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Neil Young With Crazy Horse

Everybody Knows This is Nowhere

limited edition 180 gram audiophile vinyl lp reissue neil young's second album yielded several of his most enduring hits including the title tune 'cowgirl in the sand' 'cinnamon girl' and 'down by the river' and firmly established him as a solo artist of the first rank though it's impossible to narrow the catalogue of young and crazy horse downto one representative document this is about as close as you're likely to get this was young's first collaboration with the horse and it's still one of that group's defining recorded moments as in much of young's subsequent work the feeling of despair moves unabated through the album which runs the emotional gamut from laconically desperate to psychotically desperate despite the gloom the heavy electric riffing on 'cinnamon girl' and 'cowgirl in the sand' two surrealistic odes to an idealised muse is cathartic and invigorating easily as riveting as the guitar onslaught of anyone from the stooges to the velvet undergroundyoung's rootsyacoustic side comes to the fore on 'round and round' and 'running dry' the homespun quality of these songs doesn't leaven the consuming sense of dread that permeates this album though strangely this expression of angst and emotional disorder became one of young's most lastingly popular albums and 'down by the river' 'cinnamon girl' and 'cowgirl in the sand' quickly turned into fm staples