• Record Label: Reprise
  • Release Date: Jun 24, 2016
Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 17
  2. Negative: 0 out of 17
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  1. Jul 15, 2016
    60
    The results are messy, fascinating and frustrating all at once.
  2. Jul 6, 2016
    60
    This is something of a missed opportunity.
  3. Jun 29, 2016
    60
    For those of us who've been following his twisting career for decades, for a lifetime, it's hard to complain too vociferously when Neil Young makes yet another daft musical statement. It's just what he does. Sometimes it works; often it doesn't.
  4. Mojo
    Jun 28, 2016
    60
    The 13 eco-friendly songs from across his career are augmented to varying degrees by nature sounds: rain, thunder, frogs, horses, ducks, crickets, chickens and several critters I can't identify. Sometimes intrusive but they're often atmospheric. [Aug 2016, p.90]
  5. 60
    The full-band electric tracks have many intriguing elements, including a vibe that captures the wonder of Crazy Horse while infusing that chunka-chunka sound with skittery guitar riffs and other young-blood input. But the new-era tunes tend to be marred by seriously clunky lyrics.
  6. The Wire
    Aug 19, 2016
    50
    Promise Of The Real can't match Crazy Horse's lumbering majesty, but their youthful energy and sweet harmonies are infectious. ... The attempts at collage are pretty corny, with crows, pigs and bees all wandering into the mix. [Aug 2016, p.58]
  7. Q Magazine
    Jul 26, 2016
    40
    On first listen, it's sufficiently preposterous to be amusing, but over time, predictably, becomes intrusive and annoying. [Sep 2016, p.114]
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. May 28, 2017
    7
    Worth noting for its strangeness alone, "Earth" is a good live album by Neil Young and The Promise of the Real. The much discussed animalWorth noting for its strangeness alone, "Earth" is a good live album by Neil Young and The Promise of the Real. The much discussed animal noises are amusing and hardly hindrances to the proceedings. The real highlights here are the songs, culled from great albums like "On the Beach," "Ragged Glory," and "Sleeps with Angels," among others. They sound good, the band sounds good and above all, Neil shows that he's still got it, imbuing these tunes with all the emotion and rage that he has been cultivating for 40-plus years. Full Review »