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Chrome Dreams II
by: Neil Young

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0093624991717
Label: Warner
Manufacturer: Warner
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Warner
Release Date: October 22, 2007
Studio: Warner
Sales Rank: 17672
MPN: 311932

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Amazon.co.uk Review:
The sequel to a late seventies album that never actually appeared (supposedly after Young played it to Carole King, who described it as "demos"), Chrome Dreams II is the latest entry in the late flowering of the increasingly mortal looking Young, very nearly seen off by illness in 2005. The following year’s blunt Living with War, fuelled by disgust at American foreign policy, eschewed platitudes and vague sentiments in favour of attacking specifics, and Chrome Dreams II, though less single-minded, also takes sides. Musically it is terrific too, ranging from the offhanded country-rock prettiness of eighties outtake "Beautiful Bluebird" and the elegant, faintly churchy closer "The Way" to the all out aggression of the wonderfully sleazy rocker "Dirty Old Man" ("I like to get hammered on Friday night, sometimes I can’t wait, so Monday’s alright"). The oft-bootlegged "Ordinary People", originally deemed too long for 1988’s This Note’s for You, finally gets an official release, an eighteen minute horn powered epic defending the victims of Reaganomics which still carries a contemporary resonance. But it’s not the only marathon number here. The grungy, hook-laden "Spirit Road" and "No Hidden Path" are just as fine, perfect examples of the turgid but irresistible riffing Young has been purveying for some forty years. With his romantic side emerging on "Shining Light" and the soulful "The Believer" it makes for a perfectly balanced set, and one which genuinely bears comparison with anything in his long back catalogue. --Steve Jelbert

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Young at his peak?
A magnificant album which sees Young at possibly his peak, will be
difficult to follow, a landmark.

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- Fantastic
This is a real corker of a Neil Young album ranking on a par with 'After the goldrush', 'Harvest' and 'Rust never sleeps'. I just love Ordinary People, No hidden path, Shining Light, The Way, Beautiful Bluebird, Spirit Road. great to hear crazy horse at full throttle again on the upbeat tracks.

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- A Strange One
This is a strange one. In essence a sequel to an album that never saw the light of day. The original Chrome Dreams was scheduled for release in 1977 but shelved in favour of what became American Stars n Bars. Now Young releases a follow up to an album that never was.

The man never ceases to amaze. I wonder at times whether he has a butterfly brain - flitting from one project to another. Or perhaps he is a deep thinker. Whatever has prompted this album, I have to say it's not at all bad with numerous high spots, although I find the length of tracks like Ordinary People (18 min 13 sec) and No Hidden Path (14 min 30 sec) rather too daunting.

Young is still capable of putting together some gems and on this album it comes ... Read More:

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- Helps you 'relax'.
Whether it's your early morning coffee, or you are unwinding after a hectic day. This Neil Young LP is so nice. Especially the track entitled Ordinary People. I put it on repeat sometimes as well. The beauty of CD's I guess

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- Diverse, interesting and enjoyable
'Chrome Dreams II', Neil Young's 30th studio album, is - bizarrely - a sequel to a late-70s album that was never released and, I must confess, when I heard that fact and saw the title, I feared the worst. Quite honestly, I shouldn't have feared anything as this album is wonderful, a continuation of the artistic roll that Neil has been on for a considerable amount of time and is very similar in feel to his 1970 masterpiece 'After The Gold Rush'.

The first track, 'Beautiful Bluebird' is, indeed, beautiful. A gentle, romantic piece of acoustic tenderness, it convinces you immediately that this album is going to be no dud. It, like all the first three tracks, was written and shelved in the 1980s during Young's well-documented artistic ... Read More:

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