Prairie Wind (200 Gram) [Vinyl]

(2-LP set) Classic Records, in cooperation with Reprise Records and Neil Young, are proud to present Neil Young's new 2005 album as a deluxe 2-LP gatefold edition. Included is an 18 page 12 x 12 booklet with lyrics and photos printed with soy-based inks on paper that is from sustainable forests and Rain Forest Alliance certified. As an added bonus, side 4 is an interview with Neil discussing guitars, equipment, music, musicians and musical arrangers among others things. Not to be missed!

An artist for all musical seasons, Neil Young returns to autumnal harvest mode on Prairie Wind, with homespun material and sing-song melodies that renew the spirit of some of his most popular releases. Yet the mood here is darker in its maturity than on Harvest and Harvest Moon--the previous releases in what now sounds like a trilogy--and the arrangements have greater range and aural depth, with Wayne Jackson of the soulful Memphis Horns, the Fisk University Jubilee Singers gospel choir, and a string section employed to striking effect. This is a song cycle of dreams, memories, family ties, and the passage of time--what is lost and what endures. The elliptical, epic "No Wonder," with its evocation of 9/11, ranks with the most ambitious songs of Young's career, while "Falling Off the Face of the Earth," "It's a Dream," and the bluesy title cut combine childlike innocence with unsettling experience. Spooner Oldham's church keyboards and coproducer Ben Keith's steel guitar reinforce the sound's sturdy simplicity. Young has released a lot of albums in different musical styles, but Prairie Wind feels like a homecoming, and ranks with his very best. --Don McLeese

Recommended Neil Young Discography

Harvest	After the Gold Rush	Tonight's the Night
Rust Never Sleeps	Ragged Glory	Decade