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1977 country blues rock classic. Feat "Like A Hurricane" & "Will To Love"
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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
One of Neil's most under-rated albums. This is a typically ragged and dirty sounding work, patched together with recordings from different years. Neil recorded whenever he felt like it and often left the material in the tape vault instead of issuing it straightaway. I approached this album with great trepidation but my fears were ungrounded. It's sloppy, raw and all heart. Whilst it lacks the gravitas of "Tonight's The Night" and "On The Beach", it contains plenty of good humour. Crazy Horse are at their bar-room brawling best on the tracks featuring them whilst the country-tinged remainders are harsher and more soulful than the Eagles. I play this album all the time and still can't believe it wasn't released on CD earlier.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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While this isn't one of Neil Young's most consistently brilliant albums (I think "Tonight's The Night" wins that award) the second half is fabulous. 'Star Of Bethlehem' and 'Like a Hurricane' are both on "Decade", so everybody should know how great those songs are, but in my opinion, "Will To Love" is the standout. A fragile, dreamlike and beautiful acoustic track complete with log fire crackling in the background and ghostly instrumentation floating in and out of the mix, this is one of Neil's most original songs. The album ends with 'Homegrown', which is a classic, wonky Crazy Horse track cut from the same cloth as the title track from "Everybody Knows...". The first half isn't quite up to the same standards, none of the songs could be described as classics, but are good nonetheless, with some nice violin and backing vocals from Nicolette Larson (who features on "Rust Never Sleeps") and Linda Ronstadt. This album was well overdue a CD release.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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I may be alone in adopting this as my favourite Neil Young album but that may be more to do with the year it was released (1977)and what else was going on in my life at the time.
I was 17 then and well into UK punk, The Ramones, Talking Heads and Television. I remember John Peel on Radio 1 playing "Like A Hurricane" in between The Damned, Generation X and The Desperate Bisycles and thinking that I had never heard a guitar sound like that.
I got the album on vinyl and became instantly converted to his version of country-rock - to the extent that I still prefer the tracks on this album ("Bite the Bullet", "Homegrown") to a lot of his more famous records.
This CD version sounds a bit pristine and smooth around the edges compared to the original but, nevertheless, this is a fantastic position statement of a true artist.
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Neily at his best
After The Goldrush and Harvest are generally regarded as his better albums but this is the third you should definitely have in your collection with the awesome Hurricane contrasted... Read more
Published on 11 Sep 2009 by L. Smith
Under estimated Album
Not one of Neil Young's best albums, but very much an under estimated one.
Hey Babe, Hold Back the Tears, Bite the Bullet, Will to Love and Like a Hurricane are all... Read more
Hey Babe, Hold Back the Tears, Bite the Bullet, Will to Love and Like a Hurricane are all... Read more
Published on 27 July 2009 by Gerry Mc Nally
Worth the wait
I've always been led to believe that this was one of Neil Young's weak albums. As ever, opinion is divided. Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2008 by Neil
BlossomT
A mismash of studio floor left overs but if you get Like a Hurricane thrown in who cares
Published on 7 Jun 2007 by Hugh Woolley
The natural follow up to Harvest
This has to be my favourite Neil Young album cover, proof that Neil could once again laugh at himself, and about time too. Read more
Published on 10 Nov 2004 by Not Dr Brodsky
Nott one of his best, only a choice if you like country
Neil Young is notoriously patchy. Often one album is fantastic, only to be followed by an awful one. Whilst this is not truly awful, it's definitely not good. Read more
Published on 24 Sep 2003 by J. Snape
Your Plaice or Mine
If like me you sometimes find yourself hankering for songs sung from the point of view of a fish then you won't be disappointed by "American Stars 'n' Bars", as it's got a... Read more
Published on 19 Jun 2003 by wabrit
Homegrown's alright with me...
I think that this Neil Young album is on of his most underrated.
Had to listen to it on an imported tape from the U.S. for years so I can't wait for the CD version! Read more
Had to listen to it on an imported tape from the U.S. for years so I can't wait for the CD version! Read more
Published on 16 Jun 2003
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