Audio CD review:
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Life

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Life

Band: Neil Young & Crazy Horse Title: Life Rating: Release Date: 27 March, 2006 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Mideast Vacation 2: Long Walk Home 3: Around The World 4: Inca Queen 5: Too Lonely 6: Prisoners Of Rock 'N' Roll 7: Cryin' Eyes 8: When Your Lonely Heart Breaks 9: We Never Danced

Customer Reviews Neil Young meets Bon Jovi. It ain't a pretty sight No way. It's amazing what makes it on CD, you know that? I mean, come on, this? Uh-uh. It's like Young was trying to reinvent himself as an '80s superstar, complete with obnoxiously jingoistic lyrics and Big '80s production values ("Around the World"; "Mideast Vacation"; "Daddy Went Walkin'") - the lyrics are often trite ("Prisoners of Rock `n' Roll"; "Too Lonely"), and if that weren't bad enough, "Cryin' Eyes" has an intro virtually lifted from "Prisoners". The tracks that aren't overproduced '80s rock are mawkish ballads ("We Never Danced"; "When Your Lonely Heart Breaks"). The only song that I like is the one that I hear the most criticism for: "Inca Queen". Okay, so eight minutes is a bit too long, and the sound effects in the instrumental break are obnoxious, but it's got a nice melody and a decent atmosphere. I'm not about to call it Neil's definitive song, although I do like it a bit. This sucks. Stay away. Far away. It's like Neil decided to smash you over the head with his guitar repeated times. A Truely Enjoyable Album Aint his best. This album ROCKS where it needs to and gets mellow where it needs to. . . aint his worst- (I have them all) No over-extended jams here (sometimes Neil/Frank/Billy/Ralph sometimes don't know when to end a song). The songs here are efficient and striking. {cough} SUCKFEST!!! {cough, cough} Their brand of rock and roll blows my mind and then boils it away. Man, I friggen love Neil and The Horse. . . I would tell you a hundred rock and roll stories that I know from over the years about Neil Young and Crazy Horse, just being god damned amazing. Heres one. . . in 1981 they put out re*ac*tor. An album that wasn't great by any means, made only to fufill a contract with their label at the time. . . but at least showcased the outfit in the way you want. ROCKIN like nobodys business. Emotional and heavy, with jams that kill. Go buy that one. . . this 1987 album LIFE, is crap. THE ONLY Crazy Horse album I would not recommend. Oh wait. . wait. . 2003's Greendale kind of sucks too. Stay away from that one as well. Other than that, there isn't a bad Neil Young album with Crazy Horse. In fact, all of them are pretty friggen stellar. I don't know what happened here. Theres songs like INCA QUEEN (errrrr-I quiver). . some songs could have been ok, like PRISONERS OF ROCK AND ROLL but the eighties sound just makes its presence way too obvious, and whats going on with the song AROUND THE WORLD? It sounds like Neil is showing us his best Bruce Springsteen Born In The USA impression. . and it ain't that great. Bottom Line. . . STAY AWAY. . . newbies, heres a list of incredible Neil Young Crazy Horse albums. . . RUST NEVER SLEEPS, EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE, RAGGED GLORY, ZUMA, TONIGHTS THE NIGHT (not billed as a Crazy Horse album but it is. . ) WELD, BROKEN ARROW, SLEEPS WITH ANGELS (also not as rockin as Crazy Horse could be but a hell of a lot better than this one) and LIVE RUST. again re*ac*tor also rocks, it's just a little goofy like in spots. That's a lot to choose from, plus the endless catalouge of Neils other stuff. If you have all of this you are good. This album made me cry. . . and not in a good way. yikes. . You can see a complete list of all Neil Young & Crazy Horse discography, or go back to the Neil Young & Crazy Horse tabs