Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – NEIL YOUNG****

Cinnamon Girl/Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere/Round & Round (It Won’t Be Long)/Down by The River/The Losing End (When You’re On)/Running Dry (Requiem For The Rockets)/Cowgirl In The Sand

After his disappointing debut LP Neil Young returns to form with his second effort, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, featuring some rock classics with a distinct country flavour. (US:34)

“Neil Young's second solo album is his first prepared in collaboration with Crazy Horse, and the debut of his renowned 'shakey' sound - a rough-about-the-edges, ragged, lo-fi approach. Though the standout tracks on both sides are the epic sideclosers (Down By The River and Cowgirl In The Sand), which show off Neil's impressive guitar mastery, there's plenty to love in the shorter songs too, with the opening one-two punch of the hard rocking Cinnamon Girl and the cynical title track being a particular treat.” ,p. “When he hits he really hits and on this album he does it brilliantly and frequently. Not his best but what he does is stunningly to the point and brilliant. He incorporates country, folk, blues and rock in an amazing fashion that comes to a culmination on Cowgirl In The Sand. This is how folk rock should be done.”

“Neil Young's first truly classic album. This has no filler, just great songs. You have to hear it to appreciate it. This album will appeal to both rock and country rock fans.”

“Neil Young does some of his finest guitar work here and manages to throw in some great songwriting. Down By The River is amazing and one of his most haunting songs. Cinnamon Girl is a hard rocking classic and on Cowgirl In The Sand Neil once again shows how good a guitarist he is. These three songs alone make this a classic but the fact the other songs are good too make this one great.”

“Neil Young is a genius and this album has at least a couple of terrific highlights (Cinnamon Girl and Down By The River) that tap into his creative greatness, but these tracks aside, I find this to be an otherwise fairly unremarkable album which is pedestrian and plodding in parts. Even Down By The River, which is cool for the most part, lacks the kind of dynamic ebb and flow that such a long track has the potential to deliver.”