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Neil Young used his union with the Promise of the Real -- the gangly crew fronted by Willie Nelson's kids Lukas and Micah -- to tackle weighty social problems on The Monsanto Years, a record supported by a relatively expansive tour. Earth, a double album culled from 2015 performances, goes one further, mining ecologically minded Young tunes and then addressing them to mother earth herself. According to Young, the catch is, "our animal kingdom is well represented in the audience as well, and the animals, insects, birds, and mammals actually take over the performances of the songs at times." This is an understatement. Animal sounds infect Earth, sometimes swallowing the guitars, sometimes chirping along in rhythm, an affect that is precisely the opposite of natural. Earth is aggressively artificial, the nature noises grafted upon performances that are indifferent to their presence. Perhaps this tension could be construed as a commentary -- man plows through the world without care for his animal brethren -- but as executed on Earth, the tension is entirely accidental. Young and the Promise of the Real lumber along in their own world, turning out perfectly respectable versions of songs old and new -- they have some of the unwieldy sprawl of Crazy Horse but none of the charmingly leaden lurch -- and, just when everything seems normal, the chirps, crows, and moos all arrive on a downbeat, sending things into a realm where the psychedelic and the silly coexist. Anybody looking for a straight-up document of Young & the Promise of the Real may very well be disappointed -- all those pesky critters keep getting in the way -- but Earth is better because of its inspired madness: the weirdness isn't merely a reason to listen, but it elevates the album to the status of one of Young's genuinely inspired nutso albums.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Eric Lynn, Engineer - Windy Wagner, Additional Vocals - Neil Young, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - Dana Nielsen, AdditionalEngineer - Dave Lohr, Engineer, Front Of House Engineer - TIM MULLIGAN, Engineer, Front Of House Engineer - JOHN HANLON, Producer, MixingEngineer - Jasper Randall, Additional Vocals - Eric Bradley, Additional Vocals - Brian Chapman, Vocals - Gerald White, Additional Vocals - Micah Nelson, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Charango - Lukas Nelson, Guitar, Vocals - Mark Humphreys, AdditionalEngineer - Christine Helferich Guter, Additional Vocals - Suzanne Waters, Additional Vocals - Nico Segal, Trumpet - Johnnie Burik, AssistantEngineer - Jake Valentine, AssistantEngineer - Promise of the Real, MainArtist - Anthony LoGerfo, Drums - Corey McCormick, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Billy Centenaro, AssistantEngineer - D.R.A.M., Additional Vocals - C.W. Alkire, AdditionalEngineer - Charissa Nielsen, Additional Vocals - Joey Vitas, AssistantEngineer - Tato Melger, Percussion
© 2016 Reprise Records ℗ 2016 Reprise Records
Eric Lynn, Engineer - Windy Wagner, Additional Vocals - Neil Young, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - Dana Nielsen, AdditionalEngineer - Dave Lohr, Engineer, Front Of House Engineer - TIM MULLIGAN, Engineer, Front Of House Engineer - JOHN HANLON, Producer, MixingEngineer - Jasper Randall, Additional Vocals - Eric Bradley, Additional Vocals - Brian Chapman, Vocals - Gerald White, Additional Vocals - Micah Nelson, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Charango - Lukas Nelson, Guitar, Vocals - Mark Humphreys, AdditionalEngineer - Christine Helferich Guter, Additional Vocals - Suzanne Waters, Additional Vocals - Nico Segal, Trumpet - Johnnie Burik, AssistantEngineer - Jake Valentine, AssistantEngineer - Promise of the Real, MainArtist - Anthony LoGerfo, Drums - Corey McCormick, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Billy Centenaro, AssistantEngineer - D.R.A.M., Additional Vocals - C.W. Alkire, AdditionalEngineer - Charissa Nielsen, Additional Vocals - Joey Vitas, AssistantEngineer - Tato Melger, Percussion
© 2016 Reprise Records ℗ 2016 Reprise Records
Eric Lynn, Engineer - Windy Wagner, Additional Vocals - Neil Young, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - Dana Nielsen, AdditionalEngineer - Dave Lohr, Engineer, Front Of House Engineer - TIM MULLIGAN, Engineer, Front Of House Engineer - JOHN HANLON, Producer, MixingEngineer - Jasper Randall, Additional Vocals - Eric Bradley, Additional Vocals - Brian Chapman, Vocals - Gerald White, Additional Vocals - Micah Nelson, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Charango - Lukas Nelson, Guitar, Vocals - Mark Humphreys, AdditionalEngineer - Christine Helferich Guter, Additional Vocals - Suzanne Waters, Additional Vocals - Nico Segal, Trumpet - Johnnie Burik, AssistantEngineer - Jake Valentine, AssistantEngineer - Promise of the Real, MainArtist - Anthony LoGerfo, Drums - Corey McCormick, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Billy Centenaro, AssistantEngineer - D.R.A.M., Additional Vocals - C.W. Alkire, AdditionalEngineer - Charissa Nielsen, Additional Vocals - Joey Vitas, AssistantEngineer - Tato Melger, Percussion
© 2016 Reprise Records ℗ 2016 Reprise Records
Eric Lynn, Engineer - Windy Wagner, Additional Vocals - Neil Young, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - Dana Nielsen, AdditionalEngineer - Dave Lohr, Engineer, Front Of House Engineer - TIM MULLIGAN, Engineer, Front Of House Engineer - JOHN HANLON, Producer, MixingEngineer - Jasper Randall, Additional Vocals - Eric Bradley, Additional Vocals - Brian Chapman, Vocals - Gerald White, Additional Vocals - Micah Nelson, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Charango - Lukas Nelson, Guitar, Vocals - Mark Humphreys, AdditionalEngineer - Christine Helferich Guter, Additional Vocals - Suzanne Waters, Additional Vocals - Nico Segal, Trumpet - Johnnie Burik, AssistantEngineer - Jake Valentine, AssistantEngineer - Promise of the Real, MainArtist - Anthony LoGerfo, Drums - Corey McCormick, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Billy Centenaro, AssistantEngineer - D.R.A.M., Additional Vocals - C.W. Alkire, AdditionalEngineer - Charissa Nielsen, Additional Vocals - Joey Vitas, AssistantEngineer - Tato Melger, Percussion
© 2016 Reprise Records ℗ 2016 Reprise Records
Eric Lynn, Engineer - Windy Wagner, Additional Vocals - Neil Young, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - Dana Nielsen, AdditionalEngineer - Dave Lohr, Engineer, Front Of House Engineer - TIM MULLIGAN, Engineer, Front Of House Engineer - JOHN HANLON, Producer, MixingEngineer - Jasper Randall, Additional Vocals - Eric Bradley, Additional Vocals - Brian Chapman, Vocals - Gerald White, Additional Vocals - Micah Nelson, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Charango - Lukas Nelson, Guitar, Vocals - Mark Humphreys, AdditionalEngineer - Christine Helferich Guter, Additional Vocals - Suzanne Waters, Additional Vocals - Nico Segal, Trumpet - Johnnie Burik, AssistantEngineer - Jake Valentine, AssistantEngineer - Promise of the Real, MainArtist - Anthony LoGerfo, Drums - Corey McCormick, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Billy Centenaro, AssistantEngineer - D.R.A.M., Additional Vocals - C.W. Alkire, AdditionalEngineer - Charissa Nielsen, Additional Vocals - Joey Vitas, AssistantEngineer - Tato Melger, Percussion
© 2016 Reprise Records ℗ 2016 Reprise Records
Eric Lynn, Engineer - Windy Wagner, Additional Vocals - Neil Young, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - Dana Nielsen, AdditionalEngineer - Dave Lohr, Engineer, Front Of House Engineer - TIM MULLIGAN, Engineer, Front Of House Engineer - JOHN HANLON, Producer, MixingEngineer - Jasper Randall, Additional Vocals - Eric Bradley, Additional Vocals - Brian Chapman, Vocals - Gerald White, Additional Vocals - Micah Nelson, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Charango - Lukas Nelson, Guitar, Vocals - Mark Humphreys, AdditionalEngineer - Christine Helferich Guter, Additional Vocals - Suzanne Waters, Additional Vocals - Nico Segal, Trumpet - Johnnie Burik, AssistantEngineer - Jake Valentine, AssistantEngineer - Promise of the Real, MainArtist - Anthony LoGerfo, Drums - Corey McCormick, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Billy Centenaro, AssistantEngineer - D.R.A.M., Additional Vocals - C.W. Alkire, AdditionalEngineer - Charissa Nielsen, Additional Vocals - Joey Vitas, AssistantEngineer - Tato Melger, Percussion
© 2016 Reprise Records ℗ 2016 Reprise Records
Eric Lynn, Engineer - Windy Wagner, Additional Vocals - Neil Young, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - Dana Nielsen, AdditionalEngineer - Dave Lohr, Engineer, Front Of House Engineer - TIM MULLIGAN, Engineer, Front Of House Engineer - JOHN HANLON, Producer, MixingEngineer - Jasper Randall, Additional Vocals - Eric Bradley, Additional Vocals - Brian Chapman, Vocals - Gerald White, Additional Vocals - Micah Nelson, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Charango - Lukas Nelson, Guitar, Vocals - Mark Humphreys, AdditionalEngineer - Christine Helferich Guter, Additional Vocals - Suzanne Waters, Additional Vocals - Nico Segal, Trumpet - Johnnie Burik, AssistantEngineer - Jake Valentine, AssistantEngineer - Promise of the Real, MainArtist - Anthony LoGerfo, Drums - Corey McCormick, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Billy Centenaro, AssistantEngineer - D.R.A.M., Additional Vocals - C.W. Alkire, AdditionalEngineer - Charissa Nielsen, Additional Vocals - Joey Vitas, AssistantEngineer - Tato Melger, Percussion
© 2016 Reprise Records ℗ 2016 Reprise Records
Eric Lynn, Engineer - Windy Wagner, Additional Vocals - Neil Young, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - Dana Nielsen, AdditionalEngineer - Dave Lohr, Engineer, Front Of House Engineer - TIM MULLIGAN, Engineer, Front Of House Engineer - JOHN HANLON, Producer, MixingEngineer - Jasper Randall, Additional Vocals - Eric Bradley, Additional Vocals - Brian Chapman, Vocals - Gerald White, Additional Vocals - Micah Nelson, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Charango - Lukas Nelson, Guitar, Vocals - Mark Humphreys, AdditionalEngineer - Christine Helferich Guter, Additional Vocals - Suzanne Waters, Additional Vocals - Nico Segal, Trumpet - Johnnie Burik, AssistantEngineer - Jake Valentine, AssistantEngineer - Promise of the Real, MainArtist - Anthony LoGerfo, Drums - Corey McCormick, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Billy Centenaro, AssistantEngineer - D.R.A.M., Additional Vocals - C.W. Alkire, AdditionalEngineer - Charissa Nielsen, Additional Vocals - Joey Vitas, AssistantEngineer - Tato Melger, Percussion
© 2016 Reprise Records ℗ 2016 Reprise Records
Eric Lynn, Engineer - Windy Wagner, Additional Vocals - Neil Young, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - Dana Nielsen, AdditionalEngineer - Dave Lohr, Engineer, Front Of House Engineer - TIM MULLIGAN, Engineer, Front Of House Engineer - JOHN HANLON, Producer, MixingEngineer - Jasper Randall, Additional Vocals - Eric Bradley, Additional Vocals - Brian Chapman, Vocals - Gerald White, Additional Vocals - Micah Nelson, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Charango - Lukas Nelson, Guitar, Vocals - Mark Humphreys, AdditionalEngineer - Christine Helferich Guter, Additional Vocals - Suzanne Waters, Additional Vocals - Nico Segal, Trumpet - Johnnie Burik, AssistantEngineer - Jake Valentine, AssistantEngineer - Promise of the Real, MainArtist - Anthony LoGerfo, Drums - Corey McCormick, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Billy Centenaro, AssistantEngineer - D.R.A.M., Additional Vocals - C.W. Alkire, AdditionalEngineer - Charissa Nielsen, Additional Vocals - Joey Vitas, AssistantEngineer - Tato Melger, Percussion
© 2016 Reprise Records ℗ 2016 Reprise Records
Eric Lynn, Engineer - Windy Wagner, Additional Vocals - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Neil Young, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - John Hausmann, AdditionalEngineer - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - Dana Nielsen, AdditionalEngineer - Dave Lohr, Engineer, Front Of House Engineer - TIM MULLIGAN, Engineer, Front Of House Engineer - JOHN HANLON, Producer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Jasper Randall, Additional Vocals - Eric Bradley, Additional Vocals - Brian Chapman, Vocals - Gerald White, Additional Vocals - Micah Nelson, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Charango - Lukas Nelson, Guitar, Vocals - Chris Kasych, AdditionalEngineer - Jeff Pinn, Engineer - Mark Humphreys, AdditionalEngineer - Christine Helferich Guter, Additional Vocals - Alberto Hernandez, AssistantEngineer - Suzanne Waters, Additional Vocals - Nico Segal, Trumpet - Johnnie Burik, AssistantEngineer - Jake Valentine, AssistantEngineer - Promise of the Real, MainArtist - Anthony LoGerfo, Drums - Corey McCormick, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Jimmy Sloan, AssistantEngineer - Billy Centenaro, AssistantEngineer - D.R.A.M., Additional Vocals - C.W. Alkire, AdditionalEngineer - Charissa Nielsen, Additional Vocals - Joey Vitas, AssistantEngineer - Tato Melger, Percussion
© 2016 Reprise Records ℗ 2016 Reprise Records
Eric Lynn, Engineer - Windy Wagner, Additional Vocals - Neil Young, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - Dana Nielsen, AdditionalEngineer - Dave Lohr, Engineer, Front Of House Engineer - TIM MULLIGAN, Engineer, Front Of House Engineer - JOHN HANLON, Producer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Jasper Randall, Additional Vocals - Eric Bradley, Additional Vocals - Brian Chapman, Vocals - Gerald White, Additional Vocals - Micah Nelson, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Charango - Lukas Nelson, Guitar, Vocals - Mark Humphreys, AdditionalEngineer - Christine Helferich Guter, Additional Vocals - Suzanne Waters, Additional Vocals - Nico Segal, Trumpet - Johnnie Burik, AssistantEngineer - Jake Valentine, AssistantEngineer - Promise of the Real, Performance, MainArtist - Anthony LoGerfo, Drums - Corey McCormick, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Billy Centenaro, AssistantEngineer - D.R.A.M., Additional Vocals - C.W. Alkire, AdditionalEngineer - Charissa Nielsen, Additional Vocals - Joey Vitas, AssistantEngineer - Tato Melger, Percussion
© 2016 Reprise Records ℗ 2016 Reprise Records
Eric Lynn, Engineer - Windy Wagner, Additional Vocals - Neil Young, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - Dana Nielsen, AdditionalEngineer - Dave Lohr, Engineer, Front Of House Engineer - TIM MULLIGAN, Engineer, Front Of House Engineer - JOHN HANLON, Producer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Jasper Randall, Additional Vocals - Eric Bradley, Additional Vocals - Brian Chapman, Vocals - Gerald White, Additional Vocals - Micah Nelson, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Charango - Lukas Nelson, Guitar, Vocals - Mark Humphreys, AdditionalEngineer - Christine Helferich Guter, Additional Vocals - Suzanne Waters, Additional Vocals - Nico Segal, Trumpet - Johnnie Burik, AssistantEngineer - Jake Valentine, AssistantEngineer - Promise of the Real, MainArtist - Anthony LoGerfo, Drums - Corey McCormick, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Billy Centenaro, AssistantEngineer - D.R.A.M., Additional Vocals - C.W. Alkire, AdditionalEngineer - Charissa Nielsen, Additional Vocals - Joey Vitas, AssistantEngineer - Tato Melger, Percussion
© 2016 Reprise Records ℗ 2016 Reprise Records
Eric Lynn, Engineer - Windy Wagner, Additional Vocals - Neil Young, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - Dana Nielsen, AdditionalEngineer - Dave Lohr, Engineer, Front Of House Engineer - TIM MULLIGAN, Engineer, Front Of House Engineer - JOHN HANLON, Producer, MixingEngineer - Jasper Randall, Additional Vocals - Eric Bradley, Additional Vocals - Brian Chapman, Vocals - Gerald White, Additional Vocals - Micah Nelson, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Charango - Lukas Nelson, Guitar, Vocals - Mark Humphreys, AdditionalEngineer - Christine Helferich Guter, Additional Vocals - Suzanne Waters, Additional Vocals - Nico Segal, Trumpet - Johnnie Burik, AssistantEngineer - Jake Valentine, AssistantEngineer - Promise of the Real, MainArtist - Anthony LoGerfo, Drums - Corey McCormick, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Billy Centenaro, AssistantEngineer - D.R.A.M., Additional Vocals - C.W. Alkire, AdditionalEngineer - Charissa Nielsen, Additional Vocals - Joey Vitas, AssistantEngineer - Tato Melger, Percussion
© 2016 Reprise Records ℗ 2016 Reprise Records
Album review
Neil Young used his union with the Promise of the Real -- the gangly crew fronted by Willie Nelson's kids Lukas and Micah -- to tackle weighty social problems on The Monsanto Years, a record supported by a relatively expansive tour. Earth, a double album culled from 2015 performances, goes one further, mining ecologically minded Young tunes and then addressing them to mother earth herself. According to Young, the catch is, "our animal kingdom is well represented in the audience as well, and the animals, insects, birds, and mammals actually take over the performances of the songs at times." This is an understatement. Animal sounds infect Earth, sometimes swallowing the guitars, sometimes chirping along in rhythm, an affect that is precisely the opposite of natural. Earth is aggressively artificial, the nature noises grafted upon performances that are indifferent to their presence. Perhaps this tension could be construed as a commentary -- man plows through the world without care for his animal brethren -- but as executed on Earth, the tension is entirely accidental. Young and the Promise of the Real lumber along in their own world, turning out perfectly respectable versions of songs old and new -- they have some of the unwieldy sprawl of Crazy Horse but none of the charmingly leaden lurch -- and, just when everything seems normal, the chirps, crows, and moos all arrive on a downbeat, sending things into a realm where the psychedelic and the silly coexist. Anybody looking for a straight-up document of Young & the Promise of the Real may very well be disappointed -- all those pesky critters keep getting in the way -- but Earth is better because of its inspired madness: the weirdness isn't merely a reason to listen, but it elevates the album to the status of one of Young's genuinely inspired nutso albums.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:37:09
- Main artists: Neil Young Promise of the Real
- Label: Reprise
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2016 Reprise Records ℗ 2016 Reprise Records
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