Rust Never Sleeps

У Ніла Янга величезна дискографія і з деякими альбомами в мене є конект, а з деякими нема. Ось тут я щось якось послухав, дуже фоново пройшло.

I’ve always enjoyed Neil’s songwriting, though I’ve never listened to a full album before and I’m not sure a live album counts. I enjoyed this, and I'm aware he’s got other albums on this list so I look forward to listening when they come up.

Really good, he has a very nice voice

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Was going to be a 1, but the last few songs saved it. I'm sick of acoustic guitar!

Great start and finish...the middle not so much. Also Pocahontas was terrible.

Killer opener and closer, tracks in the middle are a mixed bag (leaning positive) - unfortunately I just don't like the structure of this and I can't see it higher than a 3, though it is absolutely the best Neil Young this challenge has offered (not that that is a big win!)

Unser erstes Neil Young Album, werden wohl noch einige Folgen. Fand Teile echt gut. Das erste Lied ist wunderschön. Der zweite Teil war weniger gut.

Think I like the acoustic side more than the electric. But it’s all good. Classic Neil. Closer to a 3.5 or 3.75

This was actually quite the surprise and very enjoyable, despite my fears when I took note of this being a mixture of studio and live tracks. The end result is a well-assembled package which sailed by pleasantly in my ears. The stripped back, gentle acoustics combined with infrequent, reflective bursts of harmonica really do provide for some heartstring-tugging moments throughout, with the album coming out of its cave and taking on more optimistic, hard rock tones as it advances. Wikipedia describes Rust Never Sleeps as "proto-grunge", but I'm not sure I'm getting much of that from it (thankfully) - rather, it feels like a precursor to the exploits of bands such as Built to Spill, Dinosaur Jr, Pavement, Sebadoh et al.

The opening track has a veil of darkness shrouded over it in a way quite unlike anything else on the album, probably taking the cake as my highlight. I was also pleasantly surprised by Neil Young as a vocalist - for whatever reason, I was expecting some gravelly, two-pack-a-day smoker groaning, but he has a smoother vocal style much more aligned with vocalists of the 90-00s alt/indie persuasion.

Would I put this on again? If the circumstances called for something of this ilk, then yeah, I'd probably reach for it.

Pas mal aber lowkey klingt jedes Lied gleich
6/10?

Much like Dylan’s Bringing It All Back Home, Rust Never Sleeps has both an acoustic and an electric side - and it’s all the better for it. The latter even proved formative for the sound of grunge that would blossom in the ’90s.

Partly tracked live and later overdubbed, these recordings sound raw and yet fantastic. Plus, the collection features some of Neil Young’s absolute finest songs (Thrasher, Pocahontas, Powderfinger, Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)). Man, does he shred on the B-side with his Les Paul.

I’m not particularly crazy about Ride My Llama, Welfare Mothers and Sedan Delivery, as they pale in comparison to the other towering songs on the album. But that’s really just nitpicking.

Neil Young reportedly included “rust” in the title of the previous tour as a metaphor to avoid artistic stagnation - however, if you’ve got these songs sitting around, one does wonder what exactly he thought he was rusting into.

Thanks to Nick Offerman suggesting this album in one of his books, I found this album just five or six years ago. As a beginner woodworker, I was inspired to listen to this in the shop (as Offerman says he did) while I wasted wood and didn't make much more than sawdust and smaller pieces of wood. Thanks to Nick, I love this album and have marginally increased my woodworking abilities.

Anyway, I know Neil Young is an acquired taste and not for everyone. I was a hater for a long time, so I get it.

For me, ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5

Solid opener with a song that i only know from being a staple of Oasis’s setlist.

For a fairly short album theres more variety in terms of style than the previous Neil Young albums i’d listened to, presumably in part due to the live aspect but this still works as a cohesive album.

Not sure of the necessity to close the album with a different version of hey hey though, especially given it is not as good

I'm sorry Neil Young, what sort of lyric is:
"Welfare mothers make better lovers
While they're washin' you can hear this sound now
Welfare mothers make better lovers
Di-vor-ceeeeeeeee"
???

And while we're on the topic of lyrics:
"I'm gonna ride my llama
From Peru to Texarkana
I wanna ride him good"
???

This is my second Neil Young album since starting the project, and I found this album less dull than the last one (I think I've moved on to "questionable" now), but I still hate his voice.

2/5

I got thrown by the opening track, it's a live recording, and it had a fade-out, felt a bit jarring. The rest of the album was okay, but yeah usual Neil Young, harmonica and whine. 2.5

Middle of the road, don't understand how Neil Young has so many damn albums on here

Loved the album back in HS - my first Neil Young album #albumsky #musicsky 4/5

The depth and breadth of Neil Young's work is encapsulated here. The acoustic side is pure beauty, philosophical and edgy. The playing is so smooth, really sincere, it's amazing to me how perfect yet heartfelt. The electric side turns the tables without being any less beautiful and soulful. Spontaneous, deep, it's great. Not disturbing or upsetting, just more pure awesomeness!

I think I might be a Neil Young fan?? This was really excellent. And an interesting recording concept, where it's mostly live but done in a way to limit the "live-ness" of it. Really enjoyable, I'll put this one on again for sure.