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I think "Are You Passionate" is the most wrongly maligned album in Neil's whole catalog. There are a few glaring misfires on it, but at least half of the songs are fantastic, and it's also arguably Neil's finest hour as a guitar player.

Strat wrote:I legit think Trans is a fantastic record. Some really great melodies and riffs in there.

"Sample and Hold" may be my favorite Neil melody of all time. Seriously.

Kevin Davis wrote:

Strat wrote:I legit think Trans is a fantastic record. Some really great melodies and riffs in there.

"Sample and Hold" may be my favorite Neil melody of all time. Seriously.

I listen to it quite regularly. And i love that live version even more.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Kevin Davis wrote:I think "Are You Passionate" is the most wrongly maligned album in Neil's whole catalog. There are a few glaring misfires on it, but at least half of the songs are fantastic, and it's also arguably Neil's finest hour as a guitar player.

I really like that one, and the backing band is sort of unreal. But there's something about it that I can't put my finger on that always keeps it on my "B Team" list.

When I 'm away I call you up,
And you don't seem to miss me as much,
But I know our love
is still there in your heart,
Just differently.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Kevin Davis wrote:I think "Are You Passionate" is the most wrongly maligned album in Neil's whole catalog. There are a few glaring misfires on it, but at least half of the songs are fantastic, and it's also arguably Neil's finest hour as a guitar player.

I really like that one, and the backing band is sort of unreal. But there's something about it that I can't put my finger on that always keeps it on my "B Team" list.

I agree, it's not an A-lister. But I've seen it ranked dead last on multiple lists before, which feels insane to me.

Strat wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Kevin Davis wrote:I think "Are You Passionate" is the most wrongly maligned album in Neil's whole catalog. There are a few glaring misfires on it, but at least half of the songs are fantastic, and it's also arguably Neil's finest hour as a guitar player.

I really like that one, and the backing band is sort of unreal. But there's something about it that I can't put my finger on that always keeps it on my "B Team" list.

When I 'm away I call you up,
And you don't seem to miss me as much,
But I know our love
is still there in your heart,
Just differently.

The way the main guitar part comes back in after that bridge gives me chills.

Oh, Neil

Oh yes. This song is legit fucking great. That chorus. Shit.

Kevin Davis wrote:Everything up through the mid-2000's is either (a) very good to essential, or (b) a weird/interesting failure that at least contains a few top-shelf songs ("Landing on Water" may be the one exception to this).

Man, I absolutely love Hippie Dream off Landing on Water.

I like a few songs from "Landing on Water," but mostly it's very bland, and lacking that touch of outlandishness that marked most of Neil's WTF albums from this period.

"Ordinary People" from Bluenote Cafe is fucking outstanding. Neil's masterpiece, hands down.

"Bluenote Cafe" is a treasure.

Incidentally, "A Treasure" -- another '80s-vindicating release -- is also one.

On the side, I noted randomly that I listened to On the Beach yesterday and turned this into the new Neil Young thread. I am quite proud of myself.

In the meantime, you are all making me want to take this journey next. I don’t think I will report back as exhaustively as I did with Bruce, but I will take my time and do this right.

liebzz wrote:On the side, I noted randomly that I listened to On the Beach yesterday and turned this into the new Neil Young thread. I am quite proud of myself.

In the meantime, you are all making me want to take this journey next. I don’t think I will report back as exhaustively as I did with Bruce, but I will take my time and do this right.

That is quite an endeavor. I'm sure I've heard all his albums over time but never gave Neil's catalog the straight-through treatment.

I attempted the same with Metallica last week. I often state that I really do not care for them, usually in the same breath as AC/DC, but it had truly been a while since I listened to any album proper; I got through to Nothing Else Matters and just said fuck it, I'm done. To each their own I suppose.

oasisfan35 wrote:

liebzz wrote:On the side, I noted randomly that I listened to On the Beach yesterday and turned this into the new Neil Young thread. I am quite proud of myself.

In the meantime, you are all making me want to take this journey next. I don’t think I will report back as exhaustively as I did with Bruce, but I will take my time and do this right.

That is quite an endeavor. I'm sure I've heard all his albums over time but never gave Neil's catalog the straight-through treatment.

I attempted the same with Metallica last week. I often state that I really do not care for them, usually in the same breath as AC/DC, but it had truly been a while since I listened to any album proper; I got through to Nothing Else Matters and just said fuck it, I'm done. To each their own I suppose.

I nearly did the same after Human Touch.

liebzz wrote:

oasisfan35 wrote:

liebzz wrote:On the side, I noted randomly that I listened to On the Beach yesterday and turned this into the new Neil Young thread. I am quite proud of myself.

In the meantime, you are all making me want to take this journey next. I don’t think I will report back as exhaustively as I did with Bruce, but I will take my time and do this right.

That is quite an endeavor. I'm sure I've heard all his albums over time but never gave Neil's catalog the straight-through treatment.

I attempted the same with Metallica last week. I often state that I really do not care for them, usually in the same breath as AC/DC, but it had truly been a while since I listened to any album proper; I got through to Nothing Else Matters and just said fuck it, I'm done. To each their own I suppose.

I nearly did the same after Human Touch.

Did you try giving Tracks a spin at all?

ive been cranking ACDC songs a lot these days. Didnt happen since i was ...12?

Sorry VG