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8.5
92134
8.5 |
Paste Magazine
If you’ve got dozens of Neil Young records already and maybe you don’t play some of them very much, it’s worth taking a chance on Peace Trail
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8.0
92142
8.0 |
Evening Standard
The Canadian songwriter is back on angry, soulful territory
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8.0
92145
8.0 |
Uncut
Strange, stubborn, stripped-down: Neil Young continues on his own path
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8.0
92115
8.0 |
The FT
Combines gentle folk-rock with clenched-fist sentiments and voice software-distorted vocals
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8.0
92083
8.0 |
The Music
Peace Trail stands out as one of Young's most lucid, inspired works since his return to prominence in the '90s
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6.7
92081
6.7 |
Pitchfork
Ten sparse protest songs
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6.7
92082
6.7 |
Consequence Of Sound
Rock’s most earnest curmudgeon might be getting older, but he’s not too old yet to still carry a well-deserved grudge
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6.5
92161
6.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
The 71-year old legend's rush to push out fresh product continues to result in extremely shoddy quality control
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6.0
92215
6.0 |
Q
These songs sound like young wrote them an hour after watching the news. Print edition only
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6.0
92111
6.0 |
The Observer
The key to this record, perhaps, lies in a song called Can’t Stop Working. The title reads like a broadside against exploitative labour practices, but it’s actually about Young keeping going. The times demand it, and his wellbeing does too
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6.0
92118
6.0 |
Rolling Stone
Songs like these are minor Neil, but minor Neil is better than no Neil at all
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6.0
92146
6.0 |
Clash
While there’s nothing really here to ignite a flame of revolution, or indeed get fists in the air to be honest, ‘Peace Trail’ sees Young doing what comes naturally, soundtracking tumultuous times with some confident and easy songwriting
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5.0
92084
5.0 |
American Songwriter
Worthwhile moments are scattered throughout these 10 tunes, just as often you’ll lunge for the track-skip button in exasperation of hearing a major talent and unquestioned cultural icon who has spread himself too thin
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4.0
92088
4.0 |
The Irish Times
Peace Trail is more a quirky footnote than a chapter in a mighty career
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4.0
92091
4.0 |
The Independent
Neil Young slips into self-parody again, with a set of desultory peacenik songs too simplistic and patronising to be taken seriously
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4.0
92093
4.0 |
The Guardian
A political dream defaced
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4.0
92096
4.0 |
All Music
One of Neil Young's genuinely strange albums, a record that's compelling in its series of increasingly bad decisions
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4.0
92086
4.0 |
The Arts Desk
There are some powerful guitar and harmonica riffs but this is a messy outing that is less vital than it ought to be and needs to be at this perilous moment in our history
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3.0
92087
3.0 |
Exclaim
What a mess
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2.0
92098
2.0 |
Spectrum Culture
An unmitigated, borderline unlistenable disaster
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2.0
92085
2.0 |
NOW
Spiritless and phoned-in
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