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Most notably, the title track and “Star of Bethlehem” which appeared on American Stars and Bars, one of my favorite Neil Young records. There are some truly great songs on Homegrown, several of which we’ve heard before in a different presentation. I suspect it also might be a non-essential for the casual fan.

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The latest in his archival series is called Homegrown and it is an essential release for the serious Neil Young fan. I recently caught up on his Songs For Judy album, a previously unreleased live album from 1976 ( click here if you missed that). In recent years, Neil Young has been graciously opening his archives of unheard older material almost equally alongside his new releases. In a way, too much music from our heroes should be our worst problem. This is a challenge I’ve had with Van Morrison, Guided By Voices and several others I love.

One of my favorite artists, Neil Young, has put out a lot of albums in recent years to a point where it is difficult for the average person keep up. As a composer, musician, artist myself, I try to avoid doing that whenever possible, considering the artist’s work on its own merit, in the time and place it was made in addition to how it might resonate here and now. Additionally, when considering archival releases it is in many ways unfair to judge an artist against their past work. I mean, my definition of a “masterpiece” is probably quite different than yours. This is a hard call to make and admittedly a very subjective claim. Moon Shaped Pool.Īll are good albums… Really good albums even! But only some ascend to the status of “greatness.” Abbey Road… Or Radiohead’s Ok Computer vs. Think for a moment about the difference between Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon and, say, The Final Cut… Or The Beatles’ Let it Be vs. It is curious, this thing we call an “album” and how some collections of songs escalate into our consciousness as “great,” “classic” or even “essential.” Twitter Facebook Email Print LinkedIn Pinterest SMS WhatsApp

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