Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill

NME“Gnarly...” If the thought of tackling Young’s longest ever studio album hasn’t scared you off, you must be a fan. In which case, prepare yourself for a treat, because two tracks here – ‘Ramada Inn’ and ‘Walk Like A Giant’ – could sit among Young

MusicOMH“An invigorating, ramshackle, heavy beast...” For all of Young’s lauded restlessness in recent years, the most striking feature of his entire career has been his ability to draw great richness from a somewhat limited pallet of ideas. "A brand new melody with familiar chords,"...

Dusted Magazine“Earnest and perverse, simplistic and complicated, epic and underachieving..” The album contains two other epics, both taken at a similarly unhurried pace. “Ramada Inn’s” 16:50 length works in its favor, because you feel like you’re there experiencing a marriage’s ups and downs along with the people who are living it

Pitchfork“The most accurate studio portrayal of The Huddle yet...” There's enough life and fuck-you attitude left in Psychedelic Pill to remind a listener that "it's better to burn out than to fade away" wasn't necessarily about dying young, so long as you avoided phoning it in...

The Arts Desk“All of Neil Young is in here somewhere....” He looks like a battered old relic these days, but the tumultuous roar of his electric guitar is still one of the most awesome sounds in the known universe, and he delivers some of his finest playing here...

The Independent“The best non-essential album Neil Young has ever made...” There are moments here where the guitar work-outs feel so stretched that it sounds as if the musicians are being propped up in order to continue playing along. There are also moments of sublime majesty...

BBC“A great album...” This isn’t a conventional album by the ordinary standards of today, but it’s fantastic. Crazy Horse are the perfect band for this sort of wistful noise, carrying both Young’s simple melodies and his love of stretching out with equal ease...

The Telegraph“Young is in nostalgic, often melancholy mode...” It’s a loose album, an indulgent album, and not all likeable but, unlike any other outfit of their tenure, they maintain a raw punch as if recording in a local bar for the sheer blast of it...

Guardian“Wears their trademark sound like an old slipper...” Beautiful harmonies, plaintive chord changes and chugging country-rock rhythms that allow Young's improvised guitar solos room to roam. And roam he does – for 87 minutes...

The Observer“Less a tab of acid and more a madeleine...” The past is so alive here you can taste it, and not just in the form of Crazy Horse, the heroically dishevelled band Young toys with when the urge takes him...