Neil Young is a gift that never stops giving

In the past 10 years, Neil Young has released as many as 15 albums with as many as a dozen of them comprising new material—songs that he wrote especially for those albums. This November, Young released his 42nd studio album titled World Record, which he recorded with his longtime favourite backing band, Crazy Horse. A wispy song backed by piano, it has simple lyrics: “Love Earth/ And your love comes back to you/ Love Earth/ Such an easy thing to do.” On I Walk with You, the tone of the music changes; Young weighs in with his heavy guitar riff as he sings about the ravaged planet and how we must fight against its further degradation. On YouTube there is a lengthy interview by Apple Music’s Zane Lowe where he talks to Young and Rubin about the making of World Record and they talk about how they recorded it on tape; converted that to digital; and then, went back to the analogue tapes to add back some of the natural live quality that digital often loses. ****** The Lounge List Five songs by Neil Young & Crazy Horse from World Record to bookend your week 1.