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Weld (2 disc set) | 
 enlarge | Artist: Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Label: Reprise / Wea
Category: Music
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 11993
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.8
MPN: 26671
UPC: 075992667128
EAN: 0075992667128
ASIN: B000002LQM
Release Date: October 22, 1991
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) | | • | Crime in the City | | • | Blowin' in the Wind - Neil Young, Dylan, Bob | | • | Welfare Mothers | | • | Love to Burn | | • | Cinnamon Girl | | • | Mansion on the Hill | | • | F*!#in' Up |
Disc 2
| • | Cortez the Killer | | • | Powderfinger | | • | Love and Only Love | | • | Rockin' in the Free World | | • | Like a Hurricane | | • | Farmer John - Neil Young, Harris, Don [1] Sug | | • | Tonight's the Night | | • | Roll Another Number (For the Road) |
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Amazon.com
Live Rust gets the most props, but if you're looking for a live document of Neil Young and Crazy Horse at their speaker-shredding, stage-scorching best, Weld is an absolute must-own. Fired up by the success of 1990's Ragged Glory, and outraged by the eruption of the Gulf War, Young and his cohorts attacked their 1991 tour like men on a suicide mission. An angry, gunshot-laced version of Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" is the closest thing here to an acoustic reverie; the rest of the album offers up staggeringly intense electric versions of Neil songs both current ("Crime in the City," "Love to Burn," "Rockin' in the Free World") and classic ("Cortez the Killer," "Cinnamon Girl," "Powderfinger"). The back-cover photo of a disheveled Young cradling a broken-stringed guitar pretty much says it all--no one could have unleashed a sonic onslaught this brutal, and emerged unscathed from the experience. --Dan Epstein
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Neil Young - At His Absolute Heavyest August 11, 2008
Steven Sly (Kalamazoo, MI United States)
A little over 10 years after his groundbreaking live album "Live Rust" Young put out this 2 CD live set called "Weld" recorded on the "Ragged Glory" tour. The previous album "Freedom" was a bit of a comeback for Neil. After spending a good part of the 80's experimenting with electronic music, country, rockabilly, blues and just about anything else you could name, his album sales had taken a rather big plunge and radio was all but ignoring him. "Freedom" would feature a song that would bring Young back onto rock radio in a big way with the aptly titled "Rockin In The Free World". Young was back to playing big venues in front of loud raucous fans and would soon be given the title of "godfather of grunge" to go along with all of his other incarnations. "Weld" is a great live album and although not as lauded, I think is better than "Live Rust". This is Neil Young at his most angry and caustic. The majority of this album rocks as hard as any grunge or metal band. In fact this is some of the heaviest stuff I own on disc. The first four tracks bludgeon the listener over the head with lyrics and music that describe an America at the beginning of the first Gulf war. "Hey Hey My My", "Crime In The City", a feedback laden electric version of Bob Dylan's "Blowin In The Wind", and "Welfare Mothers" get the album off to an incredible start. The rest of the album contains several of Young's rocking masterpieces including "Cinnamon Girl", "Mansion On The Hill", "Cortez The Killer", "Powderfinger" and truly amazing versions of "Rockin In The Free World" and "Like A Hurricane". Encore's of "Farmer John" and "Tonight's The Night" continue the assault until finally at the very end Young closes with the lighthearted "Roll Another Number". This must have been an incredible show to see live and this is a great great live album. Neil's backing band Crazy Horse are never going to win any musician of the year honors, but there is something about when these four guys get together that makes just incredible music. If you are only a fan of Young's more acoustic oriented stuff this album may not be for you, but if you like Young at his absolute heaviest this album is a must own.
Magnificent noise! August 29, 2007
Grigory's Girl (NYC)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ah, what glorious noise! This is one of my favorite live albums, in which Neil Young and Crazy Horse take his songs and "play them at 22". I love feedback and noise, and this album is drenced in it. The songs are all brilliantly performed, and many are better than their studio versions. The version of F***in' Up has a much more intense guitar solo, with some impressive feedback that probably shattered a few eardrums for those in the front row. Blowin' in the Wind is a great cover, and Hey, Hey, My, My is better here than on the studio. Like a Hurricane gets the epic treatment here, and it's fantastic. I saw Neil Young once (after this tour though), and he's phenomenal live. Neil is still kicking it, making bands half his age try and keep up with him. Neil (along with Dylan) got a nice renaissance in the 1990's, and they're still plugging on admirably.
Rocking in the Sunshine August 17, 2007
D. NEVIN (Pittsfield, MA United States)
When all is said and done, all that matters when you crank it up and just sit back and listen is; Does it get you to where you want to be?
The answer is: Absolutely!
Distorted, deranged pulchritude June 29, 2007
Happy 3itch (Solla Sollew)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
"This is the story of Johnny Rotten" - no s#it; "Rockin' In The Free World" - nihilistic, sarcastic, unforgiving - could have oozed outta PiL's Album (remember "Home"). On Weld, classic NY&CH epics get nailed SHUT. And it's all done with wrists - no whammy bars on these abused Gibsons. All those gnarly Cheap Thrills' leads blast outta the crypt.
Urban dystopia inflicted. "Welfare Mothers" and "Crime In The City" (the latter among Young's most barbed, and lucid, storytelling) drag the listener into fierce noise and despairing nihilism. Then, the humanism erupts with "Blowin' In The Wind," a sure Hendrix phantasm. Hippie frisson abounds on "Cortez The Killer" and "Roll Another Number" - succumb.
It's also "grunge." Jad Fair might have written "Like A Hurricane" - if he possessed the endorphins. To the point, it's all about Crazy Horse; they can play Madison Square Garden like a St. Louis bowling alley. Every fuzztoned note is blood, telepathy, exorcism. A cluster of unfortunate observations, made euphoric.
Ferocious...and better than "Live Rust" May 5, 2007
Hi, I'm Paul! (Grosse Ile, MI United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very few live albums are as angry and snarling as this live set. Crazy Horse never sounded better, and Young--angry at the outbreak of the Gulf War in '91--unleashes a set of songs, some old, some new (what an amazing cover of "Blowin' in the Wind"!!) that more or less define the grunge attitude in the early 90s. Coupled with the 30 minute feedback montage "Arc", this double disk set is positively breathtaking. You can just feel the energy and volume. Wish I coulda been there...
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