Neil Young 2000 onwards

[CRAZY-HORSE]

NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE "psychadelic pill" 2012. #8 US, #28 AU, #14 UK, #7 CAN

Neil's thirty-second solo album(not counting soundtracks,CSNY,Buffalo Springfield,Stills-Young Band,live and compilations)....
its also his fourth album in just three years,his second of 2012 with Crazy Horse....
"americana"(the previous covers album) was just the warm up for this one...
theres nine tracks on this double cd, three of which pass the sixteen minute mark, the opener "driftin' back" lasts a staggering twenty-seven minutes...
that one starts off nice and acoustic, then builds into an extended jam with Young muttering stupid lines in an attempt to self promote his then autobiography and his digital music system 'pono'....the track is bad really, it just goes on for about twenty minutes too long...
"walk like a giant", another sixteen minutes long is a lament into how his peace-loving/hippie generation failed to 'change the world' it actually sounds like he is refering to buffalo Springfield and CSNY inparticular....
the other lengthy track "ramada inn" recalls his younger years in love,whether he is talking about his wife Peggi or someone else isnt clear, but it doesnt matter...
all of the above tracks are okay, they are just way too lengthy overall....
then theres the title track...its as it is, very psychadelic with plenty of swirling loops and vocal distortions on the first version(theres two versions on the album), the second version is pretty much a standard straight foreward CH song, i prefer this one.
other tracks on this one appear to self promote his autobiography "waging heavy peace" also...
i guess writing your life story at the same time brings back memories and the obvious subject matter for songs so we cant really knock him for that...
melodies and tunes on here are pretty run of the mill stuff, nothing really exciting, and nothing that would stand up alongside his great albums.

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: driftin' back
bes track: born in ontario

tracks:

1. driftin' back *
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmHljOmSw6I video
2. psychadelic pill *
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq76PDY0ymg video
3. ramada inn *
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bi64Y55LEU video
4. born in ontario ***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1woTG_DaTuw video
5. twisted road ***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCbEOT4PTDc video
6. she's always dancing *
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BytPl-AGZYw video
7. for the love of man **
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLbNv_ftboY video
8. walk like a giant *
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub1qw2MmVOM video
9. psychadelic pill(alternate version) **
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFSPu2oyYW8 audio

3s=2
2s=2
1s=5

rating: 1.6