Neil Young 1989-1999

[CRAZY-HORSE]

NEIL YOUNG "mirror ball" 1995. #5 US, #4 UK, #7 AU

another hugely successful album release and one that seems to be lost in the haze of time by most people.
as previously stated NY had a lot of common ground with the Grunge scene and a lot of his material with Crazy Horse has the Grunge feel to it but to say NY is grunge or created grunge is laughable, he did however give inspiration to a lot of bands from that genre and his biggest fan was Eddie Vedder, and it may well have been inevitable that he eventually do something musically with a grunge band....in this case Pearl Jam feature on this on as NY's backing band.
i do like this album and although all the songs were recorded over two studio sessions, they do lack something that Crazy Horse had. i cant put my finger on it but it appears that these guys are proffessional musicians and masters of their craft whereas The Horse were a ragged band of misfits who couldnt hold an even tempo and appear amatuerish in their playing technique.
the other thing thats lets this one down is that all the songs have a similar beat and sound very similar to the previous track, on the upside there are some beautiful harmonies to compliment Neil's vocals.
Pearl Jam released a companion "ep" entitled "merkinball" to compliment this album on which Young plays guitar.
i suspect this album may be a good one for todays youth to aquaint themselves with Neil Young as Pearl Jam have always had a good following all over the world.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: scenery
best track: downtown

tracks:

1. song x**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQF_IYdrPjo live
2. act of love***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqXT-YR2Tmw live
3. im the ocean***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt98mHPI4...re=related live
4. big green country**
5. truth be known*
6. downtown*** #6 US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo-4viCN_w4 video
what happened yesterday(interlude)
7. peace and love** #34 US
8. throw your hatred down**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxpAFjMxc40 live
9. scenery*
fallen angel (epilogue)

3s=3
2s=4
1s=2

rating: 2.0