Neil Young & Crazy Horse - WORLD RECORD new, Rick Rubin-produced album 2022*

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by jlf, Sep 2, 2022.

  1. Jake362

    Jake362 Mystic Knight of the Oingo Boingo

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    Dallas, TX
    This is probably my favorite Neil since Le Noise
     
  2. paw

    paw Forum Resident

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    I live in the Netherlands- a couple never means two. 20 years, 22 years, not much difference for me.
     
  3. Bill007

    Bill007 Forum Resident

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    I can’t read thru all these posts so just wondering if there is a general consensus or at least a majority opinion as to how this record compares to his other recent releases over the last few years.
     
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  4. qtrules

    qtrules Forum Resident

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    and to think, there was a chance that prairie wind could have been his last album.
     
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  5. Macca Havana

    Macca Havana Well-Known Member

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    I love Rick Rubin's low-fi production that enables the album to sound organic, live and intimate. Again no really weak tracks and the album is more mellow and atypical in parts - e.g. the music style of Love Earth. But when the Crazy Horse guitars move to centre stage they are powerful. Having Chevrolet on a separate CD is unusual, but I can see that it's theme may not fit so well with the 'save the planet' theme of the tracks on CD1. Nevertheless, Chevrolet is a standout, classic NYCH 15 minute track.

    I liked Colorado and Barn also, but this album, with the Rick Rubin input, I find to be more musically diverse and inventive and a more cohesive album.
     
  6. onlycastlesburning

    onlycastlesburning it’s all one song

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    consensus seems to like this one a bit more than the last 2 albums...which is surprising. I think the variety of songs is what's making it more interesting.
     
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  7. ExHead

    ExHead Forum Resident

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    I don’t find it to be an improvement over Barn or Colorado, except for Chevrolet.
     
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  8. INSW

    INSW Senior Member

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    Love Barn, not crazy about Colorado. Still early but I strongly dislike the softer ones on World Record, and I'm lukewarm on the heavier stuff, even Chevrolet.
     
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  9. John D.

    John D. Senior Member

    My vote is for a single 12" extended release of Chevrolet, the rest of these tunes I can pass on.
     
  10. privit1

    privit1 Senior Member

    Waiting for mine to arrive got to love the Greedy hand store.
    But it sounds like this will be a keeper.

    I just don't understand why Green dale is so unliked its 100 percent in you face who gives a f... Neil
     
  11. Alright4now

    Alright4now Forum Resident

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    Colorado/Barn/World Record are obviously siblings.

    Could be fun to piece together a 40 minute "album" comprising of the best songs from those brothers. Maybe I'll think on it over the holiday.
     
  12. Stone Turntable

    Stone Turntable Independent Head

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    Pretty valid rankings. As for Storytone, have you checked out the Mixed Pages of Storytone version? That’s where it clicked for me.

    Neil is so weird. And releasing multiple variants of the same music (Greendale, Living With War, Storytone) is one of those weirdnesses, but sometimes it helps to finally get it across to a stubborn listener like me.
     
  13. Zeki

    Zeki Forum Resident

    Greendale is to Neil what The Final Cut is to Pink Floyd. 25% love it, 25% hate it. The other 50% are in the middle. (Based on my unprofessional, layman’s, analysis of Forum posts! :D )
     
  14. lucan_g

    lucan_g Forum Resident

    How much of that dislike is the subject matter?
     
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  15. JackOfAllTrades

    JackOfAllTrades It's only my opinion

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    Similar. No love for Colorado but I think Barn is pretty special. World record is a bit ‘twee’ for me.
     
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  16. dtuck90

    dtuck90 Forum Resident

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    Got my download code from support and my clear vinyl has now shipped
     
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  17. Poke

    Poke Forum Resident

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    I listened to it this morning. I gotta say, the only track that I would even halfway want to revisit is Chevrolet. The rest are completely forgettable in my opinion. I still appreciate that he is so productive and producing new music, but my favorite Neil is rock god guitar hero Neil and I think at this point of his career that is probably over with.
     
  18. Zeki

    Zeki Forum Resident

    10 song album (if I cut ‘Chevrolet’, and I’m not adverse to doing that as it’s in the so-so category for me, I could meet the approximate 40 minute mark) at 53 minutes.

    1)Think Of Me (C)
    2)Help Me Lose My Mind (C)
    3)The World Is In Trouble Now (W)
    4)Green Is Blue (C)
    5)They Might Be Lost (B)
    6)Love Earth (W)
    7)Welcome Back (B)
    8)Heading West (B)
    9)Chevrolet (W)
    10)This Old Planet (Changing Days) (W)

    Draft track order. Subject to change!
     
  19. INSW

    INSW Senior Member

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    Georgia
    Zero
     
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  20. Endre Lunde

    Endre Lunde Well-Known Member

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    Pretty good list! But Think of Me does nothing for me, but Milky Way I love. I swap those. Minor changes elsewhere.
     
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  21. Cracklebarrel

    Cracklebarrel Forum Resident

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    Here's a hot take for ya: Chances of any given new Neil Young being listenable are greater than new McCartney.

    :hide:

    That said, McCartney is a hero for me in a way Neil isn't...
     
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  22. Big Blue

    Big Blue Forum Resident

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    Wisconsin
    This is how I see them, and I like all 3, more than the Neil albums that came before them (which is no surprise, he’s usually up a notch or two with Crazy Horse).
     
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  23. Alright4now

    Alright4now Forum Resident

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    2022 McCartney isn't much of a measuring stick.
     
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  24. ExHead

    ExHead Forum Resident

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    Yeah the piano and pump organ songs are weak.
     
  25. Kevin j

    Kevin j The 5th 99

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    He can still bring it live…or at least he could 3 years ago.
     
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