Neil Young News: Album Review: Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse - 'World Record'

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Album Review: Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse - 'World Record' | Ultimate Classic Rock

World Record - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Date First Available: September 29, 2022*

Release date: November 18th

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This Friday, November 18th, Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse will release 'World Record'.

Neil Young has released a studio album -- on average, about every 14 months -- for the last 53 years. 'World Record' will be his 44th studio album since 1969.

But hey, who's counting, anyways? Numbers add up to nothin'...

Meanwhile here's an early review of 'World Record' from Neil Young With Crazy Horse, 'World Record': Album Review | Ultimate Classic Rock by Michael Gallucci:

World Record brings together environmental issues, Crazy Horse and another quickly assembled album (i.e., recorded live with no overdubs) that sounds like an extension of both the past few years and Young's entire career.
Like 2019's Colorado (which was recorded and released in the months before COVID, but which now seems to be the launching point of Young's latest period) and 2021's Barn, World Record can be messy and often unfocused. But Young and Crazy Horse's allegiance to the material and themselves leads them to do what they've always done best: plugging in, following the leader and having a blast for 45 or so minutes.
World Record doesn't go too deep. The opening lines of the album sum up its central message: "Love Earth, such an easy thing to do." Other times, Young declares "You're not alone on this old planet" ("This Old Planet [Changing Days])" and "No more war, only love" ("Walkin' on the Road [To the Future])." They're simple messages, delivered in an unfussy manner by Young, Nils Lofgren, Ralph Molina and Billy Talbot. Producer Rick Rubin rarely gets in their way, though his voice is heard at the start of some songs during setup.

Like its past couple of predecessors, World Record is a combination of laid-back acoustic songs and electric numbers, though only the 15-minute "Chevrolet" allows the quartet to truly stretch out like the old days.