Neil Young & Crazy Horse-Ragged Glory(1990)[EAC-FLAC][colombo-bt org]

After a long period of unfocused weirdness, Young spotted grunge around the corner and declared unity with the loud, scruffy sounds coming from Seattle. The countryish ballads, such as the opening "Farmer John," get roaring Crazy Horse treatment, and the headbanging "F*!#in' Up" is the most self-effacing rock anthem since the Who recorded "I'm a Boy." Amid the clatter, though, there is beauty: Crazy Horse's sympathetic backup vocals turn "Mansion on the Hill" into a pretty pop song despite the electric guitars, and even the white noise that closes the 1990 album is soothing in a scream-therapy kind of way.



Steve Knopper



Cryptic, misanthropic, ascetic, solipsistic, deliver of bad news, indirectly romantic, slightly stoned and resilient as all hell, Neil Young, middle-aged hippiepunk, throws down with the "world's 3rd greatest garage band" and, David Briggs managing the sound (his blistering best mix), it all careens together loud and slouchy like a mythically cool afterschool basement jam. The guitar solos are merciless, the beat is tipsy, the bass is pus, the chords are melancholy, the lyrics are passive-aggressive and Young's singing is desperate. The overall vibe is utterly cathartic. So supersimple, it's amazing (any) grown men can do this sort of sensitive, disturbed BOY thing.



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September 11, 1990 Reprise



Country Home [7:04]

White Line [2:59]

F*!#in' Up [5:53]

Over And Over [8:27]

Love To Burn [10:03]

Farmer John [4:12]

Mansion On The Hill [4:46]

Days That Used To Be [3:50]

Love And Only Love [10:18]

Mother Earth (Natural Anthem) [5:11]







Musicians:



Neil Young: vocals, guitars

Frank (Pancho) Sampedro: guitars, vocals

Billy Talbot: bass, vocals

Ralph Molina: drums, vocals



Notes:

"Farmer John" is a cover of an old 50's tune written by Don Harris and Dewey Terry.