Neil Young: Hammersmith Apollo, London
Barney Hoskyns, Uncut, September 2003
SO HE hasn't made a truly compelling record since 1994's Sleeps With Angels. So he's been treading water with sleepy albums like Silver and Gold and hoary live outings like Road Rock. So he tried to put the kibosh on Jimmy McDonough's epic biography Shakey.
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