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Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II
| Guardian | | Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen, the twin peaks of American rock'n'roll, have lately fallen into a rhythm. Last April the pair released protest albums at the same time, Young making pleas to 'impeach the president' on Living with War, while Springsteen, on We Shall Overcome, reworked some Pete Seeger anthems that had involved a previous American adventure abroad....full text |
| | Amazon | | What we have here is easily Mr. Young's finest work in years, one that erases the memory of his well-intentioned but anemic 2006 protest album, Living with War. Recorded using analog gear, with Crazy Horse drummer Ralph Molina, pedal steel guitarist Ben Keith, and Rick Rosas on bass, CD2 manages to sound both home-grown and experimental. It's the work of an artist still not afraid to take chances, who also knows what his strengths are and doesn't stray too far from them....full text |
| | Ew | | Neil Young has come up with some nutty album concepts over the years. (Remember when he sang most of 1982's electronic Trans through a vocoder?) But releasing a sequel to an unreleased record is peculiar even for him. The title of his latest, Chrome Dreams II, refers to Chrome Dreams, a collection that came tantalizingly close to hitting stores in 1977 before Young mysteriously shelved it. Had it seen daylight, the original and widely bootlegged Dreams might have been one of his defining LPs, since it included early versions of eventual classics like ''Powderfinger'' and ''Like a Hurricane....full text |
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