| | Bridge: A Tribute To Neil Young CD
THE BRIDGE, featuring a wide palette of alternative-identified artists covering Neil Young songs, wasn't the first tribute album ever made, but it was the first one anyone noticed, and it may well have been the best. Its success, which had something to do with the fact that the artists were all rabid Young fans with palpable ideas about what to do with his songs, led to an outpouring of other tribute albums, most of which have been far less successful. Often they included--or, in one case, feted--the artists here, who became instant superstars on the tribute circuit.
But the superstar on THE BRIDGE remained Neil Young, whose songs withstand both the weirdest and most loving of interpretations. Among the former are Dinosaur Jr.'s very fast, very bratty punk take on the folky standby "Lotta Love" (aided by a guest singer who sounds mysteriously like Daniel Johnston) and Bongwater's tape-loop-aided version of "Mr. Soul" (a song Young himself has done many times and many ways). Others play it straight. The Pixies' "Winterlong," featuring one of the few recorded duets between Black Francis and Kim Deal, is a nearly perfect pop song; Soul Asylum's "Barstool Blues" sounds like a lost classic of flannel-shirted rock; and guitarist Henry Kaiser (performing with singers David and Rosanne Lindley) squeezes every bit of junkie juice out of his downer medley of "The Needle And The Damage Done" (on piano) and "Tonight's The Night" (with full band).
Principally recorded in 1988 and 1989.
Essential for Young fans.
Producers: Soul Asylum, George Drakoulias, Tom Herbers (track 1); Flaming Lips (track 3); Nikki Sudden, John A. Rivers (track 4); Paul Kendall, Loop (track 5); Nick Cave, Mick Harvey (track 6); Kramer (tracks 7, 13); Gary Smith, The Pixies (track 8); Sonic Youth (track 9); Fred Giannelli, Genesis P-Orridge (track 10); Dinosaur Jr. (track 11); Henry Kaiser (tracks 12, 14).
Engineers: Tom Herbers (track 1); Paul Kendall (track 5); Victor Van Vjgt (track 6); Kramer (track 7, 13); Wharton Tiers (track 9); Richard Schiessl (track 10); Sean Slade (track 11); Oliver DiCicco, James Geddes (track 12); Oliver DiCicco (tracks 14).
Rolling Stone - 4 Stars - Excellent Q - 3 Stars - Good Bridge: A Tribute To Neil Young Music Bridge: A Tribute To Neil Young Songs | 1. | Barstool Blues - Soul Asylum |
| 2. | Don't Let It Bring You Down - Victoria Williams/Williams Brothers |
| 3. | After the Goldrush - The Flaming Lips |
| 4. | Captain Kennedy - Nikki Sudden & The French Revolution |
| 5. | Loop - Cinnamon Girl |
| 6. | Helpless - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds |
| 7. | Mr. Soul - Bongwater |
| 8. | Winterlong - The Pixies |
| 9. | Computer Age - Sonic Youth |
| 10. | Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Psychic TV |
| 11. | Lotta Love - Dinosaur Jr. |
| 12. | The Needle And The Damage Done / Tonight's The Night - Henry Kaiser |
| 13. | Out of the Blue - B.A.L.L. (bonus track) |
| 14. | Words - Henry Kaiser (bonus track) |
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