“‘lost’ mid-’70s album is a shimmering diamond well worth unearthing”
“'Homegrown' proves to be a vital chapter in Young's catalogue”
“Recorded in the Seventies, his most personal LP is finally being released. It feels perfect right now”
“After 46 years, Neil Young unearths a lost but highly consequential album, a collection of humble, stripped-back love songs he began writing at what was arguably the artistic zenith of his career.”
““Lost” albums have usually been mislaid for good reason; they simply aren’t up to scratch (Springsteen’s electrified Nebraska) or have collapsed under their own pretensions (Pink Floyd’s Household Objects). Scrapped on the eve of its 1975 release, Homegrown has long held a fabled place in the swollen volumes of Neil Young folklore, the missing link to turn his mid-70s “doom trilogy” (Time Fades Aw”
