Freedom

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I love Neil Young, he's a really good classic rock solo artist. Neil Young used to be with a band back in the 60's, but I forgot the name of the band he was in. This is one of Neil Young's best albums from the 80's, Freedom. Rockin' in the Free World, Wrecking Ball, No More, and Hangin' On a Limb are my favorite songs from this album. Neil Young? You rock, man!

It could be argued that this (along with portions of Ragged Glory) was the last of Neil Young at his best. Several great songs in this collection, all worthy of being considered vital in the NY canon. Since then, he’s been in steady and tragic decline, though many critics and fans continue to fawn over each cringe-worthy release. So return to this or many previous albums for the real Neil, not for nostalgia but to appreciate the difference between greatness and hanging on after rust settles in.

This album was a revelation when it was released in the laste 80's. The tone of the guitars, reverbed and EQ'd to a fare-thee-well, was absolutely glorious. And the tunes were perfectly matched/ I drove around listening to this incessantly- Don't Cry, El Dorado, Crime in the City, the raging No More I just coiuldn'tget enough of. And, rather like the roughly contemporary Sign o the Times by Prince, were to perfectly in tune with and contrapuntal to those wretched times. I was inclined to dismiss Young then, as he'd endorsed Reagan in a recent ROlling Stone article, an admission too far beyond the pale even for Young. This brought him firmly back into my good graces. If you like this one, he achieves similar results on the immediately post-Cobain "Sleeps With Angels," Freedom was one of the few indispensible albums from the 80's by anyone. Can't recommend highly enough.

I forgot I knew all these songs. I think I listened to it on cassette--one that I recorded from someone else on my dual-cassette boom box. Oh how I love these song! Someday, The Ways of Love...so precious. It's going to be great getting reacquainted with this album 25 years later. NOSTALGIA!

The first Neil Young album I bought (at age 16), because I'd never seen Rolling Stone give a newly-released album a five-star review. Since then, RS has reneged on that five-star assessment. I do not agree with that - their first assessment was correct. Some claim that the versions of "Don't Cry" and "On Broadway" released on the Eldorado EP are superior tracks, and that Neil Young released tamer, compromised versions on Freedom. I own both, and in my opinion the Freedom versions are tighter and better tracks than the Eldorado versions... Of course, after getting Freedom at age 16 I began acquiring Neil Young's back-catalog classics as well as his Ragged Glory and Weld and Harvest Moon and MTV Unplugged releases...and this album started it all for me. What a great sampling of his range...this album is an eclectic example of Neil Young's freedom from catagorization...

Neil Young made a great album this time. Because he made songs like Don't Cry, No More, and Rockin in the free world

One of Neil Young's greatest albums and one of the best of the late '80s. Highly recommend!

Most people will probably only download Rockin' in the Free World from this album, which is a shame, because it is only the tip of the iceberg. This album showcases ALL of his strengths, from ballads (Hangin' on a Limb, The Ways of Love, Wrecking Ball), to ferocious rockers (Don't Cry, On Broadway), and everything inbetween. Crime in the City is outstanding, one of his very best. Definitely one of his five best albums, ranking right up there with After the Gold Rush and Rust Never Sleeps.

neil, don't wear a hat of mao, cause you know what THEY'll do...love, kristian