Audio CD review:
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Zuma

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Zuma

Band: Neil Young & Crazy Horse Title: Zuma Rating: Release Date: 25 October, 1990 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Don't Cry No Tears 2: Danger Bird 3: Pardon My Heart 4: Lookin' For A Love 5: Barstool Blues 6: Stupid Girl 7: Drive Back 8: Cortez The Killer 9: Through My Sails

Editoral Review Recorded in 1975, Zuma exudes both a sense of focus and a tentative optimism, two qualities that were completely MIA from the bleak Time Fades Away/Tonight's the Night/On the Beach trilogy that preceded it. If Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere and Ragged Glory are the two finest studio albums Neil Young recorded with Crazy Horse, Zuma certainly qualifies as a close third. "Barstool Blues," "Don't Cry No Tears," and "Drive Back" are terse, punchy rockers, while "Danger Bird" and "Cortez the Killer" are extended guitar workouts in the grand Crazy Horse tradition. And the two acoustic entries--"Pardon My Heart" and "Through My Sails" (the latter was recorded with Crosby, Stills & Nash)--are absolutely gorgeous. Ignore the crappy cover art, and treat yourself to one of Young's most underrated records. --Dan Epstein .. You can see a complete list of all Neil Young & Crazy Horse discography, or go back to the Neil Young & Crazy Horse tabs