Neil Young 1976-1988

[CRAZY-HORSE]

NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE "rust never sleeps" 1979,cd. #8 US, #8 AU, #13 UK

almost a perfect album this one, no, im not just saying that because im a NY fan, this was one of the first of his albums i bought and it blew me sideways immediately...and still does.
theres folk,country,rock and his grungy type material on this one, the album was recorded live but the audience participation segments were erased from the final mix, it found its way with additional tracks and the cheers/clapping etc as the superb live set "live rust" the following year in 1980.
the album is split into two halves, one acoustic based, the other more rocky. theres an acoustic and an electric version of "my my hey hey" on here. it also contains three of the greatest pieces of storytelling in rock history in "thrasher", "pocahontas" and "powderfinger" IMO.
Neil Young has had many ups and downs in his long career,and this is one of those great "up" moments, and when he is on fire as he is here he has no peer.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM


worst track: my my hey hey(out of the blue)
best track: powderfinger

tracks:

1. my my hey hey(out of the blue)**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY5x8pF512k live
2. thrasher***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t00MXZKbW0M live
3. ride my llama***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC4ZTeJr2PA audio
4. pocahontas***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHBONkfwu8w live audio
5. sail away***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yETyEVbauOQ audio
6. powderfinger***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV3wBhPYArw live
7. welfare mothers***
8. sedan delivery***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy_aaYtRo80 audio
9.hey hey my my(into the black)***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O1v_7T6p8U live

3s=8
2s=1
1s=0

rating: 2.8