Fork in the Road | 
| Artist: Neil Young
Label: Reprise
Category: Music
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 22263
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 518040
UPC: 093624978756
EAN: 0093624978756
ASIN: B001TEKHCC
Release Date: April 6, 2009
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| Tracks:
| • | When Worlds Collide | | • | Fuel Line | | • | Just Singing A Song | | • | Johnny Magic | | • | Cough Up The Bucks | | • | Get Behind The Wheel | | • | Off The Road | | • | Hit The Road | | • | Light A Candle | | • | Fork In The Road |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Neil Young has been on a bit of a roll of late. The Canadian crooner has been busy re-issuing live albums (emLive At Sugar Mountain/em, emLive At Massey Hall/em), picking up headline festival slots (Glastonbury, the Isle of Wight Festival, Hyde Park Calling) and has also found time to release a glut of new material. Following on from 2007rsquo;s emChrome Dreams II/em, emFork in the Road/em is a quickly-recorded, vaguely eco-themed album aboutâ¦automobiles. Cars have long been an obsession for Young and here he takes the bull by the horns, praising their virtues while simultaneously acknowledging climate-change issues. Recorded in just a few weeks, the record even sounds like a car--all rhythmic, grainy revs and testosterone blues-rock swagger. The songs within might not be particularly sophisticated, but they do make for excellent road trip material. em--Danny McKenna/em
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 Better Than Reactor And Then Some May 18, 2009
Carlo Matthews (La Paz Bolivia)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
If Fork In The Road had been released instead of Reactor back in the early 80's, it would have been hailed as a masterpiece, a worthy sequel to the grunge-fest of Rust Never Sleeps. But this is nearly 30 years later, and what was cutting edge then is cliche today. Still, not all is wrong with predictability.
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br /Before Young begins singing on each song, you can often anticipate the melody line he'll use -- they're standard Young melodies that Neil is not about to ditch any more. He's recylced this music so often that there's a considerable element of familiarity in most Young fans before they've even listened to a single track. This has its pros and cons. If you fight it, it's a con. Neil won't change at this stage. If you accept it, it can be a pro. The material falls within stylistic expectations and the only question left is: Does Neil retread the same old ground with quality songs, or is he merely going through the motions? This time around, it's the first. You may have heard Fork in countless variations on previous Young albums, and yet his old tricks are still effective when done well and given a twist. Of course, this also lends a rushed and tossed off feel to the music, but it's also added a certain charm to Neil's work in the past. That's frequently been the case with many of his classics. The ramshackle urgency of "Down By the River", "Cowgirl In the Sand", and "Southern Man" just make it all so much more exciting.
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br /The following albums are strongly alluded to here: Reactor, Rust Never Sleeps, On The Beach, Comes A Time, and a touch of Hawks And Doves as well as the more shadowy side of Stars And Bars. Not that Fork is as brilliant as some of these, it's just that they are the source from which Neil borrows to make Fork (blatantly sometimes). Quite a different concept altogether.
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br /There is, however, one major difference or addition to the old recipe. This is a grungy and yet LITE album that, as many reviewers noted, would be cool for cruisin' around. While it may have all the grunge you want, it has little of the grunge darkness (unlike Greendale). And that's an interesting combo which permeates the entire album, making it snappy, foot-tapping, and well-crafted, if undemanding as well. Then there's some clever riffing and well chosen color changes within most songs (in fact, the title track is by far the lamest of the heavy ones). And to top it off, the production is wholly unassuming, allowing the raw vigor of the band to come through -- simple, hard-hitting, forward-looking. All this makes Fork relevant and Neil's most pleasant surprise in decades.
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br /I disliked the album initially (the rather obvious lyrics remain the my biggest complaint). I then found myself putting it on because it was both good company and a plain fun listen. With only one skippable song (a rare feat these days, and the culprit is the excessively derivative Off The Road), Fork In The Road may end up becoming Neil's swan-song.
You're all just blowing in the wind May 1, 2009
Mr Jones (UK)
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Welcome to my first (and last) review ever.
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br /I bought Neil Young's `Fork In The Road' last week, Bob Dylan's `Together Through Life' on release day. I didn't listen to either immediately but took both along the day after Dylan's release day, on a long car journey.
br /Bob's cd first, I really enjoyed it. I enjoyed `Modern Times' and `Love And Theft' too. I also enjoy listening to `Blood On The Tracks' and lots of his `classic' material. I like to hear Bob in this relaxed groove, the musicianship is wonderful and he does seem to be enjoying himself.
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br /Neil's cd took me by surprise initially then it touched me. Just like Bob, Neil settles into a groove. Okay, it isn't the Crazy Horse groove but he too seems relaxed and enjoying himself.
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br /In fact they're both having fun for exactly the same reason. They are in a groove that goes all the way back to their roots. Bob and Neil don't have the same roots so the groove isn't the same, but the music is still there to feel and to hear.
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br /From Bob we get beautifully performed music based in the blues and swing and even a little South of the Border feel too. The music he grew up listening to. The music he plays on the radio. The music he loves.
br /From Neil we get a beautiful groove rooted in rock. That's what he does, that's what he's always done, just rock. Even when he's `Harvesting' he's still rocking. He plays the music he grew up listening to, the music he loves. Listen to the title track, there's even traces of Velvet Underground `White Light White Heat' in there.
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br /These two guys have been with us for many, many years, keeping us entertained, enthralled and rather bemused at times too. What does it matter if they're doing what they want to do, what they are happy with. They have pushed back the boundaries many times. They have opened doors for many other musicians. They have earned the right to play and record what they want.
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br /Leave your egos at the door. Stop complaining. Don't criticise what you can't understand. Open your eyes and your ears and just sit back and enjoy. If you don't like the music is that down to Bob, or to Neil, or to you? It doesn't really matter. It's not good or bad it's just personal taste. For me, it is fine. If you feel so strongly, put down your pen, pick up a guitar...
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so all you critics sit alone............ April 20, 2009
yerblues (london)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
i really don't understand the reviews i've read for this cd. As far as i'm concerned its far better than the lacklustre Chrome Dreams and its rocks like no other since Ragged Glory. There's not a bad track on it and if you love the vintage Young guitar sound, you really won't be disappointed. One magazine wrote it's great music to drive to. I would concur with that - also would like to add its great music to do the washing up to. In fact its great music full stop....For me, who's been a follower since the original release of 1974's On the Beach, this is classic Neil Young...
Always on the Road April 23, 2009
F. S. Duarte
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I think Fork in the Road is different from everything Neil Young has done before. In this album Neil goes back to the blues and boogie sources of rock music more than ever before.
br /The whole album is about being on the road, going somewhere, changing, inovating, and I agree with with those who say there is not a single bad track in it. Some people react against Fork in the Road because they keep expecting more traditional forms of expression (country music, maybe)from Neil Young. The problem for them is that he never stops, he is never satisfied, he never stays in one place, he is always on the road.
br /I just would have liked to have in this album two new NYoung songs that where not included: Sea Change and Get Around. What happened to them? It's a five star album.
More timeless classics from Young Neil July 27, 2009
Mrs. C. Clarke (Derbyshire)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Didn't get to see him (boo hoo) but this is the next best thing. Some great new songs from a man whose voice never seems to change. Loved it!
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