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Re·ac·tor
''Re·ac·tor'' is the eleventh studio album by Canadian folk rock musician Neil Young, and his fourth with American rock band Crazy Horse, released on November 2, 1981. It was his last album released through Reprise Records before he moved to Geffen for his next five albums. Content Musical style The album marked Young's first use of the Synclavier, which would be featured heavily on the subsequent albums ''Trans'' (1982) and ''Landing on Water'' (1986). The song "Shots" had originally been performed live in 1978 as a ballad. In 2003, Greg Kot of ''Chicago Tribune'' proclaimed that ''Re·ac·tor'' "works up a punk-blues racket ..that sounds as shaggy and disheveled as anything the Replacements recorded". ''AllMusic'' opined the album to contain "guitar-drenched hard rock made up of thrown-together material". ''Salon.com'' described the album as a proto-grunge effort. Peter J. Howe described it retrospectively in 1985 as "gritty post-punk". Packaging The album feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trans (album)
''Trans'' is the twelfth studio album by Canadian musician and singer-songwriter Neil Young, released on January 10, 1983. Recorded and released during his Geffen era in the 1980s, its electronic sound baffled many fans upon its initial release—a Sennheiser vocoder VSM201 features prominently in six of the nine tracks. Background In 1982, Young left Reprise Records, his record label since his debut album in 1968, to sign with Geffen Records—the label founded and owned by David Geffen, who had worked with Young as manager of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Young's contract guaranteed him $1 million per album, as well as total creative control over his output. From late 1980 to mid-1982, Young spent much of his waking hours carrying out a therapy program for his young son, Ben, who was born with cerebral palsy and unable to speak. Neil disclosed to almost no one at the time that he was doing so, or that the repetitive nature of the songs on both the previous album, '' Re·a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |