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Neil Young hit yet another creative peak in the 1990s, and WELD, a blisteringly distorted album, was the end result. Out-grunging everybody with his extraordinary backing band, Crazy Horse, Young gives songs like "Cortez The Killer" and his gentle rocker, 1968's "Cinnamon Girl," new life. The excitement level of this set is extraordinary, and the gut-wrenching volume only ignites the desire for more.
Live Recording
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Neil Young (vocals, guitar); Frank "Poncho" Sampedro (guitar); Billy Talbot (bass); Ralph Molina (drums).
Producers: David Briggs, Billy Talbot, Neil Young.
Personnel: Neil Young (vocals, guitar); Frank "Poncho" Sampedro (vocals, guitar, strings, synthesizer); Ralph Molina (vocals, drums); Billy Talbot (vocals).
Audio Mixers: David Briggs ; John Hanlon; John Nowland; Neil Young; Tim Mulligan; Billy Talbot.
Recording information: Remote Recording Services' Silver Studio.
Directors: Frank Gironda; Elliot Roberts.
Photographers: Larry Cragg; Joel Bernstein.Rolling Stone (11/14/91) - 3.5 Stars - Good Plus "...glorious..."Weld" offers tough music for tough times..."
Spin (12/91) - Highly Recommended
Q (7/01, p.91) - Included in Q's "50 Heaviest Albums of All Time".
Q (12/91) - 4 Stars - Excellent "..perfect production wrests clarity from chaos..."
Melody Maker (12/91) - Ranked #2 in Melody Maker's list of the "Top 30 Albums Of 1991" - "The old warhorse storms through his back catalogue like a man possessed, each performance an act of incendiary madness...After decades spent hovering at the edge, Young finally steps over and loses consciousness.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse / Neil Young - Weld Songs
| 1 | Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) 1991 Live Lp Version
Neil Young | 5:42 | $0.99 | |
| 2 | Crime In the City 1991 Live Lp Version
Neil Young | 6:33 | $0.99 | |
| 3 | Blowin' In the Wind 1991 Live Lp Version
Neil Young | 6:49 | $0.99 | |
| 4 | Welfare Mothers 1991 Live Lp Version
Neil Young | 7:04 | $0.99 | |
| 5 | Love To Burn 1991 Live Lp Version
Neil Young | 10:01 | $0.99 | |
| 6 | Cinnamon Girl 1991 Live Lp Version
Neil Young | 4:45 | $0.99 | |
| 7 | Mansion On the Hill 1991 Live Lp Version
Neil Young | 6:14 | $0.99 | |
| 8 | F!#*In Up 1991 Live Lp Version
Neil Young | 7:10 | $0.99 | |
| 9 | Cortez the Killer 1991 Live Lp Version | 9:47 | $0.99 | |
| 10 | Powderfinger 1991 Live Lp Version | 5:58 | $0.99 | |
| 11 | Love and Only Love 1991 Live Lp Version | 9:17 | $0.99 | |
| 12 | Rockin' In the Free World 1991 Live Album Version | 9:23 | $0.99 | |
| 13 | Like a Hurricane 1991 Live Lp Version | 14:00 | | |
| 14 | Farmer John 1991 Live Lp Version | 5:00 | $0.99 | |
| 15 | Tonight's the Night 1991 Live Lp Version | 8:45 | $0.99 | |
| 16 | Roll Another Number 1991 Live Lp Version | 5:20 | $0.99 | |
Weld Music Review
Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)    don't spook the horse!
Maybe it's just nostalgia talking, but I was just a kid when this came out and I bought it and I still get off when I hear "Like A Hurricane". Like another reviewer said, "Rockin' In The Free World" lost something in translation from the studio to this album, its still neil young and crazy horse, rough sloppy and out of tune in a wonderful way, yet I'd take the live version from his "saturday night live" appearance around that time if I could find it, all in all this is a great set, a great companion to "Ragged Glory". You can't go wrong with the horse, some of my favorite albums are of Neil's Crazy Horse albums, from the '60's on down through the ages
Submitted by chubbsdarcy (La Tabatiere, Qc. Canada)
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 Very Strong
This album is very heavy, when compared to 'Live Rust', at least. 'crime in the city' is the best song here but there are great versions of '...Rust' tracks like 'Cinnamon Girl', 'Hey hey, my my' and 'Cortez the killer'. A big disappointment for me here is the lacklustre version of 'Rockin in the free world', unusually lacking the fire of the studio version.
Submitted by S J (Woking)
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Neil Cranks It Up...
Recorded on the back of the Ragged Glory Tour Weld is a pure distorted noise fest which is sure to blow your speakers at high volumes. Though rather than just being overtly relentless there is enough on this double album to keep the listener interested including a blistering electric version of "Crime In The City" from the Freedom album and an excellent version of "Cinnamon Girl" which is a Neil and Crazy Horse classic, and again is well performed. Other highlights include the atmospheric and hypnotic "Like A Hurricane" which outstrips the previous live version on the Live Rust album in sheer power and a song which is always welcomed on a live release with that big looping riff being pumped out by the Crazy Horse as Young blazes away on his Les Paul. Though "Rockin' In The Free World" sounds quite tame for some reason compared to its Freedom counterpart, and the cover of Dylans's "Blowing In The Wind" (which replaced "Mother Earth: A Natural Anthem" on the tour) is simply annoying as Young drags politics and the Gulf war into view. Weld remains a good live album on a tour which became so very loud it made Neil go back to doing some country music ( Harvest Moon) and wind down the volume for a while.
Submitted by Philip Bourke (Cork, Ireland)
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