Earth / Neil Young + Promise of the Real.
Material type: MusicPublisher number: 554514-2 | Reprise RecordsPublisher: [Burbank, CA] : Reprise Records, [2016]Copyright date: ℗2016 ©2016Description: 2 audio discs ; 4 3/4 inContent type:- performed music
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Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult CD | Main Library | CD | POP/ROCK Young, Neil & Promise of the Real | Available | 33111008665891 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Neil Young used his union with the Promise of the Real -- the gangly crew fronted by Willie Nelson's kids Lukas and Micah -- to tackle weighty social problems on The Monsanto Years, a record supported by a relatively expansive tour. Earth, a double album culled from 2015 performances, goes one further, mining ecologically minded Young tunes and then addressing them to mother earth herself. According to Young, the catch is, "our animal kingdom is well represented in the audience as well, and the animals, insects, birds, and mammals actually take over the performances of the songs at times." This is an understatement. Animal sounds infect Earth, sometimes swallowing the guitars, sometimes chirping along in rhythm, an affect that is precisely the opposite of natural. Earth is aggressively artificial, the nature noises grafted upon performances that are indifferent to their presence. Perhaps this tension could be construed as a commentary -- man plows through the world without care for his animal brethren -- but as executed on Earth, the tension is entirely accidental. Young and the Promise of the Real lumber along in their own world, turning out perfectly respectable versions of songs old and new -- they have some of the unwieldy sprawl of Crazy Horse but none of the charmingly leaden lurch -- and, just when everything seems normal, the chirps, crows, and moos all arrive on a downbeat, sending things into a realm where the psychedelic and the silly coexist. Anybody looking for a straight-up document of Young & the Promise of the Real may very well be disappointed -- all those pesky critters keep getting in the way -- but Earth is better because of its inspired madness: the weirdness isn't merely a reason to listen, but it elevates the album to the status of one of Young's genuinely inspired nutso albums. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Title from disc label.
Performed by Neil Young ; with Promise of the Real ; with additional musicians.
Full credits on container insert.
A new take on some of Neil Young's most beloved songs, this collection of recordings combines live performances with added musical overdubs and sounds of the Earth, including insect and animal sounds.
disc 1. Mother Earth -- Seed justice -- My country home -- The Monsanto years -- Western hero -- Vampire blues -- Hippie dream -- After the gold rush -- Human highway.
disc 2. Big box -- People want to hear about love -- Wolf moon -- Love and only love.