Chrome Dreams

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Neil Young’s deep dive into his archives will continue this August with the arrival of what’s considered one of the most mythic and desired items in his vault, his unreleased 1977 album Chrome Dreams.

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. 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.According to Young, ‘Toast’ is “an album that stands on its own in [his] collection”. He cited the record’s melancholic tone as a reason why it never left the studio, explaining in last May’s aforementioned blog post: “Unlike any other, ‘Toast’ was so sad that I couldn’t put it out. I just skipped it and went on to do another album in its place. I couldn’t handle it at that time. 2001.” Neil Young – Chrome Dreams II – Review – Uncut.co.uk". Archived from the original on July 26, 2008 . Retrieved 2015-06-03.

Neil Young – guitar, vocal; Frank “Poncho” Sampedro – Stringman, vocals; Billy Talbot – bass; Ralph Molina – drums, vocal 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. Chrome Dreams is the 44th album by Neil Young. It was first compiled as an acetate for consideration as an album for release in 1977. A copy of the acetate widely circulated as a bootleg in the decades prior to its release. The album was officially released on August 11, 2023 to universal acclaim from critics. Neil Young – guitar, vocal; Frank “Poncho” Sampedro – guitar; Billy Talbot – bass, vocal; Ralph Molina – drums, vocal Weiss, Dan (2009-02-06). "It's Not Your Parents' Grammy Awards — Or Is It?". SPIN . Retrieved 2015-06-03.Neil Young – guitar, vocal, harmonica; Ben Keith – dobro, vocal; Tim Drummond – bass; Karl T. Himmel – drums; Emmylou Harris – vocal Pitchfork named the album "Best New Reissue", with Stephen Thomas Erlewine stating that "as familiar as the material may be, its ragged, magical charm is greater than the sum of its parts" and it "offers a distinctly different experience than any other Young album from the late 1970s". [11] Fred Thomas of AllMusic felt that "Young devotees are probably already aware of the legacy and niche cultural importance of Chrome Dreams and will appreciate the specifics of the listening experience, even if the songs have become less obscured since they were first put to tape". [8] Collette, Doug (August 9, 2023). "Neil Young's Chrome Dreams Offers Mid-'70s Gems As Originally Intended (Album Review)". Glide Magazine . Retrieved August 11, 2023.

Neil Young: Chrome Dreams" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved August 19, 2023. Neil Young – acoustic& electric guitars, banjo, harmonica, grand piano, pump organ, Hammond B-3 organ, vibes, percussion, vocalKreps, Daniel (June 30, 2023). "Neil Young Is Finally Releasing His Long-Lost Album Chrome Dreams". Rolling Stone . Retrieved August 11, 2023. a b Mitchum, Rob (August 7, 2023). "Neil Young – Chrome Dreams". Uncut . Retrieved August 11, 2023. Writing in The Guardian, Alexis Petridis opined that the album "could have been Young's strongest album of the 70s". [4] Recorded everywhere from Indigo Ranch Studio in Malibu, California to Quadrafonic Sound Studios in Nashville, Tennessee to Hammersmith Apollo in London, Chrome Dreams is not just a living, breathing full moon; it’s a document of a prolific, all-time era in Young’s career that never truly was. In 1977, he released the middle-of-the-road American Stars ‘n Bars—which was heavily shouldered by “Like a Hurricane”—and then, in 1978, he put out his country-focused Comes a Time—which was headlined by “Four Strong Winds,” a song Young didn’t even write. The long-bootlegged LP, featuring a dozen songs — many of them classics — that Young recorded between 1974 and 1977, will finally be released on August 11th via Reprise Records.

Hasty, Katie (2007-10-31). "Underwood Leads Three Country Debuts Onto Chart". Billboard.com . Retrieved 2007-11-28. Christgau, Robert (2007-11-01). "Neil Young Chrome Dreams II Album Review". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 2015-06-03. Austriancharts.at – Neil Young – Chrome Dreams" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 29, 2023. Alexis Petridis (October 2007). "Neil Young, Chrome Dreams II". The Guardian . Retrieved 25 February 2008. All these releases come amid Young’s ongoing series of archival reissues. In April last year, he released the ‘Official Release Series Volume 4’ box set, comprising three classic albums from the 1980s – one of his own, and two collaborative efforts – as well as a rare EP that was only ever sold in Australia and Japan.

Both pale next to Ordinary People, which went unreleased for two decades. You have to be either supremely confident or hugely misguided to believe that any song warrants taking up 18 minutes of your listeners' lives, but nothing here feels superfluous or wasted: it races by in an exhilarating blur of gripping, witty lyrical vignettes - barflies watching a Las Vegas title fight, homeless squatters occupying the derelict factory in which they used to work, a hustler "tryin' to help the people get the drugs to the street" - blasting brass arrangements and guitar solos that sound like anger boiling over. Perversely, Ordinary People is so extraordinary that you wonder at the wisdom of its inclusion here. It's fit to stand alongside anything Young has ever recorded, but it's also 20 years old, which casts the recent material that follows in an unforgiving light. The 2023 official release of Chrome Dreams has artwork almost identical to the above description, but is credited to musician Ronnie Wood. Offiziellecharts.de – Neil Young – Chrome Dreams" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 18, 2023. Chrome Dreams II is the 28th studio album by Canadian-American musician Neil Young. The album was released on October 23, 2007 as a double LP and as a single CD. The album name references Chrome Dreams, a legendary Neil Young album from 1977 that had originally been scheduled for release but was shelved in favor of American Stars 'N Bars. [11] Young will embark on his first tour in several years this weekend, performing a solo acousticrun of the West Coast which will focus on songs he's never played live.