Crazy Country

Crazy Country

ASIN: B000060OZ6

Track Listings

1. Boy Named Sue [Live]

2. Everybody Loves a Nut

3. Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart

4. Smiling Bill McCall

5. One Piece at a Time

6. One on the Right Is on the Left

7. Oney

8. Boa Constrictor

9. Look at Them Beans

10. Chicken in Black

Crazy Country,Johnny Cash,Sony Special Product,Country,Country-Pop,Guitar,Pop,Rock & Roll,Rockabilly,Traditional Country,Vocals

Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing
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Awesome

Great voice...but

Aussome Keith!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love this guy!

This Pretty Boy Country Rock moves this Cowboy

Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing
Keith Urban
Manufacturer: Liberty
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ASIN: B000ICM5QW
Release Date: 2006-11-07

Tracks:

Once In A Lifetime
Shine
I Told You So
I Can't Stop Loving You
Won't Let You Down
Faster Car
Stupid Boy
Used To The Pain
Raise The Barn (featuring Ronnie Dunn)
God Made Woman
Tu Compania
Everybody
Got It Right This Time

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It's tempting to read these songs--many about hope in the face of potential heartbreak--as an adjunct to Keith Urban's own tabloid-fodder life, which lately reads "ex-junkie country star marries Nicole Kidman, enters rehab." But his three previous albums have similar dark undertones. That would also be an underestimation of Urban's creative powers, which are broad enough to balance assembly-line Nashville pop with emotionally fine-tuned artistry. Breezy rockers like "Faster Car," sweet hooky ballads like "Shine," and readymade big-chorus hits like "Once in a Lifetime" rub elbows with more complex numbers like "I Can't Stop Loving You"--an essay about sad courage that starts with an acoustic guitar and adds instrumental textures as it unfolds--and "Stupid Boy," a tale of loss and self-discovery. It's no coincidence that both those songs climax with Urban's own crying guitar solos. As a player, his bold, midrange-heavy tone complements his most nuanced vocal performances. Another highlight is "Raise the Barn," which Urban co-wrote and sings with Ronnie Dunn. The cheerful tune, inspired by the survivors of Hurricane Katrina, is a tribute to the durability of the human spirit--a subject Urban seems to know more than a little about. --Ted Drozdowski

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Customer Reviews:

Awesome.......2007-06-28

I have to say, for not being a huge fan of most of what i have heard on the radio, this album has definately changed my mind about this guy. It is Great!

Great voice...but.......2007-06-27

I love Keith Urban, but this is the first album I've purchased of his. I love "Stupid Boy" along with a number of others, however some of the songs just didn't really do much for me. I was just a tad disappointed. It was a good album but not a great one.

Aussome Keith!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2007-06-19

Love, Pain and the Whole Crazy thing is a great album. There are love songs filled with the emotions that I can relate too. There are sad songs and there are silly songs. Its is a true compilation of the emotions that we all feel every day put to great tunes. I personally feel that Keith's poetry is beautiful. He is the whole package. The passion that he feels for life and his music come thru loud and clear. Love his look, love his voice, love his talent. Can't go wrong with this album whether you are a country music lover or rocker.......its all here. Rock on Keith and keep sharing your love, pain and crazy things :)

Love this guy!.......2007-06-08

He can do no wrong! I love most all of the songs on this CD. Can't stop listening to them!

This Pretty Boy Country Rock moves this Cowboy.......2007-06-01

Now I'm a hardscrabble, no holds barred, put up or shut up kind of dude. So, I didn't think these poignant ballads and mid-tempo rockers would agree with my aggressive and in-your-face attitude. Boy was I wrong!

By the end of this CD, I was just twirling round the room thinking about how my life would have been different, if I hadn't been too proud to take that drama class I wanted to. So yes, there is some regret. I think I could have been a powerful performer along the lines of Rob Lowe in St. Elmo's Fire or Freddy Prinze Jr. in the ABC smash hit sitcom, "Freddie."

Not sure why a film star of Prinze's magnitude would take a sitcom role, but what do I know. I'm just a rough cat from the badlands of Brentwood.

Anyway, I want to thank Mr. Urban for giving me the courage to see that my life has been a waste. It's time for me to take that drama class. Look out Mr. Lowe!

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GREAT ALBUM
CRAZY Like A Fox!!
Miranda Lambert
Really Really Really Good!
OK, but too much technology.

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Miranda Lambert
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B000O3C51K
Release Date: 2007-05-01

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Gunpowder & Lead
Dry Town
Famous In A Small Town
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Love Letters
Desperation
More Like Her
Down
Guilty In Here
Getting Ready
Easy From Now On

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There's no sophomore slump for Miranda Lambert, who follows her chart-topping debut, Kerosene, with a knockout punch. Both the title cut and the album-opening "Gunpowder & Lead" ("what little girls are made of") show that Lambert hasn't lost her edge or her appetite for revenge. Yet the quieter "Desperation," the more tuneful and tender "Love Letters," the wistful "More Like Her," and the primally intense "Down" show her emotional range and maturity. While her songwriting remains a strength, Lambert also displays superb taste in other people's material, with "Dry Town" (by Gillian Welch), "Getting Ready" (a new song from Patty Griffin), and "Easy from Now On" (with the lyric that provided the title to Emmylou Harris's classic Quarter Moon in a Ten-Cent Town) reinforcing the musical quality. There isn't a throwaway cut here. --Don McLeese

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GREAT ALBUM.......2007-07-02

I was not a Miranda Lambert fan prior to this album. There is something about the songs on this album that make it Awesome. I think it is all of the songs that relate to everyday life and different circumstances people find themselves in. I especially like the first song on the album Gunpowder and Lead! You will like it too!

CRAZY Like A Fox!!.......2007-06-29

O.K., I'll be honest....upon my first few listens of Miranda Lambert's sophomore effort, CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND, I was....dare I say it?!?...disappointed. Oh, sure, it was still obvious that this woman was meant to be a star, but something was just missing, and I wasn't sure what. Was it the sense of innocence, joy and "Hey, Mom, I'm making a record!!" that permeated her excellent 2005 debut KEROSENE? I wasn't sure. However, after repeated spins, I started seeing the disc in a new light. True, the charming naivete of the first album was still pretty much nowhere to be found, but another stunning quality had reared it's artistic head to take it's place. I know I'm going out on a limb here when I say this, but, as she continues to mature, Lambert could very well be the Emmylou Harris of her generation. Like that grande dame of Country, Lambert already has, and is brilliantly honing, the innate ability to hop from genre to genre, style to style, without it ever seeming forced, clumsy or uncomfortable. Things kick off with the sassy "Gunpowder & Lead." From it's roaring guitars to it's sly lead vocal, this is the kind of cut that sets Lambert apart from the rest of the pack. Add strong lyrics ("Slapped my face and he shook me like a rag doll/Don't that sound like a real man/I'm gonna show him what a little girl's made of/Gunpowder & Lead") and you start things off with - no pun intended! - a bang! From there we segue into the honky-tonk swing of David Rawlings' and Gillian Welch's "Dry Town." Amid a buoyant arrangement and effervescent lead vocal, Lambert practically kicks up her heels and dances thru the number! The high point? The almost giddy way she delivers the lines "I figured I'd need about a six of Miller/And one of them things so I wouldn't spill her!" Up next is "Famous In A Small Town", the first of four songs once again co-written with fellow Nashville Star alum Travis Howard (why hasn't a label signed this guy?!?). Along with it's easy groove and relaxed lead vocal, "Famous...." stands out for another reason; it seems as if every young country artist today HAS TO include a song about how wonderful it is growing up in a small town. Thankfully, Lambert puts a different spin on it, and the results come across as fresh and clever instead of trite and cliched. The disc's title track is one of the album's few missteps....the arrangement is just too busy and, both lyrically and vocally, Lambert comes across as somewhat of a poseur, like she's trying too hard (though I do love the line "'Cause baby to a hammer everything looks like a nail"). Far superior is the delicate weeper "Love Letters." There's a classic country sway to this Lambert original that's equal parts hopeful and heartbroken. Nothing ornate, the cut is simple, yet elegant. From it's opening line of "Throw a dog a bone, I'll take it if I have to", there's a quiet....well, desperation!....to "Desperation." Backed by a subdued arrangement and a plaintive lead vocal, it's lines such as "What's the use of standing right there on the edge if there ain't no where to fall", "Complicated words slipping off of your tongue and ain't one of them the truth" and "Well it's too damn bad you didn't have a chance to make me your best friend" that prove just what a strong writer Lambert truly is. Lyrically speaking, "Desperation" is CRAZY's strongest cut. A real winner! Right behind it, though, is the tender "More Like Her." Sort of a sequel to KEROSENE's "Greyhound Bound For Nowhere", Lambert's heart is on her sleeve - it can't be easy being "the other woman"....it must be a TOTAL drag to actually respect and/or admire your competition as well! Gorgeous....simply gorgeous! There's some nice finger-pickin' going on throughout "Down", but, overall, the track comes across as somewhat faked and forced. It's all attitude and image, with very little content. We all KNOW Lambert is a bad-a**....continually TELLING us just lessens the effect! On the flipside, there's a sense of fun and a high energy level to "Guilty In Here" that feels earthy and natural. The instrumentation crackles with a tight, propulsive groove, while Lambert's spirited lead vocal wraps around clever lyrics ("But that boy's like a sore in your mouth that you just have to bite"). Smart and smooth, "Guilty In Here" is a good time, plain and simple! Another of the album's high points is Lambert's cover of Patty Griffin's "Getting Ready." Edgy and intense, this alt-country number has the same kind of lively vibe found on Emmylou Harris' take on Griffin's "One Big Love." Amidst slightly skewered guitars and a hypnotic chorus, Lambert alternates between spitting the words out and purring them (just listen to the lines "I know all the magic's gone/Wish I had a magic wand/I would put a spell on you/You would see it as I do"). To quote another line....."Oh baby baby!!!" Get this on the radio....NOW!! Things wrap up with Lambert's sweet, soulful and sexy take on Carlene Carter's and Susanna Clark's lovely "Easy From Now On." Simple, yet satisfying, it closes the album on a subdued, classy note. And that's a good way to describe Miranda Lambert herself....a class act who is living up to the "Star" potential....both "Nashville" and otherwise!....promised when she first hit the scene four years ago. CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND proves once again that, A) you don't always have to win to be a/the winner, and B) Miss Lambert is here to stay (As with all my reviews, I'm giving the disc an extra half a star for including the lyrics).

Miranda Lambert.......2007-06-27

Great CD -- it has been in my car since it arrived in the mail...

Really Really Really Good!.......2007-06-27

This may be one of the best country CDs I have ever heard. I say that because it combines old school instrumentation with great vocals, then mixes it up with rock guitar riffs and irresistible beats. Unlike most CDs you buy, this one doesn't have one "throw-away" track on it. Each and every song stands on its own. From the toe-tapping "Dry Town" to the yearning ballad "Desperate" this is a winner from top to bottom. Way to go Miranda!

OK, but too much technology........2007-06-23

The songs on this album are good and I like the singer's voice, but there is such extensive use of pitch-correction circuitry, constantly pulling Lambert's voice onto the correct note, that it sounds to me like a robot is singing. I listened last night with a musician friend and we were constantly wincing at the overuse of processing until we finally took the CD out of the player.

Maybe this is something non-musicians will not notice, but it ruined the album for me. If Lambert is having trouble hitting the right notes, perhaps she should practice a little instead of hooking up a machine to "correct" her problem.

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sound quality not good
a suggestion
A Classic----Everybody Knows
an absolute rock and roll classic.
excellent early record

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
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Opening with the methodical, hard-rocking "Cinnamon Girl"--still one of the singer-songwriter's most-hollered requests in concert--Young's second solo album introduces the cockeyed harmonies and sloppy, chiming guitars of Crazy Horse. His wide swings from soft-spoken country-folk ("Round & Round [It Won't Be Long]") to menacing metal (the punch line to "Down by the River" is "I shot my baby") indicate the multiple personalities in Young's future. His second album of 1969 broadcasts a sincere passion for the peace-and-love '60s (dig the long guitar solos) but also predicts the dark introspection of "Tonight's the Night." --Steve Knopper

Customer Reviews:

sound quality not good.......2007-06-12

The sound quality did not sound as good as my old album.

a suggestion.......2007-05-30

You know what i think would be great?
If they gave this album one of those "Deluxe Edition" jobs like they've
done with so many others such as the first Weezer album and Blind Faith and on and on. Out-takes,demo's,alternate takes/mix's....it would all be catnip to the millions who love this album.
Actually, now that i think of it....if a "Deluxe Edition" job isn't possible, they could make a nice pairing of this along with the Neil and Crazy Horse at The Fillmore 1970 CD. That would be pretty deluxe!

A Classic----Everybody Knows.......2007-05-14

While sniffing around in the wine cellar, I looked into my considerable archive of music and this one, inexplicably, shuffled it's way off the shelf into my bony hands. Some people say that it's Universal Force and Enlightenment that did it. I suspect Guido from the empty bottles. In any event- it is an excellent choice.
What can one say about this album? Neil Young expanded beyond Buffalo Springfield with this one and, I think, came into his own as a considerable artist in his own right. With Crazy Horse, he examined and extended his creativity with pastoral landscapes, jagged-edged cliffs, outerworldly musings, and just plain country meets city sensibility. Not that it always makes sense, but that people is the magic of music. Interpretation is up to you, not the artist.
Even now, I am awed by the consistency Neil displays so early in his solo career. We are never relaxed, for one moment, that the sequence of songs will resemble sameness in any shape or form. It begins with "Cinnamon Girl" which, in some way, reveals the dilemma that many young people have a problem with. That is the in-between phase of being a child and adult. He wants to spend his life with her, but then again, "Ma, send me money". The need to be free but not quite there yet. This theme reveals itself in many of his tunes. It is a slow rocker but with such a memorable riff. Next up "Everybody Knows", a jumpy, sprightly groove that, again, reveals where he's at - between a dream and reality- essentially nowhere.
"Round and Round" is a slow acoustic sadness that, I feel at least, is about loss. A loss of yourself? Or perhaps someone close. "Down By the River", aside from allowing Neil to stretch his jagged lead guitar, proposes another dilemma for the astute listener. The protagonist is lead to possibilities with this woman - but is her non-compliance a reason to shoot her? Down by the River? An enigmatic song at best and I dare not ask Neil the meaning.
We then get to "The Losing End" which reveals an easy-going country groove with some electric guitars helping it along. The theme? Good ol' country heartache. A mainstay in that genre - now and always. The mood then changes, into some outerworldly, ethereal regret and deception. This song reveals a darkness of the mind, and this is brought forth so effectively with the inclusion of violins. An eerie offering, but so very different.
"Cowgirl in the Sand", I think, is one of Neil's most potent songs. It can be taken on many levels. It is hard drivin' (but, it takes on a whole new perspective if you heard him do the acoustic version). Neil pleads with her to stay in her company. But, her place of command is the desert. Desolation. And, this song tries, desperately, to make her see her worth. Neil knows she is a beauty. She feels she is "purple words on a gray background". I feel that this song is an aching plea. It also allows Neil to experiment with lead guitar breaks, gritty and rough and insistent on it's purpose. In all, a brilliant conclusion to a brilliant album.
This album (plus the next two- After the Gold Rush and Harvest) complete the superb triumvirate of Neil's early career. As we know now, he was to go on to more creative terrain. Some of it successful, some of it not so. In any event, plain and simple, he is an amazing artist and, I think, one of the greats in popular music.
This one is definitely a classic and well worth the investment.
Now - if only Guido would replenish my bottles!

Your personal roadmap to reflection and music of worth--Metamorpho

an absolute rock and roll classic........2007-03-30

"tonight's the night" is my favorite neil young album. what's number two, though? "on the beach," "after the gold rush," or "everybody knows this is nowhere." hard to choose from those three great albums. might be "everybody knows..." though. such great songs. such stunning performances. "down by the river" and "cowgirl in the sand" have some of the most originally stunning guitar jams in the history of rock and roll. and the first of those two songs is simply about as haunting a piece of work as you will find in all of the rock and roll canon. "cinnamon girl," with its power chords and great melody is another classic. the whole album is just outrageously fantastic. don't miss it.

excellent early record.......2007-03-18

This is really one of Neil Young's most interesting albums. I love the two lengthy jams the most- lots of emotion in the guitar playing and the mood. "cinnamon girl" is probably overplayed, and the crunchy guitar riff never did a whole lot for me, but the title song and the rest of the album stand mighty proud as distinct tunes that will immediately take you back to the late 60's. Enjoy it. I wonder if Neil Young knew at the time that this album would still be remembered and praised nearly 40, yes that's right *40* years later.

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My Second Favorite Neil Young Album
strong neil young release.
There Comes A Time Neil will change again when you least expect it
Polished Young
It's a Classic

Comes a Time
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Lotta Love
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Often overlooked as it comes between Young's career-defining 1977 three-LP set Decade and the decade-ending Rust Never Sleeps, Comes a Time is a gentle album that includes some of Young's most soft-spoken material. "Lotta Love" became a hit for Nicolette Larson, who adds harmonies throughout the album, and tracks such as "Look Out for My Love" and "Human Highway" are indicative of Young's divergent styles. With four producer credits, six studio listings, an orchestra, and Crazy Horse all on the same album, Comes a Time is an interesting pastiche of all the things that make Young tick. Lacking his usual conceptual thrust, you'll just have to settle for some great songs. --Rob O'Connor

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My Second Favorite Neil Young Album.......2007-07-06

Neil is amazing in how he succeeded in bands (Buffalo Springfield, CSNY) and as a solo act. Then, he can succeed as an electric rocker or a gentle acoustic folkie.

I like so much of his work, but Everybody Knows This is Nowhere remains my favorite. Close on its heels, though, is Comes A Time. Brilliant and thoughtful songs that establish a mood and a place, except for the odd "Motorcycle Mama" which is best omitted.

strong neil young release........2007-02-10

this is a somewhat neglected album from neil young that is among his strongest overall sets. except for the rocking "motorcycle mama," this is a gentle cycle of songs, laid-back and pleasing in its entirety. if you are a neil young fan and don't yet have this, get it quick. if you have no neil young cds (really?) this is a fine place to start digging his quieter side.

There Comes A Time Neil will change again when you least expect it.......2007-01-30

Good album. Plays like Harvest Part 2, but more polished. Contains a few leftover Crazy Horse tracks that sound out of place here.

Polished Young.......2006-11-22

Comes a Time is arguably Young's most polished and commercially astute album. It combines the dark, anarchic artistry that sets him apart from his talented colleagues Crosby, Stills, and Nash with the songcraft and production skills they possess, skills that Young shares, but which he only chooses to demonstrate on occasion. An example of this combination from the album is "Look Out for My Love," one of Young's finest compositions. Comes a Time appears almost effortless, but its value is highlighted when set beside his later "follow-ups" to Harvest, Old Ways and Harvest Moon, which, apart from significantly weaker songs and lyrics, appear forced in comparison.

It's a Classic .......2006-08-31

You can't go wrong with this classic Neil. Not to mention the very reasonable price for a cassette which works in my 1997 vehicle!

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Consider the DVD
Live rust my review
Awesome
Greatest Live Ever
fade away so young, with so much left undone

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When You Dance I Can Really Love
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Mere months passed between the release of Neil Young's mid-career milestone Rust Never Sleeps and this 1979 tour recording, which documents a late-'78 San Francisco performance. Indeed, Live Rust boasts four songs from the album that gave it its name. It's also sequenced in the same spirit as its studio sibling. As with Rust Never Sleeps, Live Rust opens with steady-flowing acoustic numbers before swirling into an electric vortex. What was side 4 off the original two-record version--"Like a Hurricane," "Hey, Hey, My, My," and "Tonight's the Night"--is arguably Young and Crazy Horse at their peak as a live unit, with all due respect to 1991's estimable Weld and 1997's desultory Year of the Horse. Few rock bands rank with Young and his stalwart electric trio, and Live Rust presents them in all their raging glory. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

Consider the DVD.......2007-02-26

After reading Garbageman's review, where he points out the butchering of "Cortez", I decided instead to pick up the DVD "Rust never sleeps". It is the same concert (Oct 22, 1978), and as I write this, costs exactly the same as this CD. It includes the complete Cortez, a few extra songs (Thrasher, Welfare Mothers, Tonight's The Night), and of course, visuals (which are sometimes tacky, it must be said). The audio of course uses a lossy codec, but I find it excellent -- with a 5.1 system it will probably be superior to the CD. And if you want the CD anyway, it is "fair use" in most countries to rip the audio and burn a CD for your own private use.

I haven't heard the CD: I give it 3 stars because Amazon requires some sort of rating, the DVD gets 5 stars, and the truncated Cortez would be sufficient to take away two stars for me.

Live rust my review.......2007-02-02

Live rust starts off great with Sugar mountain the best of the accoustc songs. Iam achild and After the goldrush are better than the studio versions. All the electric songs are great Like a hurricne Tonights the night and Cinnamon girl are better than the studio. I like Cortez the killer too The loner and when you dance are great to me every thing but Lotta love is great on here. This is like Neil Young and Crazyhorses greatest hits till 1979 with extra kick,

Awesome.......2006-07-20

Not going to comment on another reviewer's complaints about the sound quality compared to the vinyl - never heard it on vinyl and not qualified to compare.

But the music is awesome. It's pure angry beauty, Hurricane sounds better here than anywhere else, ever, except MAYBE Weld. (Weld's great too!) I Am A Child...Sugar Mountain...Needle and the Damage Done (his perf at the Grammies a while back of this was great)...all amazing songs.

Young is the genius.

Greatest Live Ever.......2006-04-28

MOst of the time I offer opinions in reviews. This time I am simply going to state a "fact." Live Rust is the GREATEST live record in existence. Nothing comes within 200 million lightyears of it. The songs chosen are perfect for the set, the performances stellar, and the music otherwordly. The last quarter of the album is the highlight of the divine Neil Young's career.

fade away so young, with so much left undone.......2006-04-14

This album is excellent. The opening of this CD is more acoustic and laid back and in the second half Young and Crazy Horse rock out. I have lots of memories listening to this album with friends either in the car or out drinking when we camped. My personal favorites are Powderfinger, Comes a Time, Needle and the damage done/Lotta love and Sedan Delivery. If you really love Neil Young though i'd buy "on the beach" if you don't already own it and you call yourself a Young fan you gotta buy that before this. Overall a solid album with Live Rust though.

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Distorted, deranged pulchritude
Ferocious...and better than "Live Rust"
Good, but not as good as Live Rust
I'm the guy who yells "POWDERFINGER!" at the beginning of Disc 2
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Ragged Glory
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Tonight's the Night

ASIN: B000002LQM
Release Date: 1991-10-22

Tracks:

Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)
Crime In The City
Blowin' In The Wind
Welfare Mothers
Love To Burn
Cinnamon Girl
Mansion On The Hill
F*!#in' Up

Tracks:

Cortez The Killer
Powderfinger
Love And Only Love
Rockin' In The Free World
Like A Hurricane
Farmer John
Tonight's The Night
Roll Another Number

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Live Rust gets the most props, but if you're looking for a live document of Neil Young and Crazy Horse at their speaker-shredding, stage-scorching best, Weld is an absolute must-own. Fired up by the success of 1990's Ragged Glory, and outraged by the eruption of the Gulf War, Young and his cohorts attacked their 1991 tour like men on a suicide mission. An angry, gunshot-laced version of Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" is the closest thing here to an acoustic reverie; the rest of the album offers up staggeringly intense electric versions of Neil songs both current ("Crime in the City," "Love to Burn," "Rockin' in the Free World") and classic ("Cortez the Killer," "Cinnamon Girl," "Powderfinger"). The back-cover photo of a disheveled Young cradling a broken-stringed guitar pretty much says it all--no one could have unleashed a sonic onslaught this brutal, and emerged unscathed from the experience. --Dan Epstein

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Distorted, deranged pulchritude.......2007-06-29

"This is the story of Johnny Rotten" - no s#it; "Rockin' In The Free World" - nihilistic, sarcastic, unforgiving - could have oozed outta PiL's Album (remember "Home"). On Weld, classic NY&CH epics get nailed SHUT. And it's all done with wrists - no whammy bars on these abused Gibsons. All those gnarly Cheap Thrills' leads blast outta the crypt.

Urban dystopia inflicted. "Welfare Mothers" and "Crime In The City" (the latter among Young's most barbed, and lucid, storytelling) drag the listener into fierce noise and despairing nihilism. Then, the humanism erupts with "Blowin' In The Wind," a sure Hendrix phantasm. Hippie frisson abounds on "Cortez The Killer" and "Roll Another Number" - succumb.

It's also "grunge." Jad Fair might have written "Like A Hurricane" - if he possessed the endorphins. To the point, it's all about Crazy Horse; they can play Madison Square Garden like a St. Louis bowling alley. Every fuzztoned note is blood, telepathy, exorcism. A cluster of unfortunate observations, made euphoric.

Ferocious...and better than "Live Rust".......2007-05-05

Very few live albums are as angry and snarling as this live set. Crazy Horse never sounded better, and Young--angry at the outbreak of the Gulf War in '91--unleashes a set of songs, some old, some new (what an amazing cover of "Blowin' in the Wind"!!) that more or less define the grunge attitude in the early 90s. Coupled with the 30 minute feedback montage "Arc", this double disk set is positively breathtaking. You can just feel the energy and volume. Wish I coulda been there...

Good, but not as good as Live Rust.......2007-02-08

I don't understand how people think this is better than Live Rust. It's good, but not as good as reviews would lead me to believe. Some songs are great, but others kinda drag. Love the Album Ragged Glory, but the live versions of songs from that album aren't as good as the studio versions.

I'm the guy who yells "POWDERFINGER!" at the beginning of Disc 2.......2006-04-28

If you listen to this CD, my voice can be heard... When I saw Neil and Horse live in L.A., I yelled "Powderfinger", "Powderfinger", two times... I really wanted to hear that song. Then, right after, the song "Cortez the Killer" began... I turned to my friend and said: "Oh, cool... Powderfinger will be next because they always play those songs together". On this CD, which is partly recorded in L.A., right before the song CORTEZ THE KILLER you can hear a voice... that is me... yelling "Powderfinger" twice. And that, my friends, is my fifteen seconds of fame... Or rather, seven seconds. This CD, other than the stud yelling on disc 2, is very good, and is much better than YEAR OF THE HORSE that came out a few years later. I also like it better than RUST NEVER SLEEPS 'cept that that CD has acoustic stuff... I'll put it this way; WELD is my favorite live CD of Crazy horse electric tunes. And don't bother getting ARC or ARC/WELD because ARC is just a bunch of feedback and is kinda annoying, and I like feedback. Anyhow... "POWDERFINGER! POWDERFINGER!"

A Showcase of Grunge.......2006-02-12

There is just no other artist that sings like Neil Young, that plays a guitar like Neil Young, or that covers so many various styles as Neil Young -- from gentle country rock (exemplified by his latest film Heart of Gold) to the angriest and hardest grunge. Weld showcases Young & Crazy Horse at their hardest, loudest, and grungiest. Young's extended distortion drenched guitar solos are riveting and jaw-dropping. Young unleashed. But be forewarned, this album is not for the faint of heart. It must be played loud!

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Zuma my review
Don't cry no tears around Neil, this is his BEST!
Like Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere's little brother
cuando lo sencillo no deja de ser grandioso.....
check this out too

Zuma
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Manufacturer: Reprise / Wea
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Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

ASIN: B000002KCI
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Don't Cry No Tears
Danger Bird
Pardon My Heart
Lookin' For A Love
Barstool Blues
Stupid Girl
Drive Back
Cortez The Killer
Through My Sails

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If Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere and Ragged Glory are the two finest studio albums Neil Young recorded with Crazy Horse, Zuma certainly qualifies as a close third. Recorded in 1975, Zuma exudes both a sense of focus and a tentative optimism, two qualities that were completely MIA from the bleak Time Fades Away/Tonight's the Night/On the Beach trilogy that preceded it. "Barstool Blues," "Don't Cry No Tears," and "Drive Back" are terse, punchy rockers, while "Danger Bird" and "Cortez the Killer" are extended guitar workouts in the grand Crazy Horse tradition. And the two acoustic entries--"Pardon My Heart" and "Through My Sails" (the latter was recorded with Crosby, Stills & Nash)--are absolutely gorgeous. Ignore the crappy cover art, and treat yourself to one of Young's most underrated records. --Dan Epstein

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Zuma my review.......2007-02-14

Zuma is one of the best Neil Young and Crazy Horse discs. Danger Bird and Cortez the killer are two of the best electric songs for Neil Cortez is real impressive. Driveback dont cry no tears Barstool blues lookin for alove are good Both accoustic songs are great Pardon my heart and Through my sails both have good vocals and harmony.

Don't cry no tears around Neil, this is his BEST!.......2007-01-30

This is Neil's best album and the most underrated album in Rock!
Highlights are...
Danger Bird- epic guitar song, dark!
Barstool Blues- great song that no one has heard
Stupid Girl-About Joni Mitchell?
Drive Back- Punk attitude song
Cortez The Killer- The Best Neil song, period.
Through My Sails- druggy CSNY outake from the disaster 1974 Hawaii sessions, great.

Like Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere's little brother.......2006-10-21

It's funny, since Zuma is probably the closest thing to a traditional rock album Mr. Young's done (a TRULY traditional rock album would be impossible for this guy), you'd think I like it more than I do. Don't get me wrong, there's good stuff here. But too often the guy settles for mediocrity.
First, the good. Cortez the Killer is my favorite here, the song friggin' rocks, a lengthy guitar jam a la Down By the River, Cowgirl in the Sand and the then-upcoming Like a Hurricane. I've heard some people don't like Neil's guitar playing, I say listen to this one and you'll get blown away. If the three-and-a-half minute intro doesn't grab you, you're not a Neil Young fan. What else is good? My second favorite song is Barstool Blues, another great rock song. Plus I like Don't Cry No Tears and the other long guitar showpiece, Danger Bird.
But the rest isn't quite up to the Neil Young Standard. He often settles for generic love songs (a la Pardon My Heart and Lookin' for a Love). Either that, or he suddenly becomes immature (Stupid Girl, which is, well... stupid). Through My Sails has some nice harmonies, being CSN related, but it's not much outside of that, and Drive Back is a generic rocker saved only by Neil's guitar fireworks.
It's a respectable album, far better than the vastly overrated Harvest and spotty debut. But compared to On the Beach, After the Gold Rush, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere or Tonight's the Night, it falls apart. I suppose you should buy it, just don't expect anything near a masterpiece.

cuando lo sencillo no deja de ser grandioso............2006-10-14

ONCE THERE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE / WHO DIED A THOUSAND DEATHS...AH, VIEJO NEIL...GUITARRAS QUE SE CRUZAN UNA Y MIL VECES, ENREDANDOSE CON PALABRAS SIMPLES, ANGUSTIA, SOLEDAD, ESPERA Y LAGRIMAS...its a sad communication with little reason to believe, when one isn't giving and pretends to receive...carente de mataforas y colmado de sencillez, desbordante de frescura y pletorico de verdades, este disco no puede esperar a que lo escuches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

check this out too.......2006-07-08

I am a huge fan of catchy, country-folk music with insightful lyrics. If you enjoy this album then I strongly recommend that you check out the following:
1) Ghosts Of The Great Highway by Sun Kil Moon
2) Kings Avenue Joe Kile
3) Subtitulo by Josh Rouse
4) Banjos and Sunshine by Sixty Acres

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Kevin Fowler is the REAL Deal....
BUY IT NOW
Real McCoy honky tonk . . .
Good, old-fashioned Texas drinking music
Honk Tonk Lives

Loose, Loud & Crazy
Kevin Fowler
Manufacturer: Equity Music Group
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Beer, Bait and Ammo
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ASIN: B0002IQJYG
Release Date: 2004-08-03

Tracks:

Loose, Loud & Crazy
Get Along
Hard Man To Love
Ain't Drinkin' Anymore
Political Incorrectness
A Matter Of When
Long Neckin' (Makes For Short Memories)
Triple Crown
Half
I'll Try Anything Twice
Lord Loves The Drinkin' Man
Don't Touch My Willie

Product Description

1. Loose, Loud & Crazy
2. Get Along
3. Hard Man To Love
4. Ain't Drinkin' Anymore
5. Political Incorrectness (Duet w/ Mark Chesnutt)
6. A Matter Of When
7. Long Neckin' (Makes For Short Memories)
8. Triple Crown
9. Half
10. I'll Try Anything Twice
11. Lord Loves The Drinkin' Man
12. Don't Touch My Willie

Format: CD

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Kevin Fowler is the REAL Deal...........2007-03-30

If you enjoy "Real" Country music, look no further...Kevin deserves any success that comes his way....Something a lot of country fans don't know is that Kevin used to be a long haired rocker! He played guitar for a hard rock band from Austin,TX. called Dangerous Toys in the early 90's...I got to see them live Halloween night 1993 at Austin's legendary (now defunct) Back Room. After Dangerous Toys, Kevin formed his own Southern Hard Rock band called Hellhounds, which later changed to Thunderfoot. They released 1 cd called Southern Discomfort (if you like Southern rock, look for it, it's out of print and hard to find, but worth the trouble!).

BUY IT NOW.......2006-10-06

WARNING! This album will have you singing to yourself day and night. Good 'ol honky tonk music don't get any better than this. BUY NOW.

Real McCoy honky tonk . . ........2005-01-01

If you like country that's grittier than what comes out of Nashville, you'll get a big kick out of singer and songwriter Kevin Fowler. He sings about hard work, hard drinking, and hard luck with women, and makes no apologies for being politically incorrect about everything else. The opening song, "Loose, Loud & Crazy," is a Friday night, tear-it-up anthem and sets the tone for the whole CD.

"Get Along" declares the end of a bad romance; then "Hard Man to Love" turns around and professes soulful gratitude for a long-suffering woman. A heart-on-the-sleeve tearjerker, "I'll Try Anything Twice," confesses a hopeless obsession for a long-gone sweetheart. There's also a series of drinking songs celebrating long necks and good times. And the two themes of love and drink converge in "Triple Crown" where it's belly up to the bar again for a broken heart.

The rough, good-ole-boy sensibility in these songs ends the CD with a sly crowd-pleaser, "Don't Touch My Willie," recorded live at Coupland Dancehall in Coupland, Texas. Its allusions to Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, and George Jones show this singer squarely in the country tradition. If you like honky tonk, this is the real thing. (Also recommended: Ed Burleson, Aaron Watson, and Moot Davis.)

Good, old-fashioned Texas drinking music.......2004-12-31

Rough-edged and fully steeped in the independent spirit of Texas outlaw country, songwriter Kevin Fowler (whose "Beer, Bait & Ammo" has become a modern day comedic country anthem) makes the leap from microscopic Lone Star labels to a maverick would-be major. Kudos to Clint Black for signing Fowler up on his newly-launched Equity label, and for giving raw-boned, goofball novelty honkytonk a new place in today's super-sanitized Country charts... Having heard Fowler's last couple of albums, I was psyched and more than a little surprised to see him popping up on the Billboard Top 40... But imagine how much more surprised I was to get the album and hear that Fowler hadn't changed a thing about his sound... No slick keyboards or chessy power ballads here, just a fine, fun set of dopey drinking songs and love-a-loser lyrics. If anything, he might be trying a little too hard to be hard-country and "outlaw," but hey, I ain't complaining. I'm just glad to hear some real twang coming out of Nashville. If you like George Strait, Waylon Jennings or Ed Burleson, you're gonna love Kevin Fowler.

Honk Tonk Lives.......2004-11-20

Kevin never lets me down and his new cd Loose, Loud & Crazy is right on the money His song are stright to the point with no sappy, sweet or gooey lyrics. With this cd you get a good mix of Honky Tonkin, Drinking etc.
The tounge in cheek humor of "Don't Touch My Willie" (as in Willie Nelson) should make you grin. Other cuts that shine are his duet with Mark Chesnutt who lends his vocals to "Political Incorrectness" To bad Nashville is more intrested just selling hugh numbers with their cookie cutters. Instead of an artist of this calaber.

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RAMshackle crASH!
solid listen
The title sums it up better than any words I can say
The best in an incredible career...
Ragged Glory: A flawless masterwork.

Ragged Glory
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Manufacturer: Reprise / Wea
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Weld (2 disc set)

ASIN: B000002LMK
Release Date: 1990-08-31

Tracks:

Country Home
White Line
F*!#in' Up
Over and Over
Love To Burn
Farmer John
Mansion On The Hill
Days That Used To Be
Love and Only Love
Mother Earth (Natural Anthem)

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After a long period of unfocused weirdness, Young spotted grunge around the corner and declared unity with the loud, scruffy sounds coming from Seattle. The countryish ballads, such as the opening "Farmer John," get roaring Crazy Horse treatment, and the headbanging "F*!#in' Up" is the most self-effacing rock anthem since the Who recorded "I'm a Boy." Amid the clatter, though, there is beauty: Crazy Horse's sympathetic backup vocals turn "Mansion on the Hill" into a pretty pop song despite the electric guitars, and even the white noise that closes the 1990 album is soothing in a scream-therapy kind of way. --Steve Knopper

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RAMshackle crASH!.......2007-06-25

Cryptic, misanthropic, ascetic, solipsistic, deliver of bad news, indirectly romantic, slightly stoned and resilient as all hell, Neil Young, middle-aged hippiepunk, throws down with the "world's 3rd greatest garage band" and, David Briggs managing the sound (his blistering best mix), it all careens together loud and slouchy like a mythically cool afterschool basement jam. The guitar solos are merciless, the beat is tipsy, the bass is pus, the chords are melancholy, the lyrics are passive-aggressive and Young's singing is desperate. The overall vibe is utterly cathartic. So supersimple, it's amazing (any) grown men can do this sort of sensitive, disturbed BOY thing.

Beautiful - and nasty.

solid listen.......2007-04-09

Ragged Glory is perhaps Neil Young's best album, and that's really saying something considering I own and love Rust Never Sleeps.

I can't help it- the overall sound of Ragged Glory is that of hard rock and a distint, muddy rock sound buried in the mix. It really works. Sometimes you hear these muddy guitars playing behind a country-sounding song and Neil's vocal work, while other times they're playing behind melodic, lengthy jams. A really good album here, folks. Nothing else like it.

The title sums it up better than any words I can say.......2007-02-22

To me, this is Neil's best post-'70's album. It rocks, a glorious mess of feedback, dissonance, and pure friggin' noise. A bit I could've done without (White Line; Over and Over; Farmer John; Days That Used to Be), but so much of this blows my mind that's beside the point. As usual, there are the extended guitar pieces that are PERFECT for Neil's undescribable technique - Country Home, Love to Burn and Love & Only Love, the big bad guitar showpieces, easily blow away Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and others in terms of both sheer volume and sheer virtuosity. I love how Neil's making use of the 80 minutes on CD to show off his guitar skills, rather than padding the record out. A couple of the shorter songs also prove the Grandfather of Grunge was still alive and kickin' back in '91 (and still is today!): Mansion on the Hill and F*!#in' Up, which along with Barstool BLues is one of his funniest songs ever. Then there's Mother Earth (Natural Anthem), closes the album on a rockin', feedback-happy note while copping the melody of the old standard The Water Is Wide. What can I say? This really is something, that's what. Be sure to have this.

The best in an incredible career..........2006-11-03

Just the best album Neil ever put out, and maybe the best Crazy Horse ever sounded. In listening to Neil for almost 40 years, this is one album I have never gotten sick of - it just brings a rush whenever I hear it. I recently bought the cd for the third time (lost one, last one started to skip)- and it never sounded better.
Love and Only Love, IMO, the best song Neil ever put out. Right behind it are Love to Burn, Over and Over Again. Saw two shows in the Weld tour, and these songs were even better live (I'd give Weld 5 stars too)

Ragged Glory: A flawless masterwork........2006-08-03

Released prior to the inchoate stage of the "grunge" movement, Neil Young and Crazy Horse's "Ragged Glory" stands alone as a work of exemplary garage-rock. As a devout admirer of Young's entire catalog, I must say that "Ragged Glory" remains my unequivocal favorite. The album represents the epitome of songcraft and sheer power; Neil's lyrics make seemingly mundane (yet archetypal) human experiences seem positively transcendent. From the absolutely epic soundscapes of "Country Home" to the nearly utopian idealizations of "Love and Only Love," Crazy Horse has created an extraordinarily affective portrait of life, love, loss, and apprehension. "Over and Over" contains one of the most memorable hooks I've ever heard in my life. "F*!#in' Up" is a gloriously relentless, self-effacing study of self-doubt that to this day remains a staple during Pearl Jam concerts.

Structurally, "Ragged Glory" is relatively consistent: several songs are in the key of G, accompanied by warm, lush, tubes-are-about-to-blow guitars. While there is a fair share of Neil's erratic soloing, the album's use of single-note themes over layers of fuzzy Les Pauls render the songs incredibly memorable.

Ultimately, "Ragged Glory" makes one hell of a first impression and only manages to get better after repeated listens. Neil Young has always possessed a proclivity for surrealism in his work; to an extent, "Ragged Glory" is no exception. Lyrically the album is relatively straightforward; when coupled with masterful arrangements and towering walls of sound, the lyrics evoke thoughts of people, places, and experiences that we believed to be long forgotten. Words fail to express the brilliance exemplified by Neil and Crazy Horse on this album: it is a work of musical genius that easily belongs in the pantheon of rock classics.

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good guitar music
Junior Brown is the MAN.
Junior's Benchmark Album
Track # 10 is worth the price of this CD
We dig Junior Brown!

Semi-Crazy
Junior Brown
Manufacturer: Curb Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000DFW
Release Date: 1996-05-21

Tracks:

Gotta Get Up Every Morning
Darlin' I'll Do Anything You Say
I Hung It Up
I Want To Hear It From You
Semi-Crazy
Hong Kong Blues
Venom Wearin' Denim
Parole Board
Joe The Singing Janitor
Surf Medley: Pipeline/Walk Don't Run/Secret Agent Man

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Almost every article ever written about Junior Brown has compared him to Ernest Tubb and Jimi Hendrix. Brown does sing in the bottomless barroom baritone of Tubb and does pick his guit-steel (his invention, a combination of Telecaster guitar and a tabletop steel guitar) as if he were Hendrix in a brim-turned, straw cowboy hat. What few observers point out is that Brown writes songs like Roger Miller. That gift for exaggerated lyrics is more obvious than ever on Brown's third full-length album, "Semi-Crazy." Brown is less interesting when he gets serious, as on the sentimental romantic plea "Darlin' I'll Do Anything You Say." No matter what he plays, though, Brown always entertains with his buttery, deep-voiced purr and his sudden bursts of picking virtuosity. --Geoffrey Himes

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good guitar music.......2006-11-03

I bought this CD for one song I heard on a Juke Box in a restaurant and was pleasantly surprised with the rest of it even though it isn't my usual genre preference.

Junior Brown is the MAN........2004-11-13

Junior Brown is still the only countryish singer I can stand, and this is probably the best album I've heard from him. Hysterical lyrics, kick-[...]guitar - just an all around fantastic album. Favorites: "Hung it Up," "Joe the Singing Janitor," and the awesome Surf Medley. Get it now.

Junior's Benchmark Album.......2004-09-20

If you have had heard some of the raves about Junior
from reviewers, but have never actually heard him, this is
a good Junior Brown tour-de-force. He explores some of the
old genres of country music - The Cheatin' woman, the Truck
Drivin' Song, We-Can't-get-Along, etc., and some other songs
that are just Junior having fun.

The intro guitar solo on "I Hung It up" is remarkable. I
place it with my top ten best recorded guitar solos. This guy
is in the same league as Clapton, the three Kings (Albert,
Freddie, BB), SRV, Albert Collins, Slash, Setzer, etc. {When
was the last time you heard a country guy use feedback and
whammy bar??) Ernest Tubb meets Jimi Hendix? (But it works!)

This album is just plain fun. Track ten is a surf music
medley thrown in just to mess you up about the time you think
you have him figured out. This CD occupies a permanent spot in
my car's CD cassette. Buy this CD. You won't be sorry!

Track # 10 is worth the price of this CD.......2003-08-17

If you like 60's instrumental "Surf Music", then purchase this CD just for track #10, the Surf medly. I first heard this rendition on XM satellite radio and immediately went to the display screen to see who it was. I immediately purchased this CD, even though I am not a "country/western" music fan.

Great recording with excellent steel guitar playing!

We dig Junior Brown!.......2002-11-03

Mr. Brown's guitar playing is exceptional! Outstanding. Love the title tune: Semi Crazy, and Joe the Singing Janitor is a hoot. If you're a fan you'll enjoy the CD.

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