Neil Young employs Crazy Horse to help him bash out a guitar-drenched hard rock set made up of thrown-together material.
The group plays fiercely, as usual, but the lyrics are sketchy, seemingly improvised (the nadir is the nine-minute "T-Bone," which consists of the lines "Got mashed potato/Ain't got no t-bone" repeated over and over), and frequently cranky, as in "Motor City," which finds Young criticizing Japanese cars, and "Rapid Transit," which takes a belated swipe at new wave music while sounding like second-rate Talking Heads.
For the second album in a row, Young seems to be just fulfilling his one-album-a-year record contract.
The exception is the album-closing "Shots" (written by 1978), a more substantive and threatening song given a riveting performance.
Later, it would be revealed that Young was finding time for his music while giving most of his attention to caring for his disabled son.
Still, he might have been better advised to have suspended record-making for a few years instead of turning out half-baked efforts like this one.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T-BoneNeil Young | Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Neil Young, Crazy Horse | Play | 09:14 | 21 MB | 63 MB |
| 2 | Get Back on ItNeil Young | Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Neil Young, Crazy Horse | Play | 02:19 | 5 MB | 14 MB |
| 3 | ShotsNeil Young | Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Neil Young, Crazy Horse | Play | 07:40 | 17 MB | 52 MB |
| 4 | Opera Star | Neil Young | Play | 03:33 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 5 | Surfer Joe And Moe The Sleaze | Neil Young | Play | 04:19 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 6 | Southern Pacific | Neil Young | Play | 04:12 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 7 | Motor City | Neil Young | Play | 03:12 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 8 | Rapid Transit | Neil Young | Play | 04:37 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 39 mins | 89 MB | |||||
| 39 mins | 264 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crazy Horse | Primary Artist |
| 2 | Neil Young | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 3 | Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |