What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library (vinyl)



Another one of those back to the roots things. Come on Neil, we know where your roots are. Stop trying to trick us.
They are right here on this album. Perfect mix of country/rock/folk with Neils ninth solo album. Crazy Horse on a
couple of tracks (the band, not the MD member). The very versatile Nicolette Larson with very nice backing vocals
throughout. Only thing better could have been Emmylou. Interesting to read Human Highway was originally written as a
CSNY number, which never came to be. The only non-Neil written track here is Ian Tysons Four Strong Winds. I've
heard many versions of this, but this one has to be near the top, with Bobby Bare. Easier to list the tracks I don't
love on this album, which are Look Out For My Love, Peace Of Mind, and Motorcycle Mama (my worst track). Best track
Is Field Of Opportunity. Tough choice for best, till I get to this. Then it just kicks ass. The album was a return
to the top 10 for Neil, his first since Harvest. This and that are among his best for me. Now I gotta see what
CRAZY-HORSE said (the MD member, not the band).

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Motorcycle Mama

Best Track - Field Of Opportunity

I've been wrong before
And I'll be there again
I don't have
any answers my friend
Just this pile of old questions
My memory left me here
In the field of opportunity
It's plowin' time again.

I'm going' back to my house
But I'm not goin' now
It's too early
to be leaving here, somehow
Let me bore you with this story
"How my lover let me down"
While I borrow seeds of sadness
From the ground.

In the field of opportunity
It's plowin' time again.
There ain't no way of telling
Where these seeds
will rise or when
I'll just wait
around 'til springtime
And then, I'll find a friend
In the field of opportunity
It's plowin' time again.

When I'm all done cultivatin'
I'll be rockin' on the porch
Tryin' to picture
you and where you are
And there'll be no hesitatin'
When Cupid lights the torch
With those headlights
comin' down the hill
Between the stars.

In the field of opportunity
It's plowin' time again.
There ain't no way of telling
Where these seeds
will rise or when
I'll just wait
around 'til springtime
And then, I'll find a friend
In the field of opportunity
It's plowin' time again.

1) Goin' Back ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7xGxDQ5FeI
2) Comes A Time **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TeLSgncU_4
3) Look Out For My Love **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejAZ6yN2q0w
4) Lotta Love ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhQr0kndwBE
5) Peace Of Mind **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vADIWgcQ1I
6) Human Highway ***
7) Already One ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K_joC3TkBs - tough one for me
8) Field Of Opportunity ***
live - http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2w0n3_...nity_music - nothing on youtube, but this was a nice find
9) Motorcycle Mama **
10) Four Strong Winds ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfZes9fFmXc

3's - 7
2's - 3
1's - 0

Grade - 2.7
allmusic - 2.6