Ragged Glory

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Ragged Glory is Neil Young's twentieth studio album and his sixth with the band Crazy Horse. It was released in September 1990 on Reprise. The recording took place in April 1990 at Young's Broken Arrow Ranch. For two weeks the band played a set of songs twice a day, then listened back and chose the best takes. According to Young, that took the analysis out of the sessions and the group did not have to think.

The record returns to the heavy rock of Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere and Zuma, with long guitar jams: two songs last longer than ten minutes. Country Home and White Line date from the mid-1970s. Farmer John is a cover that came about spontaneously during the work. A Rolling Stone reviewer called the album a monument to the spirit of the garage, to passion over precision. Christgau spoke of an atavistic garage stomp.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Country Home7:05Apple Music ↗
2. 2White Line2:58Apple Music ↗
3. 3F*!#In' Up5:55Apple Music ↗
4. 4Over and Over8:28Apple Music ↗
5. 5Love to Burn10:00Apple Music ↗
6. 6Farmer John4:15Apple Music ↗
7. 7Mansion On the Hill4:48Apple Music ↗
8. 8Days That Used to Be3:42Apple Music ↗
9. 9Love and Only Love10:18Apple Music ↗
10. 10Mother Earth (Natural Anthem)5:11Apple Music ↗

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