Neil Young (Musician) | Sweet as Sugar : Neil Young's new album doesn't disappoint
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Sweet as Sugar: Neil Young's new album doesn't disappoint
EW's GRADE
B+

Details Release Date: Dec 02, 2008; Lead Performance: Neil Young (Musician); Genre: Folk

Neil Young's seemingly bottomless archive yields Sugar Mountain — Live at Canterbury House 1968, a pair of acoustic concerts recorded soon after he left Buffalo Springfield. His meandering monologues contrast with the top-notch if uniformly pensive songs. ''Mr. Soul'' and ''Expecting to Fly'' reprise the then-recent past, while tracks like ''The Loner,'' the exquisite ''Birds,'' and the bittersweet title song provide a live demo tape of his immediate future. B+

Download This: Listen to the song ''Birds'' at barnesandnoble.com

Originally posted Nov 26, 2008 Published in issue #1024 Dec 05, 2008 Order article reprints

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