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An artist for all musical seasons, Neil Young returns to autumnal harvest mode on Prairie Wind, with homespun material and sing-song melodies that renew the spirit of some of his most popular releases. Yet the mood here is darker in it”s maturity than on Harvest and Harvest Moon-the previous releases in what now sounds like a trilogy-and the arrangements have greater range and aural depth, with Wayne Jackson of the soulful Memphis Horns, the Fisk University Jubilee Singers gospel choir, and a string section employed to striking effect. This is a song cycle of dreams, memories, family ties, and the passage of time-what is lost and what endures. The elliptical, epic ”No Wonder”, with it”s evocation of 9/11, ranks with the most ambitious songs of Young”s career, while ”Falling Off the Face of the Earth”, ”It”s a Dream”, and the bluesy title cut combine childlike innocence with unsettling experience. Spooner Oldham”s church keyboards and co-producer Ben Keith”s steel guitar reinforce the sound”s sturdy simplicity. Young has released a lot of albums in different musical styles, but Prairie Wind feels like a homecoming, and ranks with his very best. Reprise. 2005.
- 1 Painter
- 2 No Wonder
- 3 Falling Off the Face of the Earth
- 4 Far from Home
- 5 It”s a Dream
- 6 Prairie Wind
- 7 Here for You
- 8 This Old Guitar
- 9 He Was the King
- 10 When God Made Me
