Neil Young, Crazy Horse – Zuma (VG/VG)

Zuma is an LP by Neil Young, Crazy Horse from 1975 released on the Reprise Records label.

About this album

Zuma is one of Neil Young & Crazy Horse’s most essential collaborations, marking a fierce return to ragged electric rock after the darker introspection of the early 1970s. Issued in 1975, the album pairs loose, muscular playing with Young’s sharply drawn songwriting, from the restless opener Don’t Cry No Tears to the towering Cortez the Killer. The record’s live-wire interplay and rough-edged production give it a bracing immediacy, while songs such as Barstool Blues and Drive Back show the band balancing bite with melancholy. Widely regarded as a peak in Young’s catalogue, it helped define the sound of hard-edged folk rock.

Genre: Pop & Rock

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