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After a long period of unfocused weirdness, Young spotted grunge around the corner and declared unity with the loud, scruffy sounds coming from Seattle. The countryish ballads, such as the opening "Farmer John", get roaring Crazy Horse treatment, and the headbanging "Fuckin' Up" is the most self-effacing rock anthem since the Who recorded "I'm a Boy". Amid the clatter, though, there is beauty: Crazy Horse's sympathetic backup vocals turn "Mansion on the Hill" into a pretty pop song despite the electric guitars, and even the white noise that closes the 1990 album is soothing in a scream-therapy kind of way. --Steve Knopper
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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Neil Young greeted his fourth decade as a recording artist with this solid rocker backed by Crazy Horse. This is a very compelling album and, like the title of track four, I can listen to it over and over.
If you are familiar with Neil's other albums with Crazy horse, you will know what to expect but, if you have only ever heard his lighter, more folksy stuff like Harvest, then I'd encourage you to listen to this as it shows a very different side of his music. This is much more rock oriented with some great guitar work.
The general style is related to, for example, the earlier release Zuma with the same backing team but he has something new to say here. I tried to list my real favourites and I ended up with a list of well over half of the tracks on the album.
The only song that I'm not really happy with is "Farmer John" which is the only cover and somehow, the song just doesn't fit with the rest of the album, everything else being original by Neil Young for this album.
But that is a minor criticism of a CD which has over and hour of top rate rock songs. Learn the words, play it loud and try to sing along. Then marvel at Neil's vocal range.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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I don't know if "Ragged Glory" is glorious, excactly, but it is certainly ragged, with lots of gritty power chords and Neil Young's smouldering guitar solos screaming with overdrive.
The tempo is generally brisk, and the tunes are melodic with catchy choruses. They are long, too, clocking in at over an hour for ten tracks, with two closely related ten-minute epics, "Love To Burn" and "Love And Only Love".
The tempo is generally brisk, and the tunes are melodic with catchy choruses. They are long, too, clocking in at over an hour for ten tracks, with two closely related ten-minute epics, "Love To Burn" and "Love And Only Love".
"Ragged Glory" is not as varied or as original as some of Young's classic albums, but it has plenty of highlights, and the songwriting is generally strong. The warm, melodic "Country Home" is one of Neil Young's best latter-day songs, as is the grand "Love To Burn". "Farmer John" is another great, tough riff-rocker, and other highlights include the guitar-fest "Love And Only Love" and the driving "Mansion On The Hill" (which has nothing to do with the Springsteen-song of the same name).
In short...this is a great record!
4 1/2 stars - highly recommended.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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When they get older, most musicians are a shadow of their former selves. Not so with Neil Young. Ragged Glory is one of his best albums ever, not just in his later years. It was recorded live in the studio and the energy it captures is nothing short of stunning. It is a set dripping with loud guitars in that shambolic way only Neil & Horse know how to do. Right from the opener, 'Country House', which is such a great track, the intensity of the music does not let anywhere on the album. If you hav'nt got into Neil Young, you really don't know what you are missing. Pure genius.
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Neil Young Ragged Glory
Such a brilliant album - possibly the best ever by Neil with Crazy Horse. Sounds live in the studio and really deserves to be played very loud through speakers and not on a... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mr. D. Kerr
just gotta have it...
Ragged Glory's gotta be one of the best from Neil Young & Crazy Horse... This album just takes you on a roller coaster ride & you wanna ride it time and again... Read more
Published 13 months ago by redspidermite
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A story of extremes: some turgid grunge that'll block up every drain in your bungalow (F*!#in' Up, Mother Earth and - especially - Farmer John); and some minor classics that... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Dash Riprock
Yet more Glory
Neil Young and Crazy Horse are truly a class act with a great deal of variety and musicality. This is yet another great album.
Published 17 months ago by fishfanatic
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WOW. This really is one of the finest albums i have listened to in years, every song is full of Young's energy and passion.
NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE RULE!!!
NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE RULE!!!
Published on 26 Mar 2010 by Mr. Se Osborne
A pristine rough edged diamond
I added this disc to my collection recently and I keep finding myself playing this in the car as a disc of choice, by the looks of the CD booklet this was recorded in a... Read more
Published on 30 Aug 2009 by John Miller
Masterpiece
Don't really go for acoustic stuff, Neil Young or anyone else, but this is the best rock 'n' roll album ever recorded with the best guitar solos. Genius.
Published on 27 Feb 2009 by Mr. Nicholas Long
If you only ever buy one Neil Young album, buy this one
This is an astonishingly good hour of melody, harmony and noise from the master of all three. This was my introduction to Neil Young and I've played it, particularly the opening... Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2009 by Mr. M. C. Stevens
Burn Baby, Burn!
Just look at the cover picture. There's a huge red slab on the floor with a single kickarse pedal on it and a 2-inch thick cable plugged into it. Read more
Published on 16 Dec 2008 by G. Fielder
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So it's fair to say that without Neil Young's "dirty" guitar sound, perhaps grunge may not have been what we know today. Read more
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