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Neil Young: Reprise Records
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In the last couple of years Neil Young has become the Ol' Gramps of grunge music, trotting out on stage to prove to the skeptics that real rockers never get old. But it's a whitewash: Young hasn't just been running around forever making the same loud rock records - he's metamorphosed from one style to another over a career that spans three decades, trying so hard to be innovative that he's occasionally confused his own fans. His nasal, idiosyncratic tenor vocals, occasionally oblique and sarcastic lyrics, and rudimentary, but extraordinarily gritty and compelling lead guitar technique don't go over well with everyone, but they do mark him as a true original.
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Chrome Dreams II is a stunning collection of eight new and two classic Young songs. Recorded last summer in Northern California, musicians include Ben Keith (pedal steel guitar, dobro and other instruments), Ralph Molina (drums) and Rick Rosas (bass), who will all be performing in concert with Young.
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While his record company delayed the release of Tonight's the Night, Young recorded On the Beach (1974), which dealt with themes such as the downside of fame and the Californian lifestyle. Like Time Fades Away and Tonight's the Night, it sold poorly but would eventually become a critical favourite, presenting some of Young's most original work. In a review of the 2003 re-release on CD of On the Beach Derek Svennungsen described the music as "mesmerizing, harrowing, lucid, and bleary,"[19] a characterization that many would say is an apt description of the entire Ditch Trilogy.
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From the opening finger picked guitar that ushers in Painter it's clear that Young is in a reflective state of mind. When he hits the beautiful high notes singing "it's a long road behind me, it's a long road ahead" and the harmonies unfurl around an aching pedal steel it's enough to melt you heart. The pedal steel guitar playing on the whole record is breath taking. It surfaces again on Here For You and the broken lament of Falling off The Face of the Earth. The texture, the pure ache, adds a timeless feel to the material. It dips them in sliver plated melancholia and wraps them tightly in a warm embrace.
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In 1982, Geffen Records signed Young and gave him complete creative control. Young made some experimental albums that flopped, and Geffen sued him, claiming he was intentionally making commercially unsuccessful albums. He settled the suit and went back to his old label, Reprise, in 1988.
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Recorded in Miami, this is Neil and Stephen's woozy vacation concept album. All the vacation staples are here: the road trip ("Long May You Run"), one-night stands/bar pickups ("Make Love to You" and "Midnight by the Bay"), nautical exploration ("Black Coral" and "Ocean Girl") and of course, hotel/motel debauchery ("Fountainbleau"). Not the best LP either man ever put his name to, but OK for what it is.
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