Amazon.co.uk allows you to pay for your items in your local currency. Restrictions apply. Learn More. |
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
Listen to Samples and Buy MP3s
Songs from this album are available to purchase as MP3s. Click on "Buy MP3" or
view the MP3 Album.
|
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Generally reckoned to be one of the worst Neil Young and Crazy Horse albums, this deserves reassessment. Sure it has it's low points, 'T-bone' is okay for the first few minutes but goes on for too long and some of the playing is a bit loose even by Crazy Horse standards. On the up side 'Southern Pacific' is one of the best songs Neil Young has ever written and the sheer sonic barrage of 'Shots' gives most of 'Rust Never Sleeps' a run for its money. The rest of the album is a fairly raucous and somewhat eccentric selection of songs dedicated to surfers, old cars and ageing rockers. Business as usual then (only louder).
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Re-ac-tor the oft-maligned 1981 offering from Neil & Crazy Horse is nowhere near as bad as people make it out to be, in fact i think it's rather good. As long as you approach it with an open mind and accept it for what it is a straight-ahead, no frills rock album then you might be pleasantly surprised. Defiantely worth giving it a chance! HIGHLIGHTS: Get Back On It / Southern Pacific / Shots.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
With the release of On the Beach ,simply Youngs finest moment there had to be down side, and unfortunately it was the coincided release of this effort from 1981. I don't know if this was released as a contractual obligation for Reprise before switching to Geffen or as seems more likely the distraction at the time of caring for his sick son.
However it represents the nadir of his career (and of Crazy Horses) the songs are lazy especially the excruciating "T-Bone" where they just plod through each number almost on automatic pilot- that is however until the suprise conclusion- "Shots" where Young suddenly seems to wake up and plays and sings with passion in equal measure this though is too late to save what must be among his poorest offerings.
However it represents the nadir of his career (and of Crazy Horses) the songs are lazy especially the excruciating "T-Bone" where they just plod through each number almost on automatic pilot- that is however until the suprise conclusion- "Shots" where Young suddenly seems to wake up and plays and sings with passion in equal measure this though is too late to save what must be among his poorest offerings.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Extremely poor...awful at best
How any reviewer can compare this shoddy release to 'Time Fades Away' frankly stumps me.
Ok 'Southern Pacific' ain't a bad track as such [possibly his best effort til 89 or... Read more
Ok 'Southern Pacific' ain't a bad track as such [possibly his best effort til 89 or... Read more
Published on 3 April 2010 by colin
Download if you don't own....
The other reviews hereabouts lay out the main points, this was the end of his first stint on Reprise, the album is largely a fuzzed-out, rapid-fire ragbag of rockers notable mainly... Read more
Published on 11 Oct 2009 by L. N. Nixon
Well worth a listen or two (but probably not three)
I quite like "Reactor" and always have done, but more for its quirkiness than the timeless, inspiring quality of the songs or musicianship! Read more
Published on 22 Aug 2009 by Little Cat Voom
Got mashed potato.....Aint got no t-bone.....
Like many others, I never understood the flak that this album received. The lonnnnnggggg T-Bone track is just classic NY&CH - raw, churning, chundering, dirty, sprawling, extended... Read more
Published on 14 Nov 2008 by Barry Cooper
Nowhere near as bad as is made out
The first of Neil Young's `electronic albums' the last on Warner for a while and a precursor to `Trans'. Read more
Published on 12 Nov 2008 by Fletch-a-sketch
time is a great healer
Bought this album on initial release and as far as I was concerned it stank. He has really lost it this time, I thought ,so the album was binned. Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2008 by roy mansfield
Going for it!
If you want a smooth, sophisticated, purist sound then look elsewhere. If you want to listen to something raw, wild, rough and ready then this will be it. Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2007 by JP
Perhaps his most undeservedly under-rated album
I really can't understand the flak this album takes. This is a good full-on Neil and the Horse sonic attack. The songs are memorable, if not in the top rank of the Young canon. Read more
Published on 14 Dec 2006 by Ian Williams
Not good...
The recent re-release of four of Neil Young’s “lost albums” on CD begs the question why haven’t they been released before? Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2004 by nicjaytee
Disaster
A waste of time bringing this out on CD.The only decent track is "Shots" which has some great lyrics,but this song is far superior when he performs it on acoustic guitar! Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2003 by Callie
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
