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Title: Great Writing Set to Tepid Music
Review: I stock Neil Young records in the "Must Have" category. When I need the right words or the right crank, I put Neil on. That's not to say he puts both of these elements in the same song. He's got enough material to fertilize a cow pasture. Unfortunately musically, that's where most of this album belongs. Also unfortunately this record is being grouped in the Folk Rock genre along with Harvest, Harvest Moon and Comes a Time. This is realy Silver & Gold PtII. There's no semblance of country rock here that other publications are calling it. It just isn't. Tepid Folk music is more like it. The tempos drag as Neil tells his stories. And that's very unfortunate because the writing is superb. Whether it's due to him viewing his own mortality with his brush with death or the passing of his father last year, it doesn't matter. The word smithing is strong. It's too bad the vehicle the words ride on is only firing on a couple of cylinders
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