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Los Angeles TimesIf Bob Dylan has been for years our best guide to exploring the complexities of human experience, Young may be the songwriter who expresses most eloquently the simple ties that bind us all. [18 Sep 2005]
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UncutDeep, warm, fully rounded and with no slack, Prairie Wind is Neil at his best. [Oct 2005, p.101]
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For once he makes sure he's understood--a matter in which melodies that might otherwise seem overfamiliar are of great service.
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The pedal steel guitar playing on the whole record is breathtaking.
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In the autumn of his career, this is one of Shaky's best.
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Q MagazinePrairie Wind finds Neil Young on fine creative form and all too aware of the limited time he may have left to enjoy it. [Nov 2005, p.118]
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BlenderThe songs are weirder and darker than their gentle melodies indicate. [Nov 2005, p.141]
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Paste MagazineQuietly brimming with lonesome, countrified folk-rock catharsis. [Dec 2005, p.104]
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Despite all of its strengths, neither the recording nor the songs are as memorable or as fully realized as his late-'80s/early-'90s comeback records -- Freedom, Ragged Glory, and Harvest Moon -- let alone his classic '70s work.
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It's his simplest music in a while, but it's effective.
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Lilting instrumentation strengthens even the weakest lines.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 32 out of 41
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Mixed: 3 out of 41
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Negative: 6 out of 41
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johnfMay 1, 2008
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RandyWApr 14, 2007
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MartinBJul 13, 2006