Neil Young 1976-1988

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NEIL YOUNG "hawks and doves" 1980. #30 US, #34 UK, #10 AU

Young got married in late 1979 during the "live rust" US tour, his wife Peggi would become pregnant by early 1980, and NY would be out of contract after this album,thus beginning a turbulant time with Geffen Records.
this album is a bit patchy in parts, not as in the quality of the tracks as they still rate good to very good, but in the way the songs just dont have an easy flow to them,theres a lot of subtle things happening in this album from the sounds to the lyrical content and the wanna be humourous lyrics in the terrible "union man" track. again young delves back into his vast expanse of recorded tracks from the past several years and adds some new tracks to it.the album is primarily a folky album with hints of country.
its the start of a downward spiral in the quality of albums over the next eight or nine years,not sure as to whether being married had an affect on his outlook of life and its changing priorities but the birth of his severely handicapped son at the end of the year certainly did as did moving away from Reprise to Geffen.
dont understand why i can only find one link for this one...very strange??

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: union man
best track: captain kennedy

tracks:

1. little wing**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOyGHhc8sSg audio
2. the old homestead**
3. lost in space**
4. captain kennedy***
5. stayin' power**
6. coastline***
7. union man*
8. comin' apart at every nail**
9. hawk and doves** #88 AU

3s=2
2s=6
1s=1

rating: 1.9