Felice Brothers Favorite Waitress
Van Morrison Too Late To Stop Now (cd 1)
Mark Ronson Uptown Special
Mike Oldfield Ommadawn
Neil Young Living With War
Neil Young Living With War
Neil Young Greendale
I've been recommencing some concentrated Neil Young research towards a forthcoming album ranking - as he has about 50 albums to his name and is showing no sign of letting up any time soon (Young's latest Colorado has just come out) this is a mammoth undertaking. Luckily I know a lot of them well already but there are a lot of new ones to wade through too (I gave up purchasing every Neil Young album released around 1985). Despite his Quality Control Department largely going AWOL for much of the new millenium (and for all the 80s) there are some undiscovered gems which will reveal themselves once I finally get the ranking out. Neither of the above really come into that category - they seem very similar to me for a number of reasons - from the guitar rock riffing and basic backing to the chronology (2002 and 2006 respectively) and even the buff brown covers.
A Frank Sampredo-less Crazy Horse provide the backing on the earlier Greendale; for Living With War Young turned to regular recent contributors the late Rick Rosas on bass and Chad Cromwell on drums - both backing bands sound practically the same on these two records. Interestingly when Young toured Living With War he somehow persuaded Crosby Stills and Nash to join him. The infamous "Freedom Of Speech" tour was captured on film:
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