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Ragged Glory by: Neil Young List Price: £9.99 CD-Charts Price: £7.98 You Save: £2.01 (20%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0075992631525 Label: Reprise Records Manufacturer: Reprise Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Reprise Records Release Date: September 10, 1990 Studio: Reprise Records Sales Rank: 15607 MPN: 26315 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: After a long period of unfocused weirdness, Young spotted grunge around the corner and declared unity with the loud, scruffy sounds coming from Seattle. The countryish ballads, such as the opening "Farmer John", get roaring Crazy Horse treatment, and the headbanging "Fuckin' Up" is the most self-effacing rock anthem since the Who recorded "I'm a Boy". Amid the clatter, though, there is beauty: Crazy Horse's sympathetic backup vocals turn "Mansion on the Hill" into a pretty pop song despite the electric guitars, and even the white noise that closes the 1990 album is soothing in a scream-therapy kind of way. --Steve Knopper Description: Neil Young and Crazy Horse came roaring into the '90s astride a powerful beast named RAGGED GLORY. During this time, Young was being heralded as the "Godfather Of Grunge", and this album went a long way towards reinforcing this moniker. Never before has heavy guitar crunch swung in such a melodic and forceful way. With the slightest hint of a twang and somerelaxed harmonising, "Country Home" chugs confidently alongin contrast to the slash-and-burn explosiveness of "F*#in' Up". The subtle country flourishes abound on this record whether it's Young borrowing the title to the psychedelic hideaway "Mansion On The Hill" from a Hank Williams song or "White Line" giving an idea of what Williams might sound like if he had a stack of Marshalls. Having developed a solid chemistry from playing together for almost twenty years, Young & Crazy Horse's penchant for extended jams is reflected on the opuses "Love To Burn" and "Love And Only Love", both of which rank alongside other tour de forces such as "Cowgirl In The Sand". This muscular ten-song set ends with "Mother Earth (Natural Anthem)", an environmental tribute that is essentially a choral soundscape recorded live at the Hoosier Dome. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - GrungeSo it's fair to say that without Neil Young's "dirty" guitar sound, perhaps grunge may not have been what we know today. From Pearl Jam working extensively with the man to Kurt Cobain quoting him in his suicide note, Neil Young was a driving influence. So in 1990, after the somewhat low key release of Nirvana's "Bleach," it begins to look like a new breed of musician may be coming out of Seattle, perhaps the torch is going to be passed on, and what Young started will be taken to its logical conclusion? Then Neil Young and Crazy Horse strike out with an album that proves that they not only influenced this scene, they can define it too. An album from a band in its third decade that just screams to be recognised as a contemporary of the likes of ... Read More: Rating:  - ****1/2 - ragged but warmI don't know if "Ragged Glory" is glorious, excactly, but it is certainly ragged, with lots of gritty power chords and Neil Young's smouldering guitar solos screaming with overdrive. The tempo is generally brisk, and the tunes are melodic with catchy choruses. They are long, too, clocking in at over an hour for ten tracks, with two closely related ten-minute epics, "Love To Burn" and "Love And Only Love". "Ragged Glory" is not as varied or as original as some of Young's classic albums, but it has plenty of highlights, and the songwriting is generally strong. The warm, melodic "Country Home" is one of Neil Young's best latter-day songs, as is the grand "Love To Burn". "Farmer John" is another great, tough riff-rocker, and other ... Read More: Rating: - Ragged GeniusWhen they get older, most musicians are a shadow of their former selves. Not so with Neil Young. Ragged Glory is one of his best albums ever, not just in his later years. It was recorded live in the studio and the energy it captures is nothing short of stunning. It is a set dripping with loud guitars in that shambolic way only Neil & Horse know how to do. Right from the opener, 'Country House', which is such a great track, the intensity of the music does not let anywhere on the album. If you hav'nt got into Neil Young, you really don't know what you are missing. Pure genius. Rating: - Ragged GeniusWhen they get older, most musicians are a shadow of their former selves. Not so with Neil Young. Ragged Glory is one of his best albums ever, not just in his later years. It was recorded live in the studio and the energy it captures is nothing short of stunning. It is a set dripping with loud guitars in that shambolic way only Neil & Horse know how to do. Right from the opener, 'Country House', which is such a great track, the intensity of the music does not let anywhere on the album. If you hav'nt got into Neil Young, you really don't know what you are missing. Pure genius. Rating: - Mr Young's bestBrilliant album, in my top 3 albums of all time. No fillers at all. I hate to use the cliched word "anthem" but there are loads on here - Mansion on the hill and Love and only love being the best. Disagree with the other reviewers -F##kin up is good rocking fun, and Farmer John just makes me laugh. Whole album is much more akin to alternative rock, than naff country music. Forget "Wonderwall" - for really emotive music you can do no better than this! |
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