Product Details
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Audio CD (October 23, 2007)
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Original Release Date: October 23, 2007
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Number of Discs: 2
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Label: Reprise / Wea
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ASIN: B000VQQO3K
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Average Customer Review:
500X472 - Perfect for iPod, as close to my cover of the DVD edition as I could get.
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1. Beautiful Bluebird |
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2. Boxcar |
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3. Ordinary |
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4. Shining Light |
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5. The Believer |
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6. Spirit Road |
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7. Dirty Old Man |
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8. Ever After |
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9. No Hidden Path |
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10. The Way |
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Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
What we have here is easily Mr. Young's finest work in years, one that erases the
memory of his well-intentioned but anemic 2006 protest album, Living with War.
Recorded using analog gear, with Crazy Horse drummer Ralph Molina, pedal steel
guitarist Ben Keith, and Rick Rosas on bass, CD2 manages to sound both home-grown
and experimental. It's the work of an artist still not afraid to take chances, who also
knows what his strengths are and doesn't stray too far from them. Trainspotters will
note that three of the ten songs were written but never released before, while we all
might puzzle over the title. Chrome Dreams is the name of an unreleased album from
1977. So, why is this Chrome Dreams II? Is it a similar case to 1992's Harvest Moon,
when Young went back to the virtual land of his 1972 hit Harvest to write more
material in that vein? As the original was reportedly lost in a fire, we may never know.
Chrome Dreams II offers up gorgeous, plaintive laments and country-tinged numbers
sung in that achy breaky, heart-on-sleeve voice of Young's, as well as ragged
barn-storming rockers delivered with a growl. There's even an 18-minute dirge that
excitedly mixes R&B back-up horns with searing electric guitar leads! Wow.
--Mike McGonigal
Sepetim
