Contents • • • • • • • • • Background [ ] quoted Young as having said the following regarding the tone and intent of the album: Every one of these songs [on Americana] has verses that have been ignored. And those are the key verses, those are the things that make these songs live. They’re a little heavy for kindergarteners to be singing. The originals are much darker, there’s more protest in them — the other verses in ' are very timely, or in ',' the verses are so dark. Almost every one has to do with people getting killed, with life-or-death struggles. You don’t hear much about that; they’ve been made into something much more light. So I moved them away from that gentler interpretation. ![]() Americana (album, Neil Young & Crazy Horse). Americana (2012) Psychedelic Pill (2012) Crazy Horse chronologicky Live at the Fillmore East (2006) Americana. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Americana - Neil Young, Neil Young & Crazy Horse on AllMusic - 2012 - Getting the band back together for the first time&hellip. Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Americana. Uncut; June 2, 2012. So when Neil and Crazy Horse here focus on exposing the darker sides to these. With new melodies and arrangements, we could use the folk process to invoke the original meanings for this generation.' Critical reception [ ] Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating A A– 5/10 6.1/10 7/10 Americana received strongly polarized reviews from. It holds an average score of 68 out of 100 at, based on 31 reviews. Of the gave the album three-and-a-half out of four stars, writing that ' Americana reveals the hard truth inside songs that have been taken for granted.' Dan Forte, in, said 'this may be his best since Rust [Never Sleeps].' Johnny Dee in his review for the magazine remarks how 'Young has picked every song apart, reworked melody and lyrics and made them his own', making them better for it. In a mixed review, Michael Hann of found the album 'impossibly pointless' and felt that some songs exhibit 'sloppiness' and 'unnecessary lengths'. Reviewer considers the album 'largely comprised of sub-standard covers of folk songs.' Named Americana the best album of 2012 in his year-end list for. Track listing [ ] No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. '; arrangement: 5:03 2. ' Traditional; arrangement: Young 5:42 3. ' Traditional; arrangement: Young 8:13 4. ' Traditional; arrangement: 4:15 5. 'Travel On' Traditional; arrangement:, Larry Ehrlich, David Lazar, Tom Six 6:47 7. 'High Flyin' Bird' 5:30 8. 'Jesus' Chariot ()' Traditional; arrangement: Young 5:38 9. ' Traditional; arrangement: 3:07 11. '; medley arrangement: Young 4:08 Personnel [ ] • – vocals, guitar Crazy Horse • – bass, vocals • – drums, vocals • – guitar, vocals Additional personnel • Dan Greco – orchestral cymbals, tambourine • Americana Choir – vocals • – vocals on 'This Land is Your Land' • – vocals on 'This Land is Your Land' Charts [ ] Weekly charts [ ] Chart (2012) Peak position 2 U.S. 1 Year-end charts [ ] Chart (2012) Position Canadian Albums Chart 42 US Billboard 200 182 US Rock Albums Chart 52 References [ ]. • Andy Greene (19 March 2012).. Retrieved 29 March 2012. • Tomas Franta (23 January 2012).. Retrieved 29 March 2012. Great Quotations: Neil Young.. Retrieved 6 June 2012. • Erlewine, Stephen Thomas... Retrieved 19 June 2012. • Christgau, Robert.. Expert Witness. Archived from on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012. • Anderson, Kyle (June 15, 2012)... Retrieved January 19, 2013. • ^ Michael Hann (31 May 2012)... Retrieved 11 June 2012. • ^ Howard, Tom (June 1, 2012)... Retrieved January 19, 2013. • Woodcraft, Molloy (June 2, 2012)... The New Review section, p. Retrieved January 19, 2013. • Berman, Stuart (June 1, 2012)... Retrieved January 19, 2013. • Rob Sheffield (2012-07-05).. Retrieved 2012-07-19. • Cataldo, Jesse (June 3, 2012)... Retrieved January 19, 2013. • Bevan, David (June 7, 2012)... Retrieved January 19, 2013. • Metacritic, Metacritic.. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
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