#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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