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Storytone
Rock · 2014 · 10 tracks · 41m

Storytone

Neil Young

A lush, symphonic departure featuring a ninety-two piece orchestra and big band. Neil Young trades his guitar for a microphone and a heart full of new love.

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It's Neil Young fronting a massive orchestra like a 1940s movie star, and it's surprisingly moving.

A grand, cinematic embrace of new love and old vulnerabilities.

Storytone · vs · Neil Young
Romantic+4.0σ

Romantic saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 41m
01
Plastic Flowers (orchestral)
4:06
02
Who’s Gonna Stand Up? (orchestral)
4:24
03
I Want to Drive My Car (big band)
3:11
04
Glimmer (orchestral)
5:01
05
Say Hello to Chicago (big band)
4:57
06
Tumbleweed (orchestral)
3:38
07
Like You Used to Do (big band)
2:41
08
I’m Glad I Found You (orchestral)
3:43
09
When I Watch You Sleeping (orchestral)
5:31
10
All Those Dreams (orchestral)
4:25
Moments Worth Waiting For
The swell of the ninety-two piece orchestra on Plastic Flowers as Neil's voice reaches for a fragile high note.
The brass section's punchy entrance on Say Hello to Chicago, shifting the album from somber to swing.
The stark vulnerability of the harmonica solo cutting through the lush strings on Tumbleweed.
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