Neil Young 1966-1975

[CRAZY-HORSE]

NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE "zuma" 1975. #25 US, #44 UK, #44 AU

with all the crap,mental stress, anphetamine,coke and booze problems behind him Young set to work on another Crazy Horse album, this one was recorded in a more traditional sense, being proper rehearsals and numerous takes in the studio, still no ovedubs and probably a bit under produced to reflect the raw nature of Crazy Horse playing style.
this is probably the most radio friendly album of his career, yet failed to get ariplay and decent sales...due in part to the dark,gloomy past releases, and this probably made fans wary of NY.
theres quite an eclectic mix of tracks on here from the Searchers sounding "dont cry no tears",through folk,country,country/pop,rock to the sublime epic "cortez the killer" about the Spanish Conquistador Cortez's murderous exploits in South America.the track is a follow on from the guitar solo songs from "everybody knows this is nowhere", only more mature musically and lyrically. theres even a track on here by CSNY in "through my sails", recorded during short lived rehearsals a couple of years previous.
this one is another classic NY album,as with all his material from the first decade of his proffessional music career,again, not a bad track in view.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

tracks:

1. dont cry no tears***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VrTSF-v8Vs audio
2. dangerbird**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u5gCiKq9...re=related audio
3. pardon my heart**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_ZXM5aaP...re=related audio
4. lookin' for a love***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFs_4N5PU...re=related audio
5. barstool blues***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsmWcxRSh...re=related audio
6. stupid girl**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UI9MlSjiRA audio
7. drive back**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68MlGo_INnc audio
8. cortez the killer***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GDIkb5CDUY live
9. through my sails**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9cHkX5Ng2o audio

3s=4
2s=5
1s=0

rating: 2.4