release date: Aug. 19, 2003
format: cd
[album rate: 3 / 5] [3,02]
producer: Neil Young, L.A. Johnson
label: Reprise Records - nationality: Canada
Track highlights: 1. "Falling From Above" (3 / 5) - 2. "Double E" - 6. "Bandit" - 10. "Be The Rain" (3 / 5)
26th studio album by Neil Young is released as Neil Young & Crazy Horse, although, Crazy Horse guitarist Frank 'Poncho' Sampedro doesn't play on the album - apparently, because Young felt that the album should only have room for one guitar. The album is a concept album describing the life and struggles of a small town American family living in Greendale and is held in a singer / songwriter folk rock and blues rock style with stress on folk.
I purchased the album without having listened to a single track from it, and I was disappointed. It's better than my initial thoughts though, but I find it too bluesy and without truly great songs. The narrative may be interesting but I don't buy music to listen to a story... only, and the music is not really down my alley.
[ allmusic.com 3,5 / 5, Rolling Stone 4 / 5 stars ]
