| Young, Neil & Crazy Horse / Americana |
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| Album: | Americana | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Young, Neil & Crazy Horse | Added: | Jun 2012 | |
| Label: | Reprise Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-06-23 | Pull Date: | 2012-08-26 |
| Week Ending: | Aug 12 | Aug 5 | Jul 29 | Jul 22 | Jul 15 | Jul 8 | Jul 1 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 19, 2022: | The Songsmith Show (rebroadcast from Jul 6, 2012) God Save The Queen | 4. | Aug 03, 2012: | In Your Ear | Friday Evening Edition God Save The Queen, Wayfarin' Stranger | |
| 2. | May 02, 2013: | Daydream Disaster Tom Dula | 5. | Aug 01, 2012: | Summer Session Oh Susannah | |
| 3. | Aug 05, 2012: | Street Hassle High Flyin' Bird | 6. | Jul 30, 2012: | Polar Similarities God Save The Queen |
| Album Review |
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| Lestrygonian Reviewed 2012-06-21 | ||
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The godfather of grunge’s first album with his legendary band Crazy Horse in 9 years contains no original songs; instead they crank out some intriguing rock arrangements of traditional tunes you’ve heard a million times before, e.g. “Oh Susannah” “This Land Is Your Land” etc. It seems Neil and the Horse are aiming at a sort of anti-nostalgia record, reinventing the ubiquitous melodies and trying to rediscover their forgotten meanings. Guthrie’s “This Land” is once again a protest song, and “Jesus’ Chariot (She’ll Be Comin’ Round The Mountain)” is a driving, bombastic rocker that pays homage to the tune’s slave spiritual roots. With loud overdriven guitars and (on some tracks) backing vocals from a children’s choir, Americana has a friendly, grungy sound that saves it from being a mere novelty record, and it will probably age better than Living With War did. No FCCs, even toddlers can dig this. 1. (5:03) Midpaced plodding heavy rock, totally new melody for a familiar kindergarten song 2. (5:43) Slightly upbeat chugging, sentimental warbling vox from Young that begin to show his age; a loud bitter ballad that crescendos with some female ooh-ahhs. 3. (8:13)** An old Civil War murder ballad with Crazy Horse at their loosest, enthusiastic and impassioned solid rocker. 4. (4:15)* Stompin’ fun honky-tonk blues tune with searing guitars and sweet, lovely backing vox in the chorus. 5. (3:02) Strange, schlocky electric doo-wop with 'sha-na-na' hooks, quirky rockabilly shuffle about looking for a job 6. (6:47) Starts with a bit of lazy strumming and mumbling, then picks up into a toe-tappin’ loud country rock anthem 7. (5:30) Midpaced groove, sparse overdriven chords and somewhat forgettable hooks 8. (5:39)** “Comin’ Round the Mountain” with a new melody—rocks hard! Totally anthemic, like the best moments of “Living With War” or “Greendale” 9. (5:27) Guthrie’s “This Land” with some twangy but overdriven guitar leads. Simple, pleasant, familiar… whatever. 10. (3:08) Gentle acoustic folk song, based on the Burl Ives arrangement. Soothing and gorgeous. 11. (4:09) Huge stomping “God Save The Queen” …(I know, right??) with some American changes to the lyrics, loud guitars, big quasi-patriotic chorus, marching snare drum | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Oh Susannah | 6. | Travel On | |||
| 2. | Clementine | 7. | High Flyin' Bird | |||
| 3. | Tom Dula | 8. | Jesus' Chariot | |||
| 4. | Gallows Pole | 9. | This Land Is Your Land | |||
| 5. | Get A Job | 10. | Wayfarin' Stranger | |||
| 11. | God Save The Queen | |||||