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Freedom (Album) by Neil Young

Artist Biography For Neil Young

Neil Percival Young Born November 12 1945 Is A Canadian Singer Guitarist Songwriter And Social Activist Who Is Widely Regarded As One Of The Most Influential Musicians Of His Generation Particularly As Neil Young & Crazy Horse. Young Was Born In Toronto But He Moved To The Family Home Of Winnipeg As A Child Which Is Where His Music Career Began. Young Began Performing As A Solo Artist In Canada In 1960 Before Moving To California In 1966 Where He Co-Founded The Band Buffalo Springfield Along With Stephen Stills And Richie Furay. Having Success On His Own For A Bit He Later Joined The Folk Rock Supergroup Crosby Stills & Nash As A Fourth Member In 1969 Thus Forming Crosby Stills Nash & Young. He Forged A Successful And Acclaimed Solo Career Releasing His First Album In 1968. His Career Has Since Spanned Over 40 Years And 34 Studio Albums With A Continual And Uncompromising Exploration Of Musical Styles His Musical Vision Is Notably Referred To By His Autobiographical Tune"The Loner". Music Critics Have Often Called Him One Of The Best Single Artists Of All Time And Several Tunes Such As "Heart Of Gold" And "Rockin' In The Free World" Remain Popular On Rock Radio. According To The Don't Be Denied Songfacts The 16-Year-Old Neil Was Raising Chickens And Selling The Eggs With Plans To Go To Ontario Agricultural College And Be A Farmer. Only His Leisure Activities Foretold His Future When He Would Hide From His Family Problems In His Room With His Transistor Radio Playing Local Station CHUM. From This Young Experienced A Growing Admiration For Rock N Roll Originators Such As Chuck Berry Little Richard Jerry Lee Lewis And Of Course Elvis Presley. In 1958 His Father Bought Neil His First Music Instrument A Plastic Ukulele. His Father Would Later Recall "He Would Close The Door Of His Room... And We Would Hear Plunk Pause While He Moved His Fingers To The Next Chord Plunk Pause While He Moved Again Plunk." In Winnipeg Manitoba Canada Neil Started His Professional Music Career In The Mid-60s With A Number Of Bands In Canada Including The Squires And Later The Mynah Birds Which Also Included Fellow Future Buffalo Springfield Bassist Bruce Palmer And Future Funk Star Rick James. When The Mynah Birds Broke Up Young And Palmer Headed To California To Meet Stephen Stills Whom He Had Met In Thunder Bay And The Result Was Buffalo Springfield. That Band Split Up After Releasing Three Critically Acclaimed Albums Particularly Achieving International Fame For Their Tune "For What It's Worth". Showing His Strengths As A Cynical Yet Experimental Songwriter In The Group He Also Sung Prominently In Some Of The Band's Songs Such As The Biting Satire Of 'rock Star' Life "Mr. Soul". Neil Soon Started His Solo Career With The Release Of 'Neil Young' On November 12 1968. The Album Did Not Do Very Well Commercially But It Included Several Strong Tracks Including "The Loner" Said To Be A Portrait Of Stephen Stills But Also Being Deeply Auto-Biographical. On May 14 1969 He Recruited Members Of Crazy Horse And Made The Critically Acclaimed 'Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere'. This Was A Much More Consistent Album Being The First To Introduce Longstanding Collaborators Crazy Horse And Beingbuilt Around The Balanced Interplay Between The Guitar Playing Of Young And The Talented Danny Whitten. The Album Also Featured Two Lengthy Classics "Down By The River" And "Cowgirl In The Sand". The Critically Acclaimed Solo Album "After The Gold Rush" Came Out In 1971 Featuring Such Classic Songs As "Southern Man'" "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" And "Don't Let It Bring You Down". Harvest Followed In 1972 With The Hit"Heart Of Gold". During This Time He Also Enjoyed Considerable Success As A Quarter Of Crosby Stills Nash & Young. Neil's Subsequent Work Has Zig-Zagged Across Genres - Dabbling In Country Rock On "Old Ways" Electronics On "Trans" Hooking Up With The Shocking Pinks In A Homage To Old-Time Rock 'n' Roll On "Everybody's Rockin'" Creating A Wall Of Feedback On The Live Arc-Weld And Cementing His Status As Godfather Of Grunge When Collaborating With Pearl Jam On Mirror Ball. His Idiosyncratic Approach To Genre Even Led To Him Being Sued By His Record Company Geffen In The 80s For Making "uncharacteristic" Music. Young Has Also Dabbled In Film Most Recently On The Album/concert Series/dvd Greendale. Young Is Often Known By The Nickname "Shakey." According To His Biographer Jimmy McDonough The Name Was Given By His Friends After Noticing Very Unsteady Results Holding A Camera For Home Movies. Young Founded Pono Music Whose Mission Was To Bring A Digital Player Download Store And Streaming Service Devoted To Hi-Res Music. It Was A Commercial Flop And Was Shut Down In 2016. Young Has Stated That The Labels Would Not Agree That "All Songs Should Cost The Same Regardless Of Digital Resolution." The Film Canadian Bacon Includes The Line "Canadians Are Always Trying To Figure Out A Lot Of Ways To Ruin Our Lives. The Metric System For The Love Of God! Celsius! Neil Young!" For Recent News See Http //www.Neilyoung.Com/

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Frogtoon Music Album Info: Freedom

Freedom Is The Eighteenth Studio Album By Canadian Rock Musician Neil Young Released On October 2 1989. Freedom Effectively Relaunched Young's Career After A Largely Unsuccessful Decade. After Many Arguments And A Lawsuit Young Left Geffen Records In 1988 And Returned To His Original Label Reprise With This Note's For You. Freedom However Brought About A New Critical And Commercially Successful Album. This Album Was Released In The United States As An LP Record And A CD In 1989.
Stylistically The Album Was One Of Young's Most Diverse Records Ranging From Acoustic Love Songs To Raging Rockers. Three Of The Songs On Freedom "Don't Cry " "Eldorado" And "On Broadway" Had Previously Been Released On The Japan And Australia-Only EP Eldorado And Featured Heavy Waves Of Thundering Distortion And Feedback Juxtaposed With Quieter Sections.
Freedom Contains One Song "Rockin' In The Free World" That Bookends The Album In Acoustic And Electric Variants A Stylistic Choice Previously Featured On Rust Never Sleeps. The Song Despite Lyrics Critical Of The Then-New George H. W. Bush Administration "we Got A Thousand Points Of Light" "kinder Gentler Machine Gun Hand" Became The De Facto Anthem Of The Collapse Of Communism. An Edited Cut Of The Electric Version Of The Song Was Used Over The Final Credits Of Michael Moore's Film Fahrenheit 9/11 And The Song Was Re-Released As A Single At The Time Of The Film's Release.
Freedom Has Received Mainly Positive Reviews Especially In Comparison To The Rest Of His '80s Work. AllMusic's William Ruhlmann Rated The Album Four-And-A-Half Out Of Five Stars Explaining That It "was The Album Neil Young Fans Knew He Was Capable Of Making But Feared He Would Never Make Again." He Also Stated That "there Were Tracks That Harked Back To Acoustic-Based Country-Tinged Albums." Robert Christgau Writing For The Village Voice Rated It An A. He Declared That It Contains A Combination Of "the Folk Ditties And Rock Galumph That Made Him Famous" And "the Nashvillisms And Horn Charts That Made Him Infamous." He Also Stated That "it Features A Bunch Of Good Stuff About A Subject Almost No Rocker White Or Black Has Done Much With--Crack". David Fricke Of Rolling Stone Rated It Five Out Of Five Stars. He Called It "the Sound Of Neil Young Another Decade On Looking Back Again In Anger And Dread." He Also Explained That It Is About "the Illusion Of Freedom" And "Young's Refusal To Accept That As The Last Word On The Subject." He Summed Up The Review By Calling It "a Harsh Reminder That Everything Still Comes With A Price."
AllMusic Reviewer Matthew Greenwald Offered Strong Praise For The Second Track "Crime In The City" Calling It "undoubtedly The Centerpiece Of The Album" "cinematic In Scope" And "one Of Neil Young's Most Accomplished Works"