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8.0
1547
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Blender
Pragmatically exploiting his sure tune sense, his saving falsetto and a command of the political facts well exceeding that of Living With War, he’s turned out the first great protest album of the new dispensation.
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8.0
1548
8.0 |
Daily Telegraph
Young, the most American of non-Americans, glories in the noble pursuit of driving. In short, he wants cars to keep being made, but with greater eco-awareness.
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8.0
1554
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musicOMH
It's not what you'd call pretty, exactly, but there's a hell of a lot of charm and admirable grit to Young's decision to say bollocks to politeness and tell it like it is.
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8.0
1559
8.0 |
The Sunday Times
He is fired up about something — which tends to make for his best music.
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8.0
1564
8.0 |
Uncut
This is the work of a man who has been moved by current events to put something down on paper.
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7.0
1561
7.0 |
Spin
It’s an ode to innocence lost by an epic talent for whom wide-eyed naiveté was never really an option.
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6.0
1558
6.0 |
The Quietus
Isn't a classic album by any stretch of the imagination, but it's another admirable protest while we wait for the younger voices to start singing.
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6.0
1563
6.0 |
The Irish Times
Young wilfully continues to plough his own furrow. Typically, the results are a mixture of the sublime (Johnny Magic) and the plain silly (Hit the Road).
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6.0
1556
6.0 |
Scotland on Sunday
This is no Rust Never Sleeps.
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6.0
1552
6.0 |
Observer Music Monthly
Neil's guitar is all spluttering filth and you can just about hear the rust flaking away.
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6.0
1549
6.0 |
Evening Standard
The problem is that the material is desperately thin melodically.
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5.0
1550
5.0 |
No Ripcord
If you can manage to tune out Young’s fawning, you may enjoy the exuberance on display here. If not, this is one attempted message that will likely leave you in the dust
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4.0
1551
4.0 |
Observer Music Monthly
The guitar sound is always fantastic - gutsy, driving, grungy - but the drumming is truly terrible and as for the words ... to call them lyrics seems to give too much formal weight.
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4.0
1555
4.0 |
PopMatters
A shame that its quick flash nature makes an earnest pursuit feel more like a frivolous, fleeting obsession.
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4.0
1557
4.0 |
The Guardian
His long-suffering fans won't be pacified by wilfully mangled guitars, or lyrics like: ""Got a pot belly. It's not too big. Gets in my way when I'm driving my rig.""
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4.0
1562
4.0 |
The Independent
String of eco-car songs little more than bland automotive boogies... nowhere near as glorious as he can deliver.
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2.0
1560
2.0 |
The Times
Last year’s tour was stunning, so it’s ironic that, between shows, Young spent his time recording possibly his worst album.
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2.0
1553
2.0 |
Independent on Sunday
The sound of a man running out of road.
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