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Having apparently exorcised his demons by releasing the cathartic Tonight's the Night, Neil Young returned to his commercial strengths with Zuma (named after Zuma Beach in Los Angeles, where he now owned a house). Seven of the album's nine songs were recorded with the reunited Crazy Horse, in which rhythm guitarist Frank Sampedro had replaced the late Danny Whitten, but there were also nods to other popular Young styles in "Pardon My Heart," an acoustic song that would have fit on Harvest, his most popular album, and "Through My Sails," retrieved from one of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's abortive recording sessions. Young had abandoned the ragged, first-take approach of his previous three albums, but Crazy Horse would never be a polished act, and the music had a lively sound well-suited to the songs, which were some of the most melodic, pop-oriented tunes Young had crafted in years, though they were played with an electric-guitar-drenched rock intensity. The overall theme concerned romantic conflict, with lyrics that lamented lost love and sometimes longed for a return ("Pardon My Heart" even found Young singing, "I don't believe this song"), though the overall conclusion, notably in such catchy songs as "Don't Cry No Tears" and "Lookin' for a Love," was to move on to the next relationship. But the album's standout track (apparently the only holdover from an early intention to present songs with historical subjects) was the seven-and-a-half-minute epic "Cortez the Killer," a commentary on the Spanish conqueror of Latin America that served as a platform for Young's most extensive guitar soloing since his work on Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere.
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Neil Young, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer - DAVID BRIGGS, Producer - Ralph Molina, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Neil Young & Crazy Horse, MainArtist - Billy Talbot, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Frank Sampedro, Rhythm Guitar - George Horn, MasteringEngineer
© 1975 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1975 Warner Records Inc.
Neil Young, Producer, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, Lead Guitar - DAVID BRIGGS, Producer - Ralph Molina, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Neil Young & Crazy Horse, MainArtist - Billy Talbot, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Frank Sampedro, Rhythm Guitar - George Horn, MasteringEngineer
© 1975 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1975 Warner Records Inc.
Neil Young, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, Instrumentation - TIM MULLIGAN, Producer - Ralph Molina, Background Vocals - Tim Drummond, Bass Guitar - Neil Young & Crazy Horse, MainArtist - Billy Talbot, Background Vocals - George Horn, MasteringEngineer
© 1975 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1975 Warner Records Inc.
Neil Young, Producer, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, Lead Guitar - TIM MULLIGAN, Producer - Ralph Molina, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Neil Young & Crazy Horse, MainArtist - Billy Talbot, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Frank Sampedro, Rhythm Guitar - George Horn, MasteringEngineer
© 1975 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1975 Warner Records Inc.
Neil Young, Producer, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, Lead Guitar - DAVID BRIGGS, Producer - Ralph Molina, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Neil Young & Crazy Horse, MainArtist - Billy Talbot, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Frank Sampedro, Rhythm Guitar - George Horn, MasteringEngineer
© 1975 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1975 Warner Records Inc.
Neil Young, Producer, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, Lead Guitar - DAVID BRIGGS, Producer - Ralph Molina, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Neil Young & Crazy Horse, MainArtist - Billy Talbot, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Frank Sampedro, Rhythm Guitar - George Horn, MasteringEngineer
© 1975 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1975 Warner Records Inc.
Neil Young, Producer, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, Lead Guitar - DAVID BRIGGS, Producer - Ralph Molina, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Neil Young & Crazy Horse, MainArtist - Billy Talbot, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Frank Sampedro, Rhythm Guitar - George Horn, MasteringEngineer
© 1975 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1975 Warner Records Inc.
Neil Young, Producer, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, Lead Guitar - DAVID BRIGGS, Producer - Ralph Molina, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Neil Young & Crazy Horse, MainArtist - Billy Talbot, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Frank Sampedro, Rhythm Guitar - George Horn, MasteringEngineer
© 1975 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1975 Warner Records Inc.
David Crosby, Background Vocals - Neil Young, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer - Stephen Stills, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Russ Kunkel, Congas Drums - Graham nash, Background Vocals - TIM MULLIGAN, Producer - Neil Young & Crazy Horse, MainArtist - George Horn, MasteringEngineer
© 1975 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1975 Warner Records Inc.
Album review
Having apparently exorcised his demons by releasing the cathartic Tonight's the Night, Neil Young returned to his commercial strengths with Zuma (named after Zuma Beach in Los Angeles, where he now owned a house). Seven of the album's nine songs were recorded with the reunited Crazy Horse, in which rhythm guitarist Frank Sampedro had replaced the late Danny Whitten, but there were also nods to other popular Young styles in "Pardon My Heart," an acoustic song that would have fit on Harvest, his most popular album, and "Through My Sails," retrieved from one of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's abortive recording sessions. Young had abandoned the ragged, first-take approach of his previous three albums, but Crazy Horse would never be a polished act, and the music had a lively sound well-suited to the songs, which were some of the most melodic, pop-oriented tunes Young had crafted in years, though they were played with an electric-guitar-drenched rock intensity. The overall theme concerned romantic conflict, with lyrics that lamented lost love and sometimes longed for a return ("Pardon My Heart" even found Young singing, "I don't believe this song"), though the overall conclusion, notably in such catchy songs as "Don't Cry No Tears" and "Lookin' for a Love," was to move on to the next relationship. But the album's standout track (apparently the only holdover from an early intention to present songs with historical subjects) was the seven-and-a-half-minute epic "Cortez the Killer," a commentary on the Spanish conqueror of Latin America that served as a platform for Young's most extensive guitar soloing since his work on Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:36:27
- Main artists: Neil Young & Crazy Horse
- Label: Reprise
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1975 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1975 Warner Records Inc.
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