The Monsanto Years

Pitchfork 5.2/10 When Neil Young gets angry, he gets impulsive. The Monsanto Years, his latest album, is a screed against big agribusiness and the corporations that support it, but it is ultimately less a call to topple an evil empire than an expression of helplessness in trying to fight it.

A.V. Club F For most artists, the concept album is the one half your career has led up to. For Neil Young, it’s the thing he throws together in a few raucous-seeming weeks every three or four years.

The Line of Best Fit 5/10 The Canadian legend's timely protest against corporate omnipotence is muted by half-baked material.

Rolling Stone 3/5 Check out our album review of Artist's The Monsanto Years on Rolling Stone.com.

The Skinny 4/5 The Monsanto Years is a crystallisation of some of Young’s hardest-fought political positions. And it comes at a time of minor global awakening on many of these fronts.

Under The Radar 7.5/10 Neil Young is angry. As the title suggests, this time around the subject of his ire is corporate greed.

The Observer 3/5 From impoverished farmers to bankers ‘too rich for jail’, rock’s elder statesman is determined to get listeners to give a damn with his 36th album

Slant 2/5 While Young’s anger and focus are admirable, The Monsanto Years doesn’t come anywhere close to matching his passion.

Pop Matters 7/10 “It’s a bad day to do nothin’ / with so many people needin’ our help,” Neil Young obstreperously verbalizes within the opening moments of intro...

The Guardian 5/5 Neil Young’s anti-GM, anti-Starbucks, generally anti-corporate album proves he is still a force to be reckoned with