28 minute album opener
 

this is gonna be awesome

http://www.nme.com/news/neil-young/66050

It's been a long time since Neil Young has really hit one out of the park. Le Noise was pretty good but it got stale kind of quickly for me. I have high hopes though

yeah Americana was like a pleasant 2-listen deal and that was about it

the last one that really got me was prairie wind, though I liked some songs on living with war also.

Is he ever going to make another album that does not have a gimmick attached?

chrome dreams II was pertty good

all of his albums are incredible

listen to 3 minutes of studio Walk Like A Giant: http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPl...28&m=161420828

yeah this could be the best thing he's done in a long time:

is that a different mix than the 16 minute version?

Well, he's 2/2 on this album so far - Ramada Inn kills it.

check them out live if you can guys, the band is "on" like nothing i've heard from them in years

i suppose they're hinting that this Alchemy tour will be their last, but you never know

At Farm Aid they were very strong, so I expect this album to be pretty legit.

Americana IMO is pure shit though. Ugh.

oh wow, i love it. feels like it picks up right where Ragged Glory left off

Yyeesss MUST DEEEEEE LLLLLLL!!!

sounds great.

can't believe the vinyl is so fucking expensive. neil vinyl is often outrageously priced unfortunately

Haven't been able to give enough attention to walk like a giant, but ramada inn is defintely some of their best stuff since broken arrow (1996)

when one of your favorite musicians/bands does something awesome, it's so awesome (hint hint corgan)

not counting Greendale since Frank didn't play in studio?

dude they played enough fuckin' greendale to last for all time

i just thought you were saying Broken Arrow since it was the last time all 4 did new material, my mistake

Greendale was solid but I'm saying this is the best sounding crazy horse related material since broken arrow

Yeah, it sure is - but that's because dude gets that shit pressed in Sendai, Japan on the finest vinyl out there.

(BECAUSE SOUND MATTERS)

holy shit Ramada Inn is this album out yet

nice that they pulled out DBTR again after a few years off

what a great version of it too

loving each Walk Like A Giant rendition they do live, and i think the band knows Ramada Inn is a classic

Ramada Inn could swallow the whole world

I just cannot stop listening

hey Turalyon you should rank every Neil Young album, I'm really feeling him lately. I know most of the major ones I think but there are a ton I haven't heard.

I saw the "Journey's" film today, pretty good record of the Le Noise Tour

I will try to rank the albums soon.

on the beach
tonight's the night
everybody knows this is nowhere
reactor (typical contrarian pick)
time fades away (see previous comment)
zuma
after the gold rush
weld
comes a time

my god this is exhausting

good bootleg of current tour

http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/77410..._Center_Chicag

I know all of those except reactor and time fades away

fuck no way I can rank his albums

here are "must listen" albums in chrono order
(and just because it's not on this list doesn't mean it's not good, just not "must listen" status)

must listen tier 1
everybody knows this is nowhere
after the gold rush
harvest
on the beach
tonight's the night
time fades away
zuma
american stars and bars
comes a time
rust never sleeps
live rust
hawks and doves
reactor
freedom
ragged glory
weld
sleeps with angels
mirror ball
broken arrow
year of the horse
silver & gold
greendale
prarie wind
living with war
live at fillmore east
chrome dreams II
le noise
psychedelic pill

must listen tier 2
neil young (s/t)
arc
harvest moon
lucky 13 (mostly just for "depression blues")
unplugged
dead man soundtrack
road rock vol. 1
are you passionate
live at massey hall 1971
Sugar Mountain - Live At Canterbury House 1968
fork in the road
dreamin' man live 1992
archives vol. 1
a treasure
americana

curiosities with a few good tracks each
long may you run (title song is great)
decade (a few nice unreleased songs that are only on here I believe)
trans (some neat stuff but don't believe the hipster hype)
everybody's rockin (worth a spin..."wonderin" is the best song...no doubt cuz it was old)
old ways (so disappointing...neil doing country should be good)
landing on water (good stuff, painful stuff)
life (ditto...when you're lonely heart breaks and prisoners of rock and roll are great)

unfortunately I don't think I've ever been able to make it through "this note's for you"

and there are plenty other good soundtrack songs (philadelphia) and unreleased live tracks floating around

reactor is like viewed as the end of his "classic" era but i just gfound it completely awesome since first listen
its his loosest "punkiest" album and like t-bone is just the most awesome jam
like it gets bad notice cause he only sings one line over and over but it rocks harder than like anything anyones donea

everybody's rockin is the only album from the maligned reactor to life era that i really all out dislike

here's a gun-to-my-head top 10 list in chronological order:
everybody knows this is nowhere
after the gold rush
on the beach
tonight's the night
live rust
ragged glory
weld
mirror ball
broken arrow
year of the horse

most painful 5 I had to eliminate (i.e. if it were top 15)
zuma
time fades away
sleeps with angels
silver & gold
live at fillmore east



most glaring omission from these selections is probably "Harvest" and it was very close to replacing "fillmore" "sleeps" or "silver"...it's just that it has 7 classics, pulled down by 1 ok song and 2 stinkers. it's definitely a hardcore "must listen"

also I'm letting "live rust" rep "rust never sleeps" which would otherwise probably be top 15...props to "thrasher" and "ride my llama"

if you don't like this album you just don't get neil

is there really hipster hype about trans? i think it's absolutely good but i am not aware of any movement to rep it
i don't know what the hype would be about since it isn't even weird enough for its reputation. it's just not at all bad overall

I've definitely been exposed to some hipster hype

yeah it's not a bad album...the quality of the songs really aren't tied to them being electronic-influenced or whatever