Artist .........:  Neil Young
Title ..........:  Before + After
Genre ..........:  Folk-Rock
Subgenre .......:  Folk Rock, Rock, Country Rock, Folk
Label ..........:  Reprise
Language .......:  English

Year ...........:  2023
Street Date ....:  12.08.2023

Source .........:  WEB (FLAC)
Bit Depth ......:  24 Bit
Sample Rate ....:  96.0 kHz
Mode ...........:  Stereo
Size ...........:  864.04 MB
Tracks .........:  13

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Track List:

01.I'm The Ocean                                                      06:45
02.Homefires                                                          02:05
03.Burned                                                             02:06
04.On The Way Home                                                    03:15
05.If You Got Love                                                    03:33
06.A Dream That Can Last                                              04:33
07.Birds                                                              02:47
08.My Heart                                                           03:02
09.When I Hold You In My Arms                                         05:23
10.Mother Earth                                                       03:43
11.Mr. Soul                                                           03:43
12.Comes A Time                                                       03:21
13.Don't Forget Love                                                  03:42

47:58

Neil Young continues to exploit his massive catalog of original songs
in innovative ways. On his 45th studio album, he revisits 12 songsù
mixed as a single trackùthat stretch as far back as his days with
Buffalo Springfield. Young is clear about Before and After's
intentions: "Songs from my life recently recorded create a music
montage with no beginnings or endings. The feeling is captured, not in
pieces but as a whole piece à music defies shuffling, digital
organization, separation. Only for listening."  The constant subject
throughout is the life affirming powers of having and giving love. With
few exceptions the critical segues between tracks are seamless and
unobtrusive; opener "I'm the Ocean," a classic Young chord progression
that was originally on Mirror Ball, easily blends into "Homefires"ù
first released on Neil Young Archives Volume II 1972-1976. Young is the
entire band on this single track, taken from a 96 kHz/24-bit digital
source. (Perhaps as an inside joke, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy is listed in
the credits as being an "Electric guitar & Amplifier tech.") He
switches from acoustic guitar, harmonica and piano to pump organ
occasionally, as he does in the transition between "On the Way Home" to
"If You Got Love," an unreleased track from the 1983 Trans sessions.
With Young's voice as a constant, there is an undeniable sameness to
this continuous design. Except for "Comes a Time," he avoids the hits
and concentrates on songs that he's felt were unjustly neglected in the
past, or that he's found new meaning in today. That's audibly true in a
new version of "When I Hold You in My Arms," his paean to life's
inevitable changes. Originally on Are You Passionate, there's now a
renewed certainly as Young brings new fervor to familiar lines:  "Old
heart's going up/ Old heart's coming down/ My feelings going up/ My
feelings coming down/ You gotta hold onto someone in this life."  (C)
Robert Baird/Qobuz

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