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- Summary: The official release for Neil Young's "lost" album that was originally set to be released in 1977 features two previously unreleased tracks (the rest have been included in other albums/collections).
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- Record Label: Reprise
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Aug 14, 2023Chrome Dreams, despite sitting on a shelf for nearly 50 years, falls into our laps as one of Neil Young’s boldest works.
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Aug 10, 2023The fine track list, together with the rarity value, should make this a high priority on the purchase list of Neil Young fans or, indeed, rock fans.
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Aug 10, 2023It’s hard not to agree with what might otherwise sound like hyperbole: this is one of, if not the finest effort of the great iconoclast’s career.
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Aug 24, 2023It not only boasts a familiarity factor but the advantage of an official release that ought to make it truly mandatory as far as more rabid Young fans are concerned. Indeed, there are several early stabs at certain songs that only true Neil nerds will be able to differentiate from those versions released later on.
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Classic Rock MagazineOct 5, 2023This is primarily a curio, but a fascinating one as it indicates directions Young could have taken if the weather had been different that day. [Oct 2023, p.91]
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MojoSep 1, 2023Hearing this in its entirety 45 years on, it really is up there with Young's greats. [Oct 2023, p.97]
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Sep 7, 2023Throughout the curation of his archives, all but two of these recordings – that slower Sedan Delivery and the regretful Too Far Gone – have already been released elsewhere, across original albums and newly restored collections, making this official Chrome Dreams an exercise in fan service that would have been a worthy Record Store Day title – or, we hope, an indication that the Archives Vol III box set is approaching.
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