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Return to Greendale Image
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  • Artist(s): Neil Young, Ralph Molina, Billy Talbot, Poncho Sampedro
  • Summary: The live album from the singer-songwriter features the recording of the September 4, 2003 concert in Toronto to support his 2003 album, Greendale. A deluxe box set included a Blu-ray of the full concert and a DVD of the making of the album, Inside Greendale.
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
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  1. 80
    It’s an excellent live document, and though it’s devoid of otherwise familiar material, it brings attention to an unlikely artifact that deserves renewed attention. Consider this a most remarkable return.
  2. Nov 19, 2020
    80
    Those who actually contemplate this album and its live counterpart on their artistic merits might well recognize them, as equal to anything else in his stirring, outspoken back catalogue.
  3. Nov 19, 2020
    70
    The lighthearted moments here offset the pedantry even if they also muffle a more provocative impact (as did the strident tone of 2006’s Living With War, including “Let’s Impeach The President”). Neil is preaching to the converted here and this offering isn’t likely to convince the skeptical.
  4. Classic Rock Magazine
    Dec 8, 2020
    70
    It's a little naive in its presentation and denotations of homely American Stereotypes, perhaps, but all the more powerful for that. ... Crazy Horse are in fine fettle. [Jan 2021, p.84]
  5. Nov 19, 2020
    60
    There's some ambling charm to Greendale, but Return to Greendale won't convert doubters. Instead, it'll play well to the album's fans, as this sounds like a leaner, muscular version of the studio set.
  6. Mojo
    Nov 19, 2020
    60
    A useful document of Crazy Horse in rare, relatively subtle trio form (no Poncho). [Jan 2021, p. 101]