Chrome Dreams

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Neil Young – acoustic& electric guitars, banjo, harmonica, grand piano, pump organ, Hammond B-3 organ, vibes, percussion, vocal Andy Greene (August 2007). "Neil Young to Release Sequel to Unreleased 1977 Album". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 3, 2007 . Retrieved 26 February 2008. Neil Young: Chrome Dreams" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved August 19, 2023. Several years into his prolific archive project, Neil Young’s vault still hasn’t come anywhere near reaching the end. Chrome Dreams, the newest member of Young’s Special Release Series, is possibly the most fabled lost album in his shadow discography, looming so large in fan lore that Young cheekily released a sequel in 2007. so after going through 4 copies of 2 different pressings, i'm finally happy to have landed on a 'quite' flat, very clean EU pressing. actually all of the copies i got very exceptionally clean. but as written before, all of them were warped. it was a warp disaster that i haven't experienced before. and that is a shame, especially after waiting for this release for such a long time. so this really is a missed opportunity, because the standard for NY vinyl pressings used to be impeccable. things went downhill for quite some time now.

Sixteen years ago, in 2007, Neil Young puzzled quite a few people when he released a new album called Chrome Dreams II. Only his most devoted followers knew that the title was a reference to Chrome Dreams, an entirely different album he had put together in 1977 before shelving it in favor of American Stars ‘n Bars. The original Chrome Dreams leaked out years later as a bootleg drawn from the ’77 acetate, and many fans felt he had made the wrong choice. “In many ways,” Young biographer Jimmy McDonough wrote in his 2002 Young biography, Shakey, “ Chrome Dreams is a more powerful collection than the haphazard collection of American Stars ‘n Bars.”

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The summer 2023 release as it is coming to life now is exactly how Young perceives it and has a sense of monumentality about it that conveys a place in history,” Reprise said of the album. Neil Young – guitar, vocal; Frank “Poncho” Sampedro – Stringman, vocals; Billy Talbot – bass; Ralph Molina – drums, vocal Hasty, Katie (2007-10-31). "Underwood Leads Three Country Debuts Onto Chart". Billboard.com . Retrieved 2007-11-28. Another extended work-out, No Hidden Path, is four minutes shorter, half as inventive and feels five times as long. The Believer and Spirit Road pass unmemorably. But just when the listener starts reflecting on Young's waning abilities, two songs arrive that suggest the fire is far from out. Dirty Old Man offers impossibly grizzled punk: the guitars don't sound distorted so much as decomposed, Young's voice fights to be heard above the sludge, but there's something gleeful about the delivery that suggests a sneaking affection for the song's lecherous, alcoholic protagonist. Neil Young – guitar, vocal, harmonica; Ben Keith – dobro, vocal; Tim Drummond – bass; Karl T. Himmel – drums; Emmylou Harris – vocal

Writing in The Guardian, Alexis Petridis opined that the album "could have been Young's strongest album of the 70s". [4] New Neil Young Album: "Chrome Dreams II" Set for Release October 16th". Warner Bros. Records . Retrieved 2007-11-28. [ dead link] Offiziellecharts.de – Neil Young – Chrome Dreams II" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 29, 2022.Neil Young – Chrome Dreams II. and Live Archives coming up – Ordinary People". Bad News Beat . Retrieved 2007-11-28.