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カート・コバーンに捧げたタイトル曲を含む,『ハーヴェスト・ムーン』とは一味違う暗く内省的なアルバム。が,1曲1曲の持つリアルな息遣い,シリアスな空気感は今を捉えたヤングならではの正直な感情表現で,数少ない本物の天才の才気が漲る傑作。
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If Neil Young has a pronounced weakness, it's a lack of focus. Restless to a fault, he's apt to rush into the recording studio without fully forming his ideas.
Sleeps with Angels is that kind of album--and yet it's one of his best. Jarred by the death of Kurt Cobain (the rock & roll martyr quoted Young in his suicide note), he dashed off this collection of songs in 1994 with backing from his steadfast electric warriors, Crazy Horse. At least two songs--the title track and "Change Your Mind"--seem to directly refer to Cobain. Others--"Driveby" and "Safeway Cart" among the most striking--are mesmerizing and gloomy. Still others--"Piece of Crap," "Blue Eden"--are raw and cutting. Goes to show an elegy, no matter how somber, needn't be a hushed affair.
--Steven Stolder