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| 1. Song X |
| 2. Act Of Love |
| 3. I'm The Ocean |
| 4. Big Green Country |
| 5. Truth Be Known |
| 6. Downtown |
| 7. What Happened Yesterday |
| 8. Peace and Love |
| 9. Throw Your Hatred Down |
| 10. Scenery |
| 11. Fallen Angel |
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Probably a record to change my life, this one. I got it way back in 95 when it came out, cos I heard Pearl Jam were on it. I was a massive Pearl Jam fan at the time. I can barely bring myself to listen to them now. Nevertheless, this record introduced me to Neil Young and inspired my musical tastes, my guitar playing and songwriting in so many ways.
I don't think I've heard chord changes as big as the ones on these songs since. The guitars sound HUGE, and the songs are so smple, yet as with most of Neil Young's work, they are highly emotional.
Now, I always assumed that the lead guitar on this record was played by Mike McCready, until that is I got the Merkinball EP which was released by Pearl Jam as a companion piece to this. One track from that, "I Got Id" (still my favourite Pearl Jam song) featured Neil Young on lead guitar... and the lead guitar sounded exactly like the lead guitar on Mirror Ball, and was just as good. Really, Young's playing was (and still is) amazing to me. It's so expressive, and has unique tone. And the fact that he's not trying to play fast really at all was very encouraging to me when I was just learning to play guitar. "Song X", "Big Green Country" and "Throw Your Hatred Down" all feature AWESOME guitar solos; equal to if not better than many of his other amazing solos: "Southern Man", "Like A Hurricane" etc, etc, etc...
I know this record isn't considered among Shakey's greatest by many purists, and I can understand why but I think it's brilliant. I love all the same Neil Young albums as everyone else, and I think this is as good as any of them.
I don't think I've heard chord changes as big as the ones on these songs since. The guitars sound HUGE, and the songs are so smple, yet as with most of Neil Young's work, they are highly emotional.
Now, I always assumed that the lead guitar on this record was played by Mike McCready, until that is I got the Merkinball EP which was released by Pearl Jam as a companion piece to this. One track from that, "I Got Id" (still my favourite Pearl Jam song) featured Neil Young on lead guitar... and the lead guitar sounded exactly like the lead guitar on Mirror Ball, and was just as good. Really, Young's playing was (and still is) amazing to me. It's so expressive, and has unique tone. And the fact that he's not trying to play fast really at all was very encouraging to me when I was just learning to play guitar. "Song X", "Big Green Country" and "Throw Your Hatred Down" all feature AWESOME guitar solos; equal to if not better than many of his other amazing solos: "Southern Man", "Like A Hurricane" etc, etc, etc...
I know this record isn't considered among Shakey's greatest by many purists, and I can understand why but I think it's brilliant. I love all the same Neil Young albums as everyone else, and I think this is as good as any of them.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This one is my favourite since the Rust collection and hugely under-rated. The songs sweep you away and lift you up with their vast cord changes.
This is mighty Neil at his best and his teaming with Pearl Jam is a master stroke. For those of you who think that he is welded to Crazy Horse listen to this hugely enjoyable collection for another time, you might surprise yourself.
This is mighty Neil at his best and his teaming with Pearl Jam is a master stroke. For those of you who think that he is welded to Crazy Horse listen to this hugely enjoyable collection for another time, you might surprise yourself.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album marks Neil Young's collaboration with Pearl Jam. Neither a particularly engaging Neil Young album or Pearl Jam album, nevertheless this one gets by on the sheer forcefulness of the performances. Jack Irons and Jeff Ament keep the groove solid while Young and Stone Gossard whack out the riffs, and Pearl Jam axemeister Mike McCready sulks in the background, wondering why he doesn't get any soloes. The songs themselves are hypnotic and simple, usually consisting of repeated verses, lacking bridges or choruses to lighten the load. Only on "Peace and Love" is there a bridge section, and this was devised by Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, who must have dropped by to worship Mr. Young one afternoon. There are high points, such as the mighty "I'm the Ocean," and the daft "Downtown," but perhaps the most affecting songs are the two brief tunes performed by Young alone at his pump organ. In these melancholy viginettes, Young manages to convey the sense of loss he tries to create by bluff and bluster elsewhere, with a haunting eloquence. A solid collection.
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