More folk-tinged than most Neil Young, but with enough electric crunch to keep it from getting it watery; this is a good, solid road trip album with full of dusty Americana soul.
The occasional symphonically-enhanced moments are disastrous though, severely undercutting the album's credibility and atmosphere. A Man Needs a Maid, in particular is just cringeworthy. An album like this isn't going to blow you away with its fretwork, or how hard it rocks, or its inventive album structures. This is no Everybody Knows this is Nowhere. This is the kind of downhome album that's only as good as its heart, and little moments like that belie its sincerity. Heart of Gold is a pretty darn good song though. 3.5/5
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