Psychedelic Pill - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
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79 out of 100

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7.9 out of 10

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  • Summary: The second release in 2012 for Neil Young and Crazy Horse is its first album of original music since 2003's Greendale.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 36
  3. Negative: 0 out of 36
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Nov 1, 2012
    91
    Psychedelic Pill allows pretty haunted melodies like "She's Always Dancing" to seep into the gaps between the jagged solos. [2 Nov 2012, p.68]
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  2. Q Magazine
    Nov 21, 2012
    80
    It has the messy, majestic sprawl of classic Crazy Horse. [Dec 2012, p.115]
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  3. Mojo
    Nov 21, 2012
    80
    Soft-focus memories echo through all 88 minutes. [Dec 2012, p.89]
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  4. The Wire
    Dec 7, 2012
    60
    As a collection, Psychedelic Pill is spotty and, at times, sleep-inducing.
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  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
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  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. ShepRock
    10
    Psychedelic Pill follows on the heels of Americana, and like that bent yet outstanding imagining of traditional songs in a rockin' vernacular that only Neil and the Horse ride with joyful freedom, this bunch of close to 90 minutes of untethered, free-range rock 'n' roll among an alliance of friends shakes with wild abandon.… Expand
  2. Mattydigs
    8
    A huge helping of subtle, loose and sprawling guitar psychedelia for your next road (or home) trip. Two of the shorter tracks are out of place and therefore throwaways hence the 8. Would be a 9 if not for that.… Collapse
  3. yolandivisser
    0
    White people should not be appropriating the name Crazy Horse. You guys have no idea who he was and what kinds of activism are necessary to bring about the justice he believed in.… Expand

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