Psychedelic Pill

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AlbumOct 15 / 20129 songs, 1h 27m 33s
Psychedelic Rock Country Rock
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Neil Young's first collection of new material with Crazy Horse since 2003's Greendale features enough life and fuck-you attitude to remind a listener that "it's better to burn out than to fade away" wasn't necessarily about dying young, so long as you avoided phoning it in.

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Neil Young's first collection of new material with Crazy Horse since 2003's Greendale features enough life and fuck-you attitude to remind a listener that "it's better to burn out than to fade away" wasn't necessarily about dying young, so long as you avoided phoning it in.

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“The king of the left turn” is how Stephen Stills recently described Neil Young. Stills ought to know. As Young’s bandmate in Buffalo Springfield; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; and The Stills-Young Band, he’s been a party to many of Young’s various incarnations: folkie, hippie, rocker, superstar. But what makes Young…

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“The king of the left turn” is how Stephen Stills recently described Neil Young. Stills ought to know. As Young’s bandmate in Buffalo Springfield; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; and The Stills-Young Band, he’s been a party to many of Young’s various incarnations: folkie, hippie, rocker, superstar. But what makes Young…

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The current tour name - Alchemy - provides an apt description of this reunion too, which turns base materials - a few chords, oceans of distortion - into solid gold.

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The current tour name - Alchemy - provides an apt description of this reunion too, which turns base materials - a few chords, oceans of distortion - into solid gold.

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Young has obviously said all he has to say for the time being in his book. Psychedelic Pill is a flat-out guitar record,…

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Young has obviously said all he has to say for the time being in his book. Psychedelic Pill is a flat-out guitar record,…

Check out our album review of Artist's Psychedelic Pill on Rolling Stone.com.

Check out our album review of Artist's Psychedelic Pill on Rolling Stone.com.

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There's a level of trepidation that accompanies every new Neil Young release lately, as if we who revere him now perceive him as a relative...

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There's a level of trepidation that accompanies every new Neil Young release lately, as if we who revere him now perceive him as a relative...

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Some may have thought Neil Young was off his rocker when he reunited himself with Crazy Horse earlier this year and released Americana, an album of fuzzed-out American standards such as “Oh Susannah” and “Clementine.” But lo and behold, just a few

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Some may have thought Neil Young was off his rocker when he reunited himself with Crazy Horse earlier this year and released Americana, an album of fuzzed-out American standards such as “Oh Susannah” and “Clementine.” But lo and behold, just a few

Neil Young's longest album has its moments, but it would benefit from a trim, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong>

Neil Young's longest album has its moments, but it would benefit from a trim, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong>

Psychedelic Pill, the first album of original material from Neil Young and Crazy Horse in nearly a decade, comes on like a flashback.

Psychedelic Pill, the first album of original material from Neil Young and Crazy Horse in nearly a decade, comes on like a flashback.

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Shakey produces some of his best songs in decades while looking back over a remarkable life with wistfulness and humour, writes <strong>Dave Simpson</strong>

Shakey produces some of his best songs in decades while looking back over a remarkable life with wistfulness and humour, writes <strong>Dave Simpson</strong>

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Neil Young - Psychedelic Pill review: The best medicine

4.5 / 5

Neil Young - Psychedelic Pill review: The best medicine

Neil Young & Crazy Horse maintain a raw punch as if recording in a local bar for the sheer blast on their latest album Psychedelic Pill, writes Thomas H Green.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse maintain a raw punch as if recording in a local bar for the sheer blast on their latest album Psychedelic Pill, writes Thomas H Green.

Canada's grizzled maverick unleashes epic double-disc splurge. CD review by Adam Sweeting

Canada's grizzled maverick unleashes epic double-disc splurge. CD review by Adam Sweeting