2 keepers
keeper avg .200
I guess after three barn-burning albums with Crazy Horse or Pearl Jam (alternating) Uncle Neil needed to put down his blow torch and once again revisit the gentler, countrified pastures of "Comes A Time" (1978) and "Harvest Moon"(1992), with the help of old partner in crime Ben Keith. As an opening pair "Good to See You" and the title song aren't terrible, but not memorable at all. The former is jaunty but lightweight and the title song is merely pleasant (I've heard/seen some full band live version that squishes this recorded version like a grape and I can't find it for the life of me, please help). Uncle Neil waxes nostalgic for his old band in "Buffalo Springfield Again," a hobby he would indulge in with increased frequency on subsequent albums, while the minimalist, worksong-y "Daddy Went Walkin'" is the album's low point.
Really it's a pretty dire state of affairs until "The Great Divide," defaulting to the style of "Unknown Legend" (1992), followed by the modest piano ballad "Horseshoe Man" and middling Irish waltz "Red Sun." Finally, the idiosyncratic introduction of "Distant Camera"**** shows some of the old spark; though the verse melody strongly resembles the Laverne & Shirley theme song "Making Our Dreams Come True"(1976), "Distant Camera" and the quietly intense "Razor Love"**** are the best songs on the album, followed by the pleasantly folky album closer "Without Rings."
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