ARE YOU PASSIONATE
| Neil Young
ARE YOU PASSIONATE
ARE YOU PASSIONATE - Is the 24th studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, the only album to feature Booker T. & the M.G.'s, and his eighth with Crazy Horse, released on April 9, 2002 as a double LP and as a single CD. It represents Young's foray into soul music, not sounding like anything he had previously released. Exceptions are rocker "Goin' Home", recorded with Crazy Horse, and the brooding "Let's Roll", a response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The album ends with "She's a Healer", an extended jam. - WIKIPEDIA
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RollingStone
2002 - hums on Young’s timeless brand of fossil fuel: love that burns, faith that endures and guitar solos that keep searching for a heart of gold.
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ALL MUSIC
That's right, the title is no joke -- this is a romantic album, grounded with tight Southern soul rhythms and dressed in Young's signature fuzz-tone Les Paul.
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The Guardian
2002 - is uneven and overlong.
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AV/MUSIC
2002 - feels like an after-hours session, its songs weary and a little lost, but at times, Young makes those qualities work for him.
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The Music Box
2002 - resonates with a deeply rooted sense of spiritualism, making it a loosely-based concept album for the post-9/11 world.
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Adrian Denning
Neil sounds anything but passionate, largely coasting through the album.
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Mark Prindle
In short, my message to Neil is to "get better again, please."
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Don Ignacio
If you are the type of person who gets bored easily, I'd stay well away from this album.
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Shaking Through
With this oddly lackluster release Young lives up to one of Passionate's song titles: "Mr. Disappointment."
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