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Track Listings
| 1. Tonight's The Night |
| 2. Speakin' Out |
| 3. World On A String |
| 4. Borrowed Tune |
| 5. Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown |
| 6. Mellow My Mind |
| 7. Roll Another Number (For The Road) |
| 8. Albuqueque |
| 9. New Mama |
| 10. Lookout Joe |
| 11. Tired Eyes |
| 12. Tonight's The Night - Part II |
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By 1975 Young had written some of the most enduring anthems in rock history. But from the slow, tension-building piano opening of "Tonight's the Night", he downshifts into darkness and Crazy Horse's folk-country melodies take on a guttural hum that would eventually speak to generations of punk and grunge musicians. Inspired by the overdose deaths of two of Young's friends, roadie Bruce Berry and guitarist Danny Whitten, the title track (and its closing reprise) is a hypnotic cry of "why?" Even the relative party songs, "Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown" and "Roll Another Number", fit the album's bus-to-nowhere resignation. --Steve Knopper
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By 1975 Young had written some of the most enduring anthems in rock history. But from the slow, tension-building piano opening of "Tonight's the Night," he downshifts into darkness and Crazy Horse's folk-country melodies take on a guttural hum that would eventually speak to generations of punk and grunge musicians. Inspired by the overdose deaths of two of Young's friends, roadie Bruce Berry and guitarist Danny Whitten, the title track (and its closing reprise) is a hypnotic cry of "why?" Even the relative party songs, "Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown" and "Roll Another Number," fit the album's bus-to-nowhere resignation. --Steve Knopper
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
My favorite Neil Young Album,
By mikey g "mikey" (Richmond, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tonight's the Night (Audio CD)
Neil Young put his heart and soul on this album. You can feel the pain and sorrow he felt at the time of recording this. The death of two of his friends are the theme of this emotional album. Even if you are a casual Neil Young fan, you should have this album. Not a bad song is on the disc. I had heard that when Neil turned this album into his label, they rejected it for being to dark and disturbing. If that is true those people should not have been in the music industry. It is those reasons that make this the classic that it is. This is not for people who like a little happy face on all the music they listen to. This is raw and real. Simply put, a classic.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not worthy of essential rating,
By A Customer
This review is from: Tonight's the Night (Audio CD)
I have all of Neil Young's records on vinyl up to Live Rust, so my review is limited to this time frame. Given this qualification, I do not see how Tonight's the Night could be a Neil Young Essential ahead of Everybody Know's This Is Nowhere. Out of all these records, Tonight is the one I listen to the least. Don't get me wrong, it is still Neil Young and good music, but it's really only of interest as a snapshot of him and his band in a particular time period, the mid 70s, which they are barely crawling out of. However, Neil and his band seem to realize the narrow breadth of their escape from this destructive era. Tonight should be replaced as an Essential by Decade, and Decade should be replaced as a Best of the Rest by Everybody Knows this is Nowhere, a very underrated album with longlasting influences. This album is where Pearl Jam has been coming from in the last few years (with NY on Mirrorball,etc..). Not that this is necessarily a good thing.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect Timing,
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This review is from: Tonight's the Night (Audio CD)
Nineteen seventy five...the Vietnam epoch in its final spasms; Watergate and the resignation of a President...lies, lies lies...and the year I graduated from high school...cynicism reigned supreme..and the in breath of disco...Gasp!!! I feel this album captures the contraction of the time..."Roll Another Number" and "Tired Eyes"...in retrospect, carry more weight than we may have realized at the time...not to mention the title cut-"Tonights the night, yes it is"...a drunken stumble through the graveyard...and, eventually with Neil, we emerge...a little worse for wear and tear...yet...still here...clear eyed (relatively) and quite wide awake, thank you very much...
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