NEIL YOUNG "storytone"

[CRAZY-HORSE]

NEIL YOUNG "storytone"

if you take into account CSNY,Stills-Young Band,Buffalo Springfield
his movie soundtracks and his solo output alone and with Crazy-
Horse this one is somewhere around #50 in his studio releases
since 1966....now thats pretty prolific by anyone's standards...
the problem is, when youre that prolific you are bound to make a
few hiccup's on the way...
this album, comes in two versions, a single disc which features the ten
tracks recorded with Orchestra's and others with a Big Band.
the other version contains that disc plus another disc of the same songs
recorded solo by Neil, some piano tracks,some acoustic guitar tracks and a few of
those that also include his harmonica...
i cannot decide which disc works best overall, because some tracks work better with
the Big Band,others best with just Neil solo...
the problem i have with this album is that there is little variety in the melodies.
subject matter for the most part is also predominantly single themed.
most of it relates to his wife and the things he regrets, others apply an
environmental theme, sometimes the two themes overlap....
lyrically, its pretty good....
musically,its pretty boring....
vocally,Neil sounds uninspired like he's going through the motions...
all up though, its not very good,very average for Neil Young infact, but that
said, it is an improvement on his last five or six releases....
i will give Neil Young one last chance to redeem himself with his next album,
if he fails to impress my again...i will give up on Neil Young and stick with my
back catalogue of his material

album rating: 1.5

from the album:

the full album for anyone interested....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDQbJP0PxUM