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About time

Pete P | minnesota | 01/26/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Finally a best of crazy horse. very strange that there are no

songs from loose, yet it includes 2 songs from the rockets 1968

album. could of used a little more danny whitten. I guess we should be thankful for what we got. overall a good set."

Wow What A Great Band Can't Understand the Bad Reviews Here

HershonJones | Michigan | 09/06/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"My mind boggles here. I absolutely never listened to anything by Crazy Horse before this album which I heard at a friends place & then bought. I absolutely loved everything about it: Great songs & great performances. I can't believe that I missed out on this group all these years, as I just thought this was another overated generic group, just out of ignorance. I'm now a fan after hearing this! Having said that, I think this album is great because I never heard the group before. I think the negative reviews here are from true Crazy Horse fans who weren't happy with the song selection. Actually, I guess this does make sense from their perspective, forget my heading, LOL! So, I think the fairest thing to say is, if you either never heard Crazy Horse before or were a casual listener of them, this album is a gem."

More Than Just a Backing Band

state | 05/08/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Crazy Horse deserve recognition beyond being merely Neil Young's favourite backing band. Danny Whitten was an essential part of Young's early sound, particularly on EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE where "Cowgirl In The Sand" and "Down by the River" serve to explain completely why Young was devastated when Whitten died from a drug overdose.



I agree that the failure to include anything from LOOSE is a regrettable oversight, but the twenty tracks on this compilation fairly represents the highs and lows of their career. Of particular interest are the four tracks from CRAZY MOON which feature the manic guitar playing of an uncredited Neil Young, work which matches and perhaps exceeds anything from his own catalogue ("Thunder and Lightning" is a staggering tour de force).



If the Horse had never met up with Neil Young they would likely have remained on the fringes of obscurity. Without doubt their material is uneven and contains many flaws but for all that their vitality prevails and they play like a band who deserve a place in the sun."