Neil Young 2000 onwards

[CRAZY-HORSE]

NEIL YOUNG "silver and gold" 2000, #22 US, #10 UK, #35 AU

this album was my introduction to Neil Young, it was recommended to me by a member an old music forum, "music365", of which i was a member back around 98-00, until it closed down, from this one i went to his triple set "decade" which blew me away, then "harvest" and the rest is history.
four of the tracks demo'd for this one ended up on the CSNY "looking foreward" album in the previous thread, the remaining ten tracks became this album on which Linda Ronstadt provides backing vocals.
surprisingly, the album opens up with a 'positive' sounding country/folk track entitled "good to see you" followed by five other really good songs that are equally positive by nature...a rarity for NY IMO.
the stand out track here is the reminiscing "buffalo springfield again" track in which NY looks back on the 'fonder times' of working with BS back in the 1960s, unfortunately, from track seven throught o the end the album dives completely into mind numbingly boring songs full of repeatition,its by no means a great Ny album but it did introduce me to his material other than the four of five tracks that radio play, and for that i am grateful i "saw the light".

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

tracks:

1. good to see you***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncdwBB9KIME audio
2. silver and gold**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2WNs1FAPeA audio
3. daddy went a walkin***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7znVQzOHKak live
4. buffalo springfield again***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57KhsEvCo7U live
5. the great divide**
6. horseshoe man**
7. red sun*
8. distant camera*
9. razor love*
10.without rings*

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

rating: 1.8