better on louder more rock sounding music, and there was not very much of that on this album which served as a detriment to it. I couldn't even convince myself to like the song named Albuquerque... I hope to head an album that suits his voice better and contains some of his hits. Score Breakdown: 2.767 & 2 ->2.384
The high number of Neil Young on the 1001 list shows his versatility during his career. He has some great albums (especially when together with the Crazy Horses or other partners) and also some albums that are just "meh," like this one. I think I'll probably get more from him on the list, but despite my enjoyment (or not) of listening to this album, it was good to learn how far someone with talent and willingness goes to test the limits of his talent.
meh. nothing here stuck out to me or made me want to listen again. the album was fine as background music but I don't think i'd ever listen to it again. shame because I really like some of neil young's other work, but yeah, this ain't it.
4/10. There's been like one Neil Young album I've liked which made me think maybe I'd start liking his music more, but no, some of it just sounds bad.
Did not like.
Just furthering my hypothesis discovered on Leonard Cohen's "Songs of Love & Hate" review
there is such a thing as neil young fatigue. or is it harmonica fatigue? i suppose this is my first neil young solo album, though i've had 2 albums by neil young and crazy horse, 1 by crosby stills nash and young, and 1 by buffalo springfield. a lot of this album just wasn't my speed. there were some aspects that appealed to me--there were some instrumental sections in "speaking out" and "mellow my mind" that were beautiful. but somebody needs to get that darn harmonica away from young. and i suppose i don't care much for his voice, either. i can respect the driving force of the death of two friends of young's. in fact, i love the unabashed inspiration and grief. ah, sorry neil young.
Another day, another Neil Young album. One thing I will say about Neil Young, he has always been in favor of trying new things, musically. Neil has a signature sound that can usually be picked out, but all of the stuff about his music that exists "between the lines" gets played with a lot. This practice has become a more commonplace thing in today's music era, but back in the 70s, Neil Young was experimenting with different sounds during a time when it could have been a career killer. Additionally, I feel like Neil's feelings and emotions that he was trying to communicate come across exceedingly raw on this album -- something he was no doubt aiming for. All that said, I didn't particularly care for this album. There were glimpses of songs on this album that I enjoyed ("Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown" and "Lookout Joe"), but oddly enough, those songs seem to be some of the lesser enjoyed songs on this album by listeners. I just wasn't knocked off my feet by this album. It may just not be my thing.
Tonight's the Night In general, I like Neil Young. But remember, my liking and disliking of things exists almost entirely in the world of radio, I'm new to this album game. -Tonight's the Night- This highlights the mediocrity of his vocals. Honestly, his vocals are bad in the way Bob Dylan's are bad, yeah, they're bad, but sometimes it works. Either way, this song isn't my favorite -Speakin' Out- Yeah, just okay. -World on a String- Not bad. I like that he knows when to end a song. -Borrowed Tune- The guy is a poet with a good band. I like it. Not too much harmonica, that's appreciated. -Come on Baby, Let's go Downtown- This is the kind of tune that his voice is most adept at. Overall, pretty good. Erica: I didn't like the ones before this. It's like there was a time when the world wanted music to sound like it was being sung by a senile old man, Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash. It all just sounds weak. At least on this one it sounded like he felt it. -Mellow my Mind- Okay, this one isn't good. This would be better if sung by anyone else. And had less harmonica. This is the drunk guy in the corner booth at karaoke who won't get up to sing. -Roll another number- This is reminiscent of REK. -Albequerque- The music on this one is really good. The vocals are beginning to grate on me. -New Mama- This is the NY I like. Good guitar, good harmonies. Nice. -Lookout Joe- Not bad, again, effort at harmony, good guitar. -Tired Eyes- Meh, back to the first stuff. -Pt 2- "Sing a song in a shaky voice that's a real as the day is long" Gonna have to disagree. A couple of good tracks on an otherwise overall mediocre album.
Neil Young is one of the guys I like well enough but I haven’t taken a deep dive into his albums besides Harvest Moon (looking forward to Harvest, actually). But this probably wasn’t the one to start with. A little raw, a little rough, a little vocally shaky at times, a little too much for me. I did really like a lot of the arrangements but, like with most of Young’s work, it was a little too harmonica-y for my tastes (I definitely like the harmonica in certain situations but not here). I did like Roll Another Number (For the Road), Albuquerque, and Lookout Joe but I don’t think it makes up for the rest.
Boring boomer music
I actually liked some of it, as it's different to and I guess much better than a lot of shit that is on this list, and it was close to being a "ehh, it's okay for a 3/5", then starting with 'Mellow My Mind' the album just gets worse and worse. The vocals are overall not it, man... Also some songs ('Roll Another Number for example) are just flat out weird and not good. I get it that it's from a dark period of his life full of grief, but that still doesn't make it a better album musically.
I really want to like Neil Young, but for whatever reason his music just rarely clicks with me.
An alright album by Neil Young. It’s not nearly as good as either Harvest or after the Gold Rush. Also prefer some albums with crazy horse. Overall this wasn’t my favorite Neil young and felt like it was very generically Neil young. 5.5/10
Forgot this MF pulled all his shit from Spotify. This is some Boomer music through and through. This isn't terrible, but I really am not much of a fan. This is a 2/5
Getting Neil Young on here is always a pain in the arse now, obviously Spotify is out, I used to be able to use Amazon but they fucked that by making it shuffle only so that's worse than useless. Had to run Youtube as audio through VLC for a tolerable experience. But mainly, because at the end of it all, its a Neil Young album. This isn't even good, folky or folk rock Neil young, its blues rock Neil Young, which can get in the bin. I do have to concede that Mercury Rev straight up pilfered 'the Dark is Rising' from 'Borrowed Tune'. How did they get away with not crediting that? I am glad they didn't however as it would disappear off streaming. Aside from that New Mama and Lookout Joe were alright. Tired Eyes was OK as well. Maybe the album grew into me as it went along, but he did that annoying thing of playing the first song again at the end, again (at least on Hey hey My My he makes the song better the second time), which drained away any goodwill which had built up.
ощущения примерно как от On The Beach снова отдельные моменты могут быть интересны музыкантам, но не более
Meh. Neil young is Neil Young. Not for me.
Not a fan of this particular Neil Young album, especially folloing on from "After The Goldrush" and "Harvest" - both of which I prefer.. Yes, some of the songs show real emotion, but to my ears, the vocals on some of the tracks sound off.
Eh
not his best
Nope
I don't know what it is but this album is just not doing it for me at all.
Are you kidding me? We had Neil Young yesterday. Have an open mind. Have an open mind. I continued to struggle through most of the songs, but I did enjoy Borrowed Tune.
Too well-behaved
Exhausting to listen to
Neil Young weet altijd een prachtige sfeer neer te zetten, maar eigenlijk moet ie 't zingen gewoon aan iemand anders overlaten.
Het blijft een valszingende man. Eerste nummer mooi.
Possibly a controversial opinion, I actually do like Neil Young…however this album isn’t my favorite. Some of the vocals just sound straight-up bad and only a few are songs that I’d ever go back and listen to. It didn’t help that he removed all of his music from Spotify and I had to sit through vibe-crushing Vrbo ads between every single song on YouTube. Also i think I’m hungry and cranky. 2.5/5 IMO
Nothing special
mwah, andere album van hem was veeeel beter
Not on Spotify L
I wanted to like this more, but the “raw” style sometimes became him not even trying to hit the notes and it was grating.
Definitely not my favourite Neil Young.
Country Bob Dylan.
Lots of feeling, not a lot of notes hit.
First thing first: this is the 6th Neil Young, solo or not, album I'm receiving here. I like Neil Young, but I think that's over the top. As for the album itself: It feels like an "another" Neil Young album, rather than an essential Neil Young album. The music has aged and not that well. It also feels like the music wasn't that much of a hit back when it was released, either. That is to say, this one is yet another of way too many that should not have been included here.
Never really sure if I'm a young fan. This album didn't do it for me.
Better than I thought
nopte
love neil young but can’t listen on spotify anymore because neil OLD decided to go woke. such a shame, all those great tunes that I’ll never get to listen to now. 5/10 for being a betch. that’s the review.
I keep forgetting Neil Young is a real guy. He's the most forgettable "big artist" I can think of. This music just isn't my cup of tea. A mix of folk, blues and country - three genres I don't particularly care for. The title track was pretty good though. Also notice how he looks like a lion monster on the album cover. Look at the area under his nose and above his mouth. There is no way this guy is human. Once you see it, you can't unsee it.
Another Neil Young album. This one was a bit different but the same result....I did not care for it. I am rounding up mainly because it is better than a one but not a two.
bit boring.
there’s just the thing about his voice that’s just so unbelievably unbearable to listen to. the music was honestly not bad but the whine in his singing makes it so bad.
Nope