Neil Young 1989-1999

[CRAZY-HORSE]

NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE "weld", 1991. #154US, #20UK, #93AU.

Once sued by Geffen Records for delivering "uncommercial" records, Canadian Neil Percival Young has never sought stardom. He has always followed his instincts, even when they told him to put out an album of feedback noise, yet he has also produced a body of work which, in terms of depth and influence, is second only to Bob Dylan IMO.
And nobody but nobody, not even His Bobness will leave behind a musical legacy as diverse as that of Neil Young.

"Weld" is a furious two hours of blistering hard rock, courtesy of Neil Young and his Garage Band- backing band Crazy Horse.
Screaming with distortion and vibrating overdrive, "Weld" gathers sixteen powerful songs, averaging 7½ minutes in lenght, on two discs.
Young's then-current albums "Freedom" (1989) and "Ragged Glory" (1990) are represented by "Mansion On The Hill", "Crime In The City" (in a much harder rocking version than the studio one), "Farmer John", "F#$kin' Up", and the classic "Rockin' In The Free World", and from his masterpiece "Rust Never Sleeps" comes "Cortez The Killer", "Welfare Mothers" and one of the best songs of Neil Young's forty-year career, "Powderfinger".
He also covers "Blowin' In The Wind", complete with the sounds of an air raid siren, gunfire and bombs going off, and the result is quite majestic.
There's an impressive 14-minute guitar extravaganca built around "Like A Hurricane". A great "Love And Only Love". And the final song on disc two is a wonderfully rough, yet melodious rendition of the superb "Roll Another Number".
Several of these songs have been released live before, but that doesn't change the fact that "Weld" is one of the most awesome rock records of the 90s. The guitars sizzle and shimmer like you won't believe, and somehow Neil Young's fragile wail of a voice is just right for these furious hard rock arrangements.
links supplied are only for tracks that havent been 'linked' previously, i frankly dont see the point in doubling up!

tracks:

1. hey hey my my(into the black)***
2. crime in the city**
3. blowing in the wind***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvP7JNsX6ic live
4. welfare mothers***
5. love to burn***
6. cinnamon girl***
7. mansion on the hill***
8. f##kin' up***
9. cortez the killer***
10.powderfinger***
11.rockin in the free world***
12.like a hurricane***
13.farmer john***
14.tonights the night**
15.roll another number***

3s=13
2s=2
1s=0

rating: 2.95