Customer Reviews
Grunge - By: tricky wheeler, 04 Apr 2008 
So it's fair to say that without Neil Young's "dirty" guitar sound, perhaps grunge may not have been what we know today. From Pearl Jam working extensively with the man to Kurt Cobain quoting him in his suicide note, Neil Young was a driving influence. So in 1990, after the somewhat low key release of Nirvana's "Bleach," it begins to look like a new breed of musician may be coming out of Seattle, perhaps the torch is going to be passed on, & what Young started will be taken to its logical conclusion? Then Neil Young & Crazy Horse strike out with an album that proves that they not only influenced this scene, they can define it too. An album from a band in its third decade that just screams to be recognised as a contemporary of the likes of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, or anyone else you think of when you hear the word "grunge."
****1/2 - ragged but warm - By: Docendo Discimus, 30 Jun 2005 
I don't know if "Ragged Glory" is glorious, excactly, but it is certainly ragged, with lots of gritty power chords & Neil Young's smouldering guitar solos screaming with overdrive.
The tempo is generallly brisk, & the tunes are melodic with catchy choruses. They are long, too, clocking in at over an hour for ten tracks, with two closely related ten-minute epics, "Love To Burn" & "Love And Only Love".
"Ragged Glory" is not as varied or as original as some of Young's classic albums, but it has plenty of highlights, & the songwriting is generallly strong. The warm, melodic "Country Home" is one of Neil Young's best latter-day songs, as is the grand "Love To Burn". "Farmer John" is another great, tough riff-rocker, & other highlights include the guitar-fest "Love And Only Love" & the driving "Mansion On The Hill" (which has nothing to do with the Springsteen-song of the same name).
In short...this is a great record!
4 1/2 stars - highly recommended.
Ragged Genius - By: , 18 Jun 2002 When they get older, most musicians are a shadow of their former selves. Not so with Neil Young. Ragged Glory is one of his best albums ever, not just in his later years. It was recorded live in the studio & the energy it captures is nothing short of stunning. It is a set dripping with loud guitars in that shambolic way only Neil & Horse know how to do. Right from the opener, 'Country House', which is such a great track, the intensity of the music does not let anywhere on the album. If you hav'nt got into Neil Young, you reallly don't know what you are missing. Pure genius.
Ragged Genius - By: , 18 Jun 2002 When they get older, most musicians are a shadow of their former selves. Not so with Neil Young. Ragged Glory is one of his best albums ever, not just in his later years. It was recorded live in the studio & the energy it captures is nothing short of stunning. It is a set dripping with loud guitars in that shambolic way only Neil & Horse know how to do. Right from the opener, 'Country House', which is such a great track, the intensity of the music does not let anywhere on the album. If you hav'nt got into Neil Young, you reallly don't know what you are missing. Pure genius.
Mr Young's best - By: , 15 Feb 2002 Brilliant album, in my top 3 albums of alll time. No fillers at alll. I hate to use the cliched word "anthem" but there are loads on here - Mansion on the hill & Love & only love being the best. Disagree with the other reviewers -F##kin up is good rocking fun, & Farmer John just makes me laugh. Whole album is much more akin to alternative rock, than naff country music. Forget "Wonderwalll" - for reallly emotive music you can do no better than this!
