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[CRAZY-HORSE]

NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE "ragged glory" 1990,cd. #31 US, #15UK, #62Aust.

back around 1989 NY was already listening to his back catalogue of tapes in order to release his 2010 boxset "archives vol.1", it was during this back trekking that he realised that he loved the guitar sounds of things like "cowgirl in the sand","down by the river" etc from his "everybody knows this is nowhere" album and after the dissapointing 1980's sounds of his albums he wanted to get Crazy Horse back to what they do best...raw,passionate,warts 'n' all, one or two take recordings with little production.
the result was "ragged glory"!
critics and lots of NY fans call this style "grunge" because he was cited as a major influence to Eddie Vedder and Kurt Cobain, true, he was an influence to those two musicians...but so was James Taylor and Neil Finn, neither who could be compared to grunge in any way, shape or form!
this album is a good album of NY at his heaviest and loudest, but it is not a 'great' album, moreso a return to some half decent music after the horrible "geffen" years. and for the first time in a long while there are some great harmonies on this one.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: mother earth(natural anthem)
best track: mansion on the hill

tracks:

1. country home***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMxtOdf41dA audio
2. white line**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tnkSMYEfkQ audio
3. f#!kin' up**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewKdLEBcHRQ live
4. over and over*** #33 US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3PV8rDez5c video
5. love to burn**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoP_3NVuhO8 live
6. farmer john**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXOeNLs0EBY video
7. mansion on the hill*** #3 US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1WpgTzf8nk video
8. days that used to be**
9. love and only love**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvkmZ-5AmGw audio
10.mother earth(natural anthem)*

3s=3
2s=6
1s=1

rating: 2.2