General Article name: Earth
Genre: Rock englischsprachig Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: Reprise Records Number of tracks: 17 Tracklist LP - 1 1. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real / Neil Young - Mother Earth 2. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real / Neil Young - Seed Justice 3. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real / Neil Young - My Country Home 4. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real / Neil Young - Monsanto Years 5. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real / Neil Young - Western Hero 6. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real / Neil Young - Vampire Blues 7. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real / Neil Young - Hippie Dream 8. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real / Neil Young - After the Gold Rush 9. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real / Neil Young - Human Highway   Tracklist LP - 2 10. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real / Neil Young - Big Box 11. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real / Neil Young - People Want to Hear About Love 12. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real / Neil Young - Wolf Moon 13. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real / Neil Young - Love and Only Love Young, Neil & Promise Of The Real - People Want to Hear About Love 5:21 Young, Neil & Promise Of The Real - Wolf Moon 6:28   Tracklist - 3 Young, Neil & Promise Of The Real - Love And Only Love [Part 1] 15:26 Young, Neil & Promise Of The Real - Love And Only Love [Part 2] 11:35   Description Description

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. [Earth was also released on LP.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Contributors Artist: Neil+Promise Of The Real Young Artist: YOUNG NEIL&PROMISE OF THE REAL Artist: Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real Artist: Neil Young Record Label: Reprise Record Label: Elektra Record Label: Atlantic Record Label: Warner Music