Blogcritics Comments on Music Review: Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II

Comment by Apell on Music Review: Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:41:27 EDT

Great article. I too am fan of Neil Young however there are a lot of albums where he seems to have lost focus on the songs while trying to go with a "sound" whether it be country, punk/grunge rock or 80s electronic production like on Chrome Dreams. I like his early songs such as "Don't let It Bring You Down". I have recorded an electronic influenced version of it and you can hear a sample of it here.

Comment by Connie Phillips on Music Review: Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:05:26 EDT

Congrats! This article has been forwarded to the Advance.net websites and Boston.com.

Comment by Glen Boyd on Music Review: Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:21:38 EDT

Yeah big faux paux there, and thanks for the catch. It's actually now also pointed out to me by bigtime Neil Young expert Thrasher that the track "Ordinary People" was NOT originally recorded for "Chrome Dreams", but rather for "This Notes For You" -- which actually makes perfect sense once you hear it. Anyway, my review still stands as a mild "thumbs up" at this point. Couple of great tracks there, and still others that I fully expect to be growing on me (especially after seeing Neil Last night here in Seattle) -Glen

Comment by gsilverman on Music Review: Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:56:17 EDT

Glen, I was thoroughly enjoying your review and looking forward to adding this release by Neil to my collection until I found myself hopelessly sidetracked by the following sentence: "Available in bootleg versions for years, the track is said to be part of an original Chrome Dreams CD that Neil nearly released in 1976." Surely, you meant to use the term "album" or "LP" there, rather than "CD." Hard to imagine a 1976 that included CD's. Oh, if only. Most of the Neil Young recordings I heard back then skipped, popped, or in the case of 8 track or cassette, hissed. OK, I'm over it now. CD, LP, whatever, Neil's in-between is definitely good enough for me, too. Thanks for the review.

Comment by Glen Boyd on Music Review: Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:21:16 EDT

I don't think this one will be nearly as controversial Pico -- it's just a review. But I guess we'll see won't we? -Glen

Comment by Pico on Music Review: Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:04:30 EDT

Well done, Glen, I'm going to have to pick up this Neil. And now, I will sit back and see if your comment section gets half the action your last Neil Young review did ;&)