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- Summary: Neil Young resurrects the album title of his unreleased 1977 album for his latest.
- Record Label: Reprise/Wea
- Genre(s): Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 27
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Mixed: 10 out of 27
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Negative: 0 out of 27
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Backed with the gusto of big horns, Young's guitar is once again a thing of wonder on this track, now slashing and burning, now playing transcendent dance riffs.
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Unlike his recent output, there’s no overarching preoccupation here, there is only a bunch of good tunes.
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Chrome Dreams II, on which various Neils commingle to an extent not heard on record since perhaps 1989's "Freedom," immediately comes off as the 61-year-old artist's freshest effort in years.
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Overall though, is the album better than "Prairie Wind" or "Living With War"? Yes.
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Seven new songs polish Chrome Dreams II, which glides past Young's well-meaning but flaccid new millennial output--"Are You Passionate?" (2002), "Greendale" (2003), and "Living With War" (2006)--in pulling alongside 2005's "Prairie Wind," and near some aforementioned career peaks.
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Just when the listener starts reflecting on Young's waning abilities, two songs arrive that suggest the fire is far from out.
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While Chrome Dreams II was clearly modeled after his more "classic" sounding work, it finds Young sounding like little more than a knockoff of his former self.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 2
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Mixed: 1 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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HughC.Oct 22, 2007
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ToddW.Oct 25, 2007
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