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I mean this is a great Neil Young album. I'm not sure I buy Neil's excuse for him not wanting to release this after production because he felt he sounded "too stoned" but a stoned Neil Young is a good Neil Young in my book! I cant think of anybody I'd rather hear alone on his acoustic other than Neil Young, and this is one of his best acoustic efforts. This album will go along way in making the case that Neil is awfully hard to beat when it comes to hearing a man and his guitar alone in a studio. I'm 43 and I play my acoustic alone in my apartment all the time, and I can tell you that what Neil does on this album is incredible, and he makes it sound deceptively easy. From a singer/songwriting perspective, it doesn't get much better than this! And I believe this album is timeless. it doesn't sound dated, it doesn't sound like a period piece-it sounds like pure music that's gonna last for a long time.
A must have for Neil fans and for anyone who appreciates soulful music.
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Look out, Mama...there's a white boat comin' up the river.
Neil has turned the corner many times in his career, but there was an undeniable peak from 1974's "On The Beach" to the decade-closing "Rust Never Sleeps" in 1979.In the middle of this was 1977's "Decade," which had the full meat and potatoes bulk of his career up to that point. But it was the lost fragments of shelved albums, like the song "Campaigner," that made it a must-have purchase for those who already owned all of his albums.There was a version of Neil that existed in this time period, and nowhere else. He began as the embryonic folkie and morphed into the electric beast fronting Crazy Horse, brought a little muscle and additional melody to Crosby, Stills, and Nash, exited the 70s in the roar and glory of the "Rust Never Sleeps" and "Live Rust" albums, and then took ten years off to toy with his contract at Geffen Records while producing music that was largely unfocused and uninspired, although a precious few gems did emerge.If you're even a minor Neil Young fan, you already know the story behind "Hitchhiker." He went into the studio one night and recorded acoustic versions of these songs, then decided he sounded a little too toasted to release them as an album. Most of them would appear in different forms elsewhere, but this is a true snapshot of a time in his career when all of the elements came together. The post-Harvest, pre-Geffen Young could be dark, brooding, introspective, searching, and hopeful all at the same time. His songwriting was sharp as a tack, especially in comparison to his somewhat slighter efforts on albums decades later such as "Silver and Gold."It's always been about Neil...he writes what matters to himself and no one else. He's not trying to form a relationship with his audience. If you know anything about his career, you could say the opposite. He follows the muse, and if you're into it, that's great. If you're not, he's still going to do what matters most to Neil, whether the audience gets it or not.If you really connected with albums like "Rust Never Sleeps," it's hard to say if you'll appreciate songs like the subdued and acoustic version here of "Powderfinger," one of the most electric and bombastic songs from "Rust." But throughout his career, he'd do solo performances that re-worked his most electric tracks in an acoustic setting.The songwriting is top-of-the-game stuff, his voice is strong, his playing is engaging. Think of it as a snapshot of a legendary performer in his most productive years. It doesn't define his entire career, it is not a "desert island disc," the only one you'd take with you if you were stranded. It's still a five-star collection and one worth owning
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Stephen Bieth
This Gem Sounds Great On CD And Vinyl!
Reviewed in Canada on September 9, 2017Mr. R. Powell
Forty years late, but worth the wait
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 9, 2017
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Un excellent album de Neil Young période accoustique et grands classiques. Et la version vynile est très belle !
Reviewed in France on May 28, 2018