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Woke slogans welded to incompetent grunge: Neil Young’s Colorado reviewed

Young made some of the best albums in the history of rock music – but that was when he had a sense of perspective and humour

issue 09 November 2019

Grade: B-

Horribly woke boilerplate slogans welded inexpertly to the usual incompetent Crazy Horse grunge. Young and his pick-up band of now 50-years standing usually work well together — as on Zuma, Everybody Knows This is Nowhere and even Ragged Glory.

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