Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

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  1969

  James

  Neil Young and Crazy Horse discover how expressive raggedness can be. “Down by the River” and “Cowgirl in the Sand” stretch out for long improvisations, but the looseness never feels indulgent because the guitar playing is emotional rather than technical. “Cinnamon Girl” condenses that same chemistry into three minutes of distorted momentum. What makes the album important is how anti-perfectionist it is — mistakes, repetition, and rough edges become the point. A massive amount of indie rock and alternative guitar music starts here.

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  1001Albums

  Neil Hopkins

  I’ve always avoided Neil Young in the past, mainly because I’ve assumed that he was an earnest hippy dippy folk singer due to his association with various permutations of Crosby, Stills and Nash. To be fair, this collaboration with Crazy Horse (not sure if that counts as cultural appropriation or not) is pretty good, adding some much needed blues rock guitar to his songs. Not sure about some of the lyrics on Down to the River though. Cinnamon-tastic!

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