My My Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue)/Thrasher/Ride My Llama/Pocahontas/Sail Away/Powderfinger/Welfare Mothers/Sedan Delivery/Hey Hey My My (Into The Black)
Rust Never Sleeps is divided into separate acoustic and electric sides. It was the best Neil Young album release in several years although not quite the equal of his most creative period. (US:8 UK:13)
“This work hearkens back to the real world we grew up in, with a mix of styles and lyrical ideas that touch on all the various aspects of what we believed in, desired, hoped for, and feared when we were young people.”
“Neil Young has always struck me as a somewhat schizophrenic artist, rattling between noisy guitar-rock which could be either thrilling or dragged out beyond all reasonable endurance and his softer acoustic side, which could either be touching and well-judged, or bland and uninspired. The two sides of his muse rarely acknowledged the existence of the other and when he tried to blend the two it usually ended up a mess. Rust Never Sleeps is where the two sides of his persona finally came together in perfect harmony and it resulted in his best album.”
“The first half of the album is acoustic and soft and the second half is electric and much harder. I can't choose which side I like more because both are nice. A good album in every way.”
“What makes Rust Never Sleeps so great is that it's a total microcosm of everything that makes Neil Young so great, all in one album. Every side of his musical genius is represented here in the form of a great song.”
“Fans of Young's folk and countrified catalogue will particularly enjoy the first side of the record, His deft stories and descriptions floating to the heavens over simple guitar strums, crafted from a love for the land, nature, history, humour and the human condition.”
“Whether it be the acoustic side, or the electric side of this album, Neil Young delivers some of his best-ever lyrics and most poignant messages in his musi, and in the way he sings.”
“This has some of the best guitar rock and also some of the most beautiful songs you will ever hear. Neil Young manages to fit in just about everything he is known for in this album.”
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