Fork In The Road
by Neil Young
  • Record Label: Reprise
  • Release Date: Apr 7, 2009
User Score
6.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 17
  3. Negative: 4 out of 17

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  1. OldFogey
    Jan 21, 2010
    9
    Messy, funny, crazy? Yup. I was surprised at how good it is. Mr. Young can be hit or miss. But it is also very good and very listenable. Good one to play while driving down the road.
  2. VaughnA
    May 27, 2009
    2
    Another disposable Neil Young record. I have an idea, let's cancel Neil's Newsweek subscription and see if he's capable of writing an album worthy of himself. Turn inward again Neil 'cause all you're doing is preachin' to the choir and putting them to sleep.
  3. AdamG
    Apr 10, 2009
    9
    "Just Singing a Song" and "Light a Candle" are timeless Neil tracks. (Yes, the chorus for "Just Singing a Song" borrows a bit from "Love and Only Love," but it still has a lot of charm.) I agree with Rolling Stones' comments ("funny, messy, crazy"), but not their rating. It's a loveable mish-mash that mgiht take a while to grow on you, but give it some time and it will.
  4. MarkS
    Apr 10, 2009
    8
    Young manages to get in a few political jabs as on the Jimmy Reed inspired shuffle and title song as he rambles
  5. SalM
    Apr 8, 2009
    3
    Why can't old entertainers simply stick to entertaining? I don't give a shit what Neil's political, economic, environmental, or sexual views are. If you insist on hanging on so damn long, rehash your old emotional feelings of love, longing, desperation, sorrow, etc. If you can't do that, then drift off into instrumental songs, or simply drift off.
  6. mickeym
    Apr 8, 2009
    5
    Mediocrity defined.
  7. SamA
    Apr 8, 2009
    10
    Another brilliant album from the Godfather of Grunge.

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Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. musicOMH.com
    80
    It's not what you'd call pretty, exactly, but there's a hell of a lot of charm and admirable grit to Young's decision to say bollocks to politeness and tell it like it is.
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  2. Rolling Stone
    60
    It's messy, funny and pretty crazy at points.
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  3. The Guardian
    40
    The resulting album is a ragbag of environmentalist/credit-crunch rants and rusty old chuggers.
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