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Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Zuma (1975)
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Having apparently exorcised his demons by releasing the cathartic Tonight's the Night, Neil Young returned to his commercial strengths with Zuma (named after Zuma Beach in Los Angeles, where he now owned a house). Seven of the album's nine songs were recorded with the reunited Crazy Horse, in which rhythm guitarist Frank Sampedro had replaced the late Danny Whitten, but there were also nods to other popular Young styles in "Pardon My Heart," an acoustic song that would have fit on Harvest, his most popular album, and "Through My Sails," retrieved from one of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's abortive recording sessions. Young had abandoned the ragged, first-take approach of his previous three albums, but Crazy Horse would never be a polished act, and the music had a lively sound well-suited to the songs, which were some of the most melodic, pop-oriented tunes Young had crafted in years, though they were played with an electric-guitar-drenched rock intensity. The overall theme concerned romantic conflict, with lyrics that lamented lost love and sometimes longed for a return ("Pardon My Heart" even found Young singing, "I don't believe this song"), though the overall conclusion, notably in such catchy songs as "Don't Cry No Tears" and "Lookin' for a Love," was to move on to the next relationship. But the album's standout track (apparently the only holdover from an early intention to present songs with historical subjects) was the seven-and-a-half-minute epic "Cortez the Killer," a commentary on the Spanish conqueror of Latin America that served as a platform for Young's most extensive guitar soloing since his work on Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere.


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Analyzed: Neil Young & Crazy Horse / Zuma
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -2.10 dB -15.71 dB 2:36 01-Don't Cry No Tears
DR12 -2.22 dB -17.97 dB 6:55 02-Danger Bird
DR14 -2.67 dB -21.93 dB 3:48 03-Pardon My Heart
DR12 -2.73 dB -18.56 dB 3:17 04-Lookin' For A Love
DR11 -3.70 dB -17.00 dB 2:59 05-Barstool Blues
DR14 -1.68 dB -17.27 dB 3:14 06-Stupid Girl
DR13 -2.01 dB -16.88 dB 3:33 07-Drive Back
DR15 -0.70 dB -18.51 dB 7:33 08-Cortez The Killer
DR13 -3.36 dB -20.60 dB 2:42 09-Through My Sails

Number of tracks: 9
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2679 kbps
Codec: FLAC