The Guardian giver Neil Young & Crazy Horses “Americana” 5 stjerner
3. juni 2012
Her i bloggen har jeg fulgt Neil Young & Crazy Horses nye plade helt frem til udgivelsen. Derfor er det naturligt at gengive Molloy Woodcrafs korte anbefaling, der knap nok er en anmeldelse, men nærmest en varedeklaration… Og så ikke mere om den plade foreløbigt.
“There’s plenty to like about Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s first work together for nine years, a collection of cover versions of essential American tunes. Some – openers Oh Susannah and Clementine, Jesus’ Chariot (aka She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain) – acquire an ominous feel in the minor key, the guitars never far from overdriven, while This Land is Your Land is sweet and warm with harmonies. Gallows Pole is a country jaunt while the first whiff of an acoustic guitar comes in the penultimate number, Wayfarin’ Stranger, which has a nicely understated vocal; Get a Job is a pleasingly shabby version of the Silhouettes’ doo-wop classic. That closing number God Save the Queen ends tellingly with My Country, ‘Tis of Thee’s line “Let freedom ring!” would suggest the record’s release at the jubilee is mere happy coincidence…”
The Independents anmelder Nick Coleman slutter sin lige så korte anmeldelse – eller snarere: nedslagtning – af med følgende dom: ” It is cursory, lumpen and dull.”
