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Music CD - Neil Young: Chrome Dreams II
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Music CD: Chrome Dreams II
Artist: Neil Young
List Price: $18.98
Our Price: $6.17
Your Save: $ 12.81 ( 67% )
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Manufacturer: Reprise / Wea
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Tracks:
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1. Beautiful Bluebird 3:30
2. Boxcar 3:15
3. Ordinary People 18:13
4. Shining Light 4:33
5. The Believer 2:38
6. Spirit Road 5:01
7. Dirty Old Man 2:52
8. Ever After 3:32
9. No Hidden Path 11:31
10. The Way 5:15
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0093624991717
Label: Reprise / Wea
Manufacturer: Reprise / Wea
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Reprise / Wea
Release Date: 2007-10-23
Studio: Reprise / Wea
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Just a passenger.
Comment: And another great album from old shakey.neil in my book can do no wrong.ordinary people,box car,no hidden path and spirit road,to name some gems.similar to freedom,great cd from the best!
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Summary: Another fine piece of work from a great musican !!!!! A+
Comment: As usaual Neil comes out with another great piece of work,I myself am a Neil Acoustic fan but have everyone of his cds and love all this mans work,what would we have done without him in this crazy world !!!!!
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Summary: Chrome Dreams 2
Comment: Any big Neil fan will like this cd its always interesting to hear what Neil Young is saying he is quite the storyteller. Ordinary People & No hidden path are nice long jams-good stuff
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Summary: Best Neil since Harvest, honestly!
Comment: What the....4 and 5 star ratings everywhere, I dont get it. How can you be that disillusioned or naive. This is an embarrassing album for Neil, I am sorry. If this were released by ANY new artist it would be a career ender for sure. I am in a Neil "phase" right now , happens about once a year, where I listen to his first 10 albums over and over and over, up until around Rust Never Sleeps. This stuff is the bomb, classic, timeless and untouchable. I will even tolerate his 80's Geffen catalogue , Trans, Reactor, Blue Notes etc. What was once regarded as also embarrassing I find quite interesting now.
With the exception of Greendale, I consider his last 4-5 albums to be really bad and getting worse and worse. Living with War was worth 1-2 listens for its immediacy but after repeated listenings I couldn't stand listening to that "Drums 101" track on every song, Are you Passionate has that same damn track, I know its not a machine but it might have darn well been. The same wanky leads on every song. Neil has options to play with anyone of his previous brilliant band members but he is wasting their talents on these brainless rhythms.
More of the same on Chrome Dreams II, totally dumbed down music and lyrics that are almost laughable. How can you associate this album with the former Chrome Dreams from the mid-70s that had Powderfinger, Like a Hurricane and even Homegrown on it. Some people in these reviews are comparing song by song from each of the 2 albums "Like a Hurricane" vs "you name the crappy track", come on people ...can we take some reality pills here? If "Ordinary People" is the standout track on this album and a song that ranks in the top 20 of Neil's catelogue, like many are claiming here, then we are all in more trouble than we think. The best reviews are the ones calling Chrome Dreams II "Album of the Year". I suppose yes if you are only buying one album a year and it happens to be a Neil Young album.
Sorry I'm grumpy but I bought this album based on all the 5 Stars and was completely in disbelief when I listened to it for the first time.
I am not calling for Neil's head here, I want everyone on the planet to go out and buy every single album he has ever made....but, based on quality and merit, not because he is "Neil" brilliant and flawless. Buy it all , Trans, Shocking Pinks, Prairie Wind etc, like it, dont like it, I dont care but don't try and convince the masses that every new piece of poop that gets passed is more glorious than the last one. Please don't stack these records track for track, pound for pound agaist Harvest, Comes a Time nor Freedom. Its like you are trying to rationalize the existance of these songs using history to back up your arguments. New songs are really supposed to stand tall on there own are they not?
Neil, sorry man, I will always be one of the faithful, til the day I die but PLEASE slow it down, instead of a bad album a year, try doing a good one every 2 years or so. Age gracefully, I still believe you have what it takes to do some amazing work in the future. I dont want your legacy to be ruined by sub-standard material, you have rebounded before, you can do it again.
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Summary: Finally - A Keeper!
Comment: Man, it took awhile, but here it is: a truly good Neil CD. Since Mirror Ball, I've been buying his CD's hoping "this is it". It never was. Even the Amazon reviews over the years trumpeted the latest CD at that time as his best in 20 years, but after listening, I couldn't agree. So I skeptically bought this one too(I'm a fool for Neil's music, and I don't want to miss out on what might be a good Neil album). Eureka! He reached deep into that creative well that I was starting to think might have gone dry, and came up with this gem. If I were you, I'd be skeptical. In fact, I'd be skeptical of this review - that's just the way it's been for too long, but if you pass on this one, you'll be sorry.
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Editorial Reviews:
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What we have here is easily Mr. Young's finest work in years, one that erases the memory of his well-intentioned but anemic 2006 protest album, Living with War. Recorded using analog gear, with Crazy Horse drummer Ralph Molina, pedal steel guitarist Ben Keith, and Rick Rosas on bass, CD2 manages to sound both home-grown and experimental. It's the work of an artist still not afraid to take chances, who also knows what his strengths are and doesn't stray too far from them. Trainspotters will note that three of the ten songs were written but never released before, while we all might puzzle over the title. Chrome Dreams is the name of an unreleased album from 1977. So, why is this Chrome Dreams II? Is it a similar case to 1992's Harvest Moon, when Young went back to the virtual land of his 1972 hit Harvest to write more material in that vein? As the original was reportedly lost in a fire, we may never know. Chrome Dreams II offers up gorgeous, plaintive laments and country-tinged numbers sung in that achy breaky, heart-on-sleeve voice of Young's, as well as ragged barn-storming rockers delivered with a growl. There's even an 18-minute dirge that excitedly mixes R&B back-up horns with searing electric guitar leads! Wow. --Mike McGonigal
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