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- Summary: The previously unreleased album for the singer-songwriter was originally set to be released in 1975 before it was cancelled. It features contributions from Tim Drummond, Emmylou Harris, Levon Helm, Karl T Himmel, Ben Keith, and Robbie Robertson.
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- Record Label: Reprise
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 20 out of 21
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Mixed: 1 out of 21
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Negative: 0 out of 21
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Jun 18, 2020Seven have never been released before, including heartfelt opener ‘Separate Ways’. Over Levon Helm’s solid but minimal drum line comes a chorus up there with Young’s best, as melodic as it is thoughtful, as pensive as it is powerful. ... The freewheeling ‘Vacancy’ is the last ‘new’ song here, an instant classic (if you can call 46 years trapped in the vaults ‘instant’).
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Jun 19, 2020Homegrown establishes itself as its own rightful—perhaps even required—chapter in that legacy, yet another bold statement from one of the musical giants of the last half-century.
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Jun 18, 2020The duration of the record is ultimately out of proportion to its considerable depth of feeling. These dozen tracks all boast impeccable audio, but the clarity of those sonics, the likes of which earmark all recent Neil Young recordings in recent years, is less significant as a commercial selling point than as a direct correlation to the purity of emotion within the music.
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Jun 16, 2020The album turns out to be missing link in Young’s catalog as much for Shakey’s emotional life as it is for his stylistic choices.
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Jun 18, 2020Homegrown is his most personal. Intended for release in 1975, Homegrown retains Harvest’s country-rock sound, but has more of an intimate feel.
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Jun 18, 2020There’s a temptation with Young to concentrate on the big statement songs, but the joy of Homegrown is its lightness of touch.
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Jun 22, 2020Separate Ways and Try are wounded but tender breakup songs, Kansas a gentle reflection on a one-night stand. An unremarkable band blues and an unlistenable finger-on-wineglass affair contribute little to an album that’s well-found but, like much of Young’s recent output, for the committed.
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Positive: 7 out of 8
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Mixed: 1 out of 8
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Negative: 0 out of 8
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Aug 29, 2020Comfort music for the soul. Old-timey and timeless. A masterpiece out of the vault.
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Jun 21, 2020
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Jun 19, 2020
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Jun 25, 2020It's Neil Young at his best. Great songs, easy listening and good vibrations. A great album
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Jun 24, 2020
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Sep 8, 2020
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Aug 24, 2023
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