On his 43rd studio album, Neil Young expresses concern about the state of the Earth. Guidance group Crazy Horse stands by his side as usual.
Tightly dressed, raincoat under the arm, on the way to an important appointment. It’s a man of the world for the Neil Youngs cover World Records , you can see that, even though the photo looks like it was taken somewhere in the fifties. The man looks like Young himself? That’s right, it’s his father Scott Young, a Canadian journalist and writer who died in 2005.
What’s up for Dad Young World Records must, is not entirely clear, because it is an album whose songs are mainly about nature, more precisely – it was there – the threat to it. Young’s love of nature is well known – he has long lived in the countryside.
Naughty rockers
on World Records , on which the singer-songwriter is traditionally assisted by the hard rockers of Crazy Horse, a serious and dark concern predominates in most songs, but every now and then a hopeful ray of sunlight seeps in. The men are especially moving in their beautifully grating harmony vocals.
Chevy is called one of the songs, because environmental activist Young is also a car freak, even a collector. Don’t immediately start prancing that this is an impossible combination: he has the classics in his collection neatly electrified.
Neil Young: World Record
Warner
★★★★☆