Neil Young with Crazy Horse - Americana (2012)

Posted By: Hungry Mind
Date: June 12, 2012

Neil Young with Crazy Horse - Americana (2012)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 427 MB | Scans JPG - 353 MB
Genre: rock, folk | RAR 5% Rec. | Label: Reprise Records | CAT # 9362-49508-5

Getting the band back together for the first time since 2003, Neil Young corrals Crazy Horse through Americana, a collection comprised primarily of old folk songs – not the weird, forgotten ones scholars have excavated, but the familiar ones taught in elementary schools from sea to shining sea. Ornery git that he is, Neil doesn’t follow his own concept to the letter, finding a way to shoehorn the Silhouettes’ rocking doo wop classic “Get a Job” and the British commonwealth anthem “God Save The Queen” into Americana, their presence suggesting a possible political component to the record. Or perhaps those were the songs Young felt like playing that day. With an album as ungainly as Americana, either concept is possible and any clarity is crushed by the Horse’s heavy-footed stomp. Here, once again graced by the presence of guitarist Frank Sampedro, who sat out 2003’s rock opera Greendale, Crazy Horse stumble and lurch as they pound the same three chords they’ve been bashing out for 40 years. Always garage rock primitives, Crazy Horse sound downright amateurish on Americana and sometimes, this cacophony can be oddly compelling, particularly when a children's chorus – the better to underscore these songs’ origins, perhaps – are brought into the mix, inevitably leading to everybody piling on top of each other.


Atlanta info

Americana is the first album from Neil Young & Crazy Horse in nearly nine years. Crazy Horse is: Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina, Poncho Sampedro, and Neil Young. As you ll see from the track-listing, Americana is collection of classic, American folk songs. In their day, some of these may have been referred to as "protest songs," "murder ballads," or campfire-type songs passed down with universal, relatable tales for everyman. Some of these compositions which, like "Tom Dooley" and "Oh Susannah," were written in the 1800s, while others, like "This Land Is Your Land" (utilizing the original, widely misinterpreted "deleted verses") and "Get A Job," are mid-20th-century folk classics. It s also interesting to note that "God Save The Queen," Britain s national anthem, also became the de facto national anthem of sorts before the establishment of The Union as we know it until we came to adopt our very own "The Star Spangled Banner," which has been recognized for use as early as 1889 and made our official national anthem in 1931. Each of these compositions is very much part of the fabric of our American heritage; the roots of what we think of as "Americana" in cultural terms, using songs as a way of passing along information and documenting our past. What ties these songs together is the fact that while they may represent an America that may no longer exist, the emotions and scenarios behind these songs still resonate with what s going on in the country today with equal, if not greater impact nearly 200 years later. The lyrics reflect the same concerns and are still remarkably meaningful to a society going through economic and cultural upheaval, especially during an election year. They are just as poignant and powerful today as the day they were written.

TRACKLIST
1. Oh Susannah
2. Clementine
3. Tom Dula
4. Gallows Pole
5. Get A Job
6. Travel On
7. High Flyin' Bird
8. Jesus' Chariot
9. This Land Is Your Land
10. Wayfarin' Stranger
11. God Save The Queen

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Neil Young and Crazy Horse / Americana

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