http://www.opinz.com Opinions. About Music. Short and to the point. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:50:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.opinz.com/neil-young-fork-in-the-road/ http://www.opinz.com/neil-young-fork-in-the-road/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:01:38 +0000 E http://www.opinz.com/?p=1074

It’s nice to see artists evolve and not put out the same music over and over again, but the “same old same old” rules don’t apply to Neil Young for two reasons – 1) we’re lucky that Neil Young is even able to sound like Neil Young, unlike some of his contemporaries, and 2) pre-grunge Neil Young and Crazy Horse, which is exactly what Fork In The Road sounds like, is some of the most charming roots rock ever made…the entire album is loosely based around his ’59 Lincvolt project and though one might wonder how to keep such a record from becoming dull it really is an inconsequential note, and it’s nice to see him continue the same themes and styles from the late Crazy Horse era because it works.

Rating: 7.7 / 10

April 7, 2009
Reprise Records

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Booker T. Jones’s latest solo effort is significantly more interesting than the obvious question of what exactly a “potato hole” is; Jones is backed by the Drive By Truckers and Neil Young adds his instantly recognizable lead guitar to nine of the album’s ten tracks – which include a cover of Outkast’s “Hey Ya!” and Tom Waits’s “Get Behind The Mule – and the result is pretty much what you’d expect: a fun collection of soul and gritty rock.

Rating: 7.5 / 10

April 21, 2009
Anti

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