release date: Oct. 23, 2007
format: digital
[album rate: 2,5 / 5] [2,68]
producer: Neil Young & Niko Bolas [as "The Volume Dealers"]
label: Reprise Records - nationality: Canada
29th studio album by Neil Young. The album is one of his more mixed albums. Some tracks are quiet blending country rock, traditional folk and singer / songwriter, whereas others are hard rock and garage rock-styled, which makes it a bit of a strange collection. It sounds like a compilation of tracks coming from various albums and periods. The title refers to the fact that an album Chrome Dreams had been shelved back around 1977 - an album that also contained songs of mixed styles and influences. Perhaps, Young also felt the ambiguity and basically found it hard to find a direction at the time, since what was released was the mixed album American Stars 'n Bars (1977).
I'm not really impressed by this, and it seems that Young - once again - has found himself lost in the current time. It's been a while since he has released a truly great album, and this is not one of those.
[ allmusic.com, Uncut, 4 / 5, Rolling Stone, The Guardian 3 / 5 stars ]
