After the scorching heat of Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, it is perhaps surprising that Neil
Young did not stick with the winning formula of jamming with Crazy Horse on his
next album. However, with the benefit of hindsight, this was just another of
Young’s shifts in gear as he forever chases his creative fancies as they come
to him (Google “muse site:thrasherswheat.org” if you are in any doubt about
this!). Bearing in mind his recent stint in Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young had
borne fruit in the form of Déja Vu,
it becomes even less of a shock that Young would tone down his songs and become
more introspective and delicate.
