Tuesday 4 December 2012

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2012: NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE - PSYCHEDELIC PILL

#09: NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE - PSYCHEDELIC PILL
Psychedelic Pill was Neil Youngs second album with Crazy Horse in 2012. Whereas the first, Americana, was a collection of covers, this is all new material and from the very first bars of ‘Driftin’ Back’, its unmistakeably a Crazy Horse record. This is Young’s 35thstudio album and he’s earned the right to make his own rules. Two CD’s with 4 tracks on each? Ok then. A 27 minutes opening track and two others that are 16 minutes long? Why not! Thats not to say that one of those minutes drags by. Let yourself be drawn in and you’ll be swept along and immersed in these epic pieces of music. Driftin’ Back is Youngs lament against poor quality digitial download’s (‘You just get 5% now, You used to get it all). Other high points are the bouncy Born In Ontario, and Twisted Road, both of which wouldn’t sound out of place on a Greatest Hits album. A record that improves with each listen, its classic Neil Young and his best work of recent years.  

Favourite Track: Ramada Inn


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