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Chrome Dreams 2
Any big Neil fan will like this cd its always interesting to hear what Neil Young is saying he is quite the storyteller. Ordinary People & No hidden path are nice long jams-good stuff
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Best Neil since Harvest, honestly!
What the....4 and 5 star ratings everywhere, I dont get it. How can you be that disillusioned or naive. This is an embarrassing album for Neil, I am sorry. If this were released by ANY new artist it would be a career ender for sure. I am in a Neil "phase" right now , happens about once a year, where I listen to his first 10 albums over and over and over, up until around Rust Never Sleeps. This stuff is the bomb, classic, timeless and untouchable. I will even tolerate his 80's Geffen catalogue , Trans, Reactor, Blue Notes etc. What was once regarded as also embarrassing I find quite interesting now.
With the exception of Greendale, I consider his last 4-5 albums to be really bad and getting worse and worse. Living with War was worth 1-2 listens for its immediacy but after repeated listenings I couldn't stand listening to that "Drums 101" track on every song, Are you Passionate has that same damn track, I know its not a machine but it might have darn well been. The same wanky leads on every song. Neil has options to play with anyone of his previous brilliant band members but he is wasting their talents on these brainless rhythms.
More of the same on Chrome Dreams II, totally dumbed down music and lyrics that are almost laughable. How can you associate this album with the former Chrome Dreams from the mid-70s that had Powderfinger, Like a Hurricane and even Homegrown on it. Some people in these reviews are comparing song by song from each of the 2 albums "Like a Hurricane" vs "you name the crappy track", come on people ...can we take some reality pills here? If "Ordinary People" is the standout track on this album and a song that ranks in the top 20 of Neil's catelogue, like many are claiming here, then we are all in more trouble than we think. The best reviews are the ones calling Chrome Dreams II "Album of the Year". I suppose yes if you are only buying one album a year and it happens to be a Neil Young album.
Sorry I'm grumpy but I bought this album based on all the 5 Stars and was completely in disbelief when I listened to it for the first time.
I am not calling for Neil's head here, I want everyone on the planet to go out and buy every single album he has ever made....but, based on quality and merit, not because he is "Neil" brilliant and flawless. Buy it all , Trans, Shocking Pinks, Prairie Wind etc, like it, dont like it, I dont care but don't try and convince the masses that every new piece of poop that gets passed is more glorious than the last one. Please don't stack these records track for track, pound for pound agaist Harvest, Comes a Time nor Freedom. Its like you are trying to rationalize the existance of these songs using history to back up your arguments. New songs are really supposed to stand tall on there own are they not?
Neil, sorry man, I will always be one of the faithful, til the day I die but PLEASE slow it down, instead of a bad album a year, try doing a good one every 2 years or so. Age gracefully, I still believe you have what it takes to do some amazing work in the future. I dont want your legacy to be ruined by sub-standard material, you have rebounded before, you can do it again.
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Finally - A Keeper!
Man, it took awhile, but here it is: a truly good Neil CD. Since Mirror Ball, I've been buying his CD's hoping "this is it". It never was. Even the Amazon reviews over the years trumpeted the latest CD at that time as his best in 20 years, but after listening, I couldn't agree. So I skeptically bought this one too(I'm a fool for Neil's music, and I don't want to miss out on what might be a good Neil album). Eureka! He reached deep into that creative well that I was starting to think might have gone dry, and came up with this gem. If I were you, I'd be skeptical. In fact, I'd be skeptical of this review - that's just the way it's been for too long, but if you pass on this one, you'll be sorry.
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Spiritual Musings from an Astonishing Old Codger
Out of the wild blue yonder comes Chrome Dreams II.
Neil Young seems on a rampage and the result is totally remarkable.
The music ranges from tightly controlled sweetness to an overwhelming wall of sound at least as intense as vintage Crazy Horse at its most out of control, only this time the music is made by Young and a few of his greybeard buddies.
This is about a quest - it's about seeking and finding.
As Young sings in Boxcar -
I'm just a passenger on this old freight train
I ride a boxcar through the night
It doesn't matter where I might get off
It doesn't matter where I light
But really it does, and this becomes evident as the songs unfold.
Ordinary People, the album's eighteen minute tour de force, describes a world of darkness and despair.
And then - I'll let the lyrics speak for themselves...
Shining Light
Shining light, you always showed me
You always guide me. I don't know where I'm goin'
Show me now. I'm waiting to see you
I'm waiting to feel you around me again
Show me your love. Show me your kind love
Share your compassion. Let me feel mine
Shed your light all around me
Now that you've found me and I've found you
The Believer
And though the seas may rise
Until they do
I keep doin' the things I'm doin'
And believe in you
I'm makin' the change
I'm keepin' my faith in you
Spirit Road
There's a long highway in your mind
The spirit road that you must find
To get you home to peace again
Where you belong my love lost friend
No Hidden Path
Sometimes when I go walkin'
Among the tall trees
I feel the light comin' down on me
Under moon, under sun
I feel the chosen one
Through the mist come walkin' here with me
Show me the way and I'll follow you today
Show me the way and I'll follow you today
The Way
If you're lost and think you can't be found
We know the way, we've got the way
We'll lead the way
To get you back home
To the place where you belong
Young might well have called this "Harvest" but he used that name in another season long ago.
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Neil Young holding his own
Neil Young continues his high level of performance, while his themes remain fresh and entertaining, on edge and critical, Neil forever Young!
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