Английская Википедия:Before and After (Neil Young album)
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Before and After is the 45th studio album by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Neil Young. It was released on December 8, 2023, through Reprise. Consisting of 13 tracks, the album features solo acoustic re-recordings of some of his past songs. The album's arrangements were featured heavily in Young's set for his 2023 Coastal Tour.[1]
Background and recording
Before and After was conceived by Young and Lou Adler, while mixing was handled by the former and Niko Bolas.[2] It sees the singer-songwriter revisiting some of his back catalog, "a trip into his music history",[3] with re-recordings that have them appear in a new guise.[4] The album contains "eclectic" fresh takes on some of Young's lesser known tracks pulled from his vault.[5] Previews of three songs, "I'm the Ocean", "Homefires", and "Burned", were released as an EP upon announcement of the album on October 20.[6] Young spoke of the release as a unique experience where a "feeling is captured" and has to be listened to "as a whole piece".[7] As a matter of fact, the project comprises one "uninterrupted 48-minute piece",[8] referred to by Young as "a music montage with no beginnings or endings".[9]
Critical reception
Шаблон:Music ratings Before and After received a score of 78 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on 10 critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reception.[10] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote that the album "isn't agitated or electric" as "the starkness of the arrangements helps draw attention to the distance between the origin of a song and Young's present", and Young's voice "doesn't sound fragile, yet his vocals display some age-related raggedness".[11] Lee Zimmerman of American Songwriter opined that "the intimacy is obvious and revealing, as if the listener is eavesdropping on the artist at a particularly vulnerable moment" as they are "delivered in stripped-down settings that dramatically change the tone and tempo".[12]
Uncut stated that "this is about consistency of themes and mood over time, reimagined by a man reckoning with his past and drawing new light to the deepest of cuts".[13] Mojo felt that "here the stage show had the intimacy of Young's between-song chats, the intimacy here comes from the sensation that you're listening in on his thoughts as one song drifts, like memories do, from one tome to another".[14] Writing for Classic Rock, Everett True felt that "the overall effect is hypnotic, mesmeric – a musical montage that has no start or end point".[15]
Slant MagazineШаблон:'s Lewie Parkinson-Jones wrote that "the intimacy of the recordings emphasizes what Young was trying to achieve rather than obscures it" and its "idiosyncratic nature only makes it that much more appealing".[16] Phil Mongredien of The Observer found that "'On the Way Home' loses some of the 1968 original's joyous momentum, but gains much in the way of emotional power. A more fragile and intimate-sounding 'Comes a Time' similarly benefits from its reinvention".[17] The GuardianШаблон:'s Dave Simpson complimented the "gentle melodies" and commented that "while his voice has lost some of the old youthful power, it has gained in tenderness, nuance, humanity and warmth".[18] James Hickey of DIY judged that the "songs are rarely improved upon, with the fidelity to ruggedness giving the songs the feel of half-finished demos, but the songwriting itself is, of course, stellar".[19]
Track listing
Personnel
- Neil Young – vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, pump organ, production, mixing
- Lou Adler – production
- Chris Bellman – mastering
- Niko Bolas – mixing
- CW Alkire – engineering
- Tom Mulligan – recording
- Howard Frank – production assistance
- Mark Humphrey – monitor engineering
- Eliot Howerton – technician
- John Hausmann – technician
- Jeff Pinn – backline technician, guitar technician
- Jeff Tweedy – backline technician, guitar technician
- Bob Rice – vibraphone (track 8), piano (9)
Charts
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References
- ↑ https://www.setlist.fm/stats/average-setlist/neil-young-6bd6b662.html?tour=1bdfd1cc
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