Neil Young - Homegrown

A Neil Young album that sounds really really Neil Young-ish.

I think it's great:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3j7WzGgjin1NyiOtZEOiMO

sounds exactly like a neil young album indeed

what are the odds

It's enjoyable, but not really 4 star material or something I'd find room for in a NY top 10, his other early-mid 70s stuff is in a different league. Some of the recent live archivals have been mint though.

Played it once last weekend while driving with the girlf. Sounded like 70s Neil Young alright. Nothing stood out, but perhaps on subsequent listens.

Ah, thanks for the reminder. 

Last few months been on a resurgent NY mission. Spurred on by a thread on the Drowned In Sound forum where fans are reviewing the great bands and artists in musical history. The NY thread in particular has kicked my arse back into gear and pull out a lot of his albums I love, and inspired me to listen to some I have just not bothered with while drifting and discovering pastures new.

Psychedelic Pill has melted my brain. And I've always been a huge fan of massive Crazy Horse guitar freak outs and huge distorted, swirling guitar riffs they do like no one else. And yeah the tracks are loooong (a 25min and two 16min cuts) and that is perfectly fine with me. Weld was the first album I ever heard from him and that follows a similar path.

I did put Homegrown on but cut after the second track as I realised I wasn't in the frame of mind for this style of Neil. I shall return when I'm more in the mood.

By the way, you'll be pleased to know they rated Aphex very, very highly. Seems he has a big following with Indie fans as well. Neil Young currently sitting in second place (how Aretha Franklin is in first I have no idea!)

Enjoy

https://community.drownedinsound.com/t/how-good-are-they-really-neil-young/39462

https://community.drownedinsound.com/t/how-good-are-they-really-aphex-twin/45777

Some of these guys know their tunes, if you go through most threads you'll find some good stuff to discover (not the Aphex one, as we are obviously masters of this particular domain )