Neil Young 2000 onwards

[CRAZY-HORSE]

NEIL YOUNG "are you passionate?" 2002,  #10 US, #24 UK, #45 AU

i may not like every shift through genres that NY makes, but i certainly like this one, i never used to, but it is one of those albums that grows upon the listener like his jazz/blues outing with The Bluenotes in the 1980s. only this time he moves into "soul" territory with some help from Booker T & the MG's.
Crazy Horse also manage a gig on this one on one solitary track-"goin' home"...a good CH rocker.
the album's lyrics mainly deal with Young's own outlook of his middle age...love,children growing up,regrets etc, the opening track is a beautiful love song for his daughter Amber and set the whole scene for the entire album bar one solitary track. that track is "let's roll" for which his inspiration was the cell call made by one of the passengers on the 9/11 attacks to his loved one as they overpowered the terrorists to ditch their hijacked plane into a field, even though it is full of those horrible cliches like "we're going after Satan on the wings of a dove": "you gotta face it down" etc it still fits in with the concept of the song.
the most unusual track here is the 'spoken word' "mr.dissapointment"...well worth a listen just to here Young doing something completely different.
this is a fine album of genuine soul music with help from The MG's.
sorry about the lack of links again, but the ones provided are good performances

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

tracks:

1. you're my girl***
2. mr.dissapointment***
3. differently***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azUL1wD0Kkg&feature=related live
4. quit (dont say you love me)***
5. let's roll**
6. are you passionate?*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbG1OSHLNcQ live
7. goin' home***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzJzDh9nOTg&feature=fvwrel live
8. when i hold you in my arms***
9. be with you***
10.two old friends**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY41vJrA7sU&feature=related live
11.she's a healer*

3s=7
2s=2
1s=2

rating: 2.4