Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Neil Young (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars); Frank Sampedro (guitar); Billy Talbot (bass); Ralph Molina (drums).
Additional personnel: Nicolette Larson (vocals); Joe Osborne, Carl Himmel.
Producers: Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Tim Mulligan, David Briggs.
As far as pure songcraft goes, it's hard to beat this 1979 offering from Young and Crazy Horse. By the end of the '90s, Young, Talbot, Molina and Sampredo had refined their crushing sonic assault to the extent that they could bludgeon the listener with Wagnerian riffs and rhythms (the entropy hymn "Hey Hey, My My") or provide just enough grit to keep Young's far-out lyrics from ascending into the stratosphere ("Ride My Llama.") Songwise, RUST is a schizophrenic album. Young moves from the brilliant surrealist imagery of "Pocahontas," with its evocation of "Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me," to the sharp narrative perspective of the equally transcendent "Powderfinger" and the good-humored social commentary of "Welfare Mothers."
Professional Reviews
Q (1/03, p.64) - Included in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums Ever"
Q (8/93, p.107) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...it flows, it's got a couple of his strongest issue songs in 'Pocahontas' and 'Powderfinger,' and it's even rather good-humored..."
Mojo (Publisher) (11/01, p.151) - "Half-acoustic, half electric, the tracks ranged from beautifully affecting to menacing..."
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– Customer review on 07/01/2007
This is one of my favourite albums. Neil young shows his mastery of both acoustic and and electric guitar playing, with lyrics and that flat voice of his that bring it together so perfectly. The amazing thing about this album is its contrasts, some songs are gentle and soft while others are dirty and heavy, yet they sit next to each other in perfect harmony.
As a side note: Kurt Cobain famously quoted the line "It's better to burn out than to fade away" from "My My, Hey Hey" in his suicide note.
Im listening to this c.d as i type.... It is so good. Its a classic. If you dont already own it, well maybe its time you did. Any Neil Young c.d is good but this one is one of the best i have ever heard. Its inspired me to crank out the guitar and learn it!
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