release date: Apr. 12, 1988
format: cd
[album rate: 3,5 / 5]
Tracklist: 1. "Ten Men Workin' " (3,5 / 5) - 2. "This Note's for You" (3,5 / 5) - 3. "Coupe de Ville" (4 / 5) - 4. "Life in the City" (3,5 / 5) - 5. "Twilight" - 6. "Married Man" - 7. "Sunny Inside" - 8. "Can't Believe Your Lyin' " - 9. "Hey Hey" - 10. "One Thing"
17th studio album by Neil Young is released as Neil Young & The Bluenotes. I have never understood why this album didn't receive better reviews. My only explanation for this is that fans saw this as another step into experimentation just to show that he could also manage the blues. Yes, he has released music in so many styles that people never really knew what to expect, when all they ever wanted was Neil Young playing folk rock within a certain context, and then they often got something else, at least in the '80s. Beside that, I have a soft spot for this album, although, I'm not really a blues man, I love the softer ballads like "Coupe de Ville", "Twilight", "Can't Believe Your Lyin' ", and "One Thing", but also the faster blues rock songs like "Life in the City", "Sunnyside", and the near Creedence Clearwater track "Hey Hey". The title track received a lot of attention with its bold criticism of famous people selling their soul for money, like Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston earning millions of $ on Pepsi commercials, which led to legal threats from Mr. Jackson's lawyers against Young for his personal attack, and they also managed to have MTV ban the music video for a period of time, although, the same music channel eventually praised it as Best Video of the Year (1989).
